Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon he hopes to be at a new home in a different area , where he hopes to be able to live his life in peace . |
| 2 | This time he was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital where he continued to be an outpatient for three years . |
| 3 | Did your husband , on his return to this country , where he expected to be reunited with his wife and family , like the houseboat Grace very much ? " |
| 4 | It is believed that this was Hadrian 's retreat , where he went to be quiet and enjoy his drawing , writing and music-making . |
| 5 | To his credit , or possibly his ignorance , Michael then immediately filmed the next scene , where he had to be seen on the underside of a fire engine 's turntable ladder twenty feet up in the air , being lowered to the ground . |
| 6 | ‘ Paul Daniels learned the ropes on the Middlesbrough club scene where he had to be a little tougher to survive the wisecracks , but he comes across as unfriendly on television , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Goram 's prodigious clearance sent McCoist racing into the Belgians ' box , where he looked to be impeded . |
| 8 | The chapel on the south side of the Lady chapel was St Gabriel 's chapel , and here on 20 July 1280 he ordained a chantry , where he chose to be buried . |
| 9 | In fact , when all his debts were paid off , the money was quickly spent and he soon found himself waiting to collect his $55 a week on the unemployment line at 75 East 13th Street , where he happened to be caught by an eagle-eyed Life photographer before the film 's release . |
| 10 | William Agnew was born deaf in Glasgow , and at an early age was sent to be educated at the Glasgow Institution for the Deaf and Dumb , where he proved to be a remarkable scholar . |
| 11 | He was one of those ‘ look after number one ’ types , not averse to trampling on other people if it got him where he wanted to be . |
| 12 | Where he wanted to be was right there , but unobserved . |
| 13 | Edward was ruthless where he needed to be ; although his resolution sometimes involved treachery , this was a means to an end and never simply a wanton habit . |
| 14 | He looked quite normal , however , and we made conversation for a while , although he seemed to be thinking of something else . |
| 15 | Although he seemed to be oblivious of what had happened , because he was concentrating on some letter or other , Eliot looked up resignedly and with a smile of one all too accustomed to the lack of business acumen in other people ; but I could see that he was also relieved to find me not too cast down . |
| 16 | Although he liked to be admired for his prowess , he did n't like male-talk of that kind . |
| 17 | He is so young and innocent ; although he pretends to be a man he is still only a schoolboy . |
| 18 | He had crashed in the earlier 250cc race and although he appeared to be unhurt the doctors advised him not to ride in the superbike . |
| 19 | He works for a development agency and two of his brothers were killed by Marcos so although he claims to be the least revolutionary of the family , he is fairly well into the issues . |
| 20 | ‘ He got annoyed when I said that though and said it was n't true , so I 'd like this time to say that although he appears to be very clever on stage and TV , in real life he is extremely stupid . ’ |
| 21 | I found it hard to find Mill 's arguments for this , although he seems to be , he seems to be arguing the point over several pages , but erm we get pretty much rhetorical claims and evidence and so he wants us to consider those states which have been ruled by despots with those contemporary states which have been democracies England versus Spain say and he thinks it 's obvious which type of system we ought to prefer . |
| 22 | He is also highly intelligent and far more complex than he likes to be perceived . |
| 23 | It seemed he was more moved than he meant to be . |
| 24 | She did n't want to be with him , any more than he wanted to be with her . |
| 25 | yes whereas Martin although it is his job but he does tend to be a little bit more difficult than he needs to be . |
| 26 | Oliver was only just awake and his eyes were half-closed , so he seemed to be still fast asleep . |
| 27 | He certainly liked men more , but then he liked manly men not ‘ bloody queers ’ , so he had to be all right . |
| 28 | I did n't want the person standing up because then you were back to the body shape , so he had to be sitting down . |
| 29 | He said he did n't want the Russians getting on to him , so he had to be very discreet . |
| 30 | And there was plenty of crap strewn all over the pavement , so he had to be more careful . |