Example sentences of "he [vb past] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where an assistant solicitor 's employment came to an end on the dissolution of the firm , such dissolution was held to constitute a breach of his contract of employment such that the restrictive covenants imposed on him ceased to be enforceable — see Briggs v Oates [ 1990 ] ICR 473 . |
| 2 | So over-blessed a nature must bring a man either to a throne or a grave before ever he lived to be old . |
| 3 | His distrust of the king was such that he had recently refused to attend or to do so without a large and menacing retinue ; now he agreed to be present and to keep the peace , while the bishops guaranteed his safety . |
| 4 | Noverre 's second category comprised those dancers whom he expected to be technical perfectionists . |
| 5 | Perhaps he ceased to be useful to her once she 'd had some success in England — I do n't know . |
| 6 | However , the brutal application of the new land collectivisation programme in the north must be ascribed in part to Ho Chi Minh , even though he ceased to be prime Minister in August 1955 . |
| 7 | She loved fantasising about being his wife , wearing big hats , being chauffeur-driven and waltzing through the door of Number 10 if he got to be Prime Minister . |
| 8 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 9 | He tried to be nice to me but something rebelled inside me . |
| 10 | Dexter always irritated Blanche when he tried to be clever when she was tired . |
| 11 | The exhilaration soon faded upon checking his fuel state , which he found to be low . |
| 12 | Rhee therefore failed to secure the definite promises of American support that he deemed to be essential . |
| 13 | Rohmer still held Gilbert tight as he thrashed to be free . |
| 14 | One of the meanings of ‘ promise ’ is ‘ give cause for expecting ’ , as in ‘ He promised to be stout when grown up ’ ( Daniel Defoe ) . |
| 15 | When the night nurse came and flashed her light curiously over him , he pretended to be asleep . |
| 16 | To keep her moving , he pretended to be unable to catch her . |
| 17 | He pretended to be unsurprised . |
| 18 | He pretended to be busy adjusting his horse 's bridle . |
| 19 | He pretended to be angry . |
| 20 | The local authority had resolved that its director of housing be authorised to offer to them , in cases which he judged to be appropriate , accommodation in hostels or hotels by way of permanent accommodation . |
| 21 | Through assiduous exercise he came to be strong enough to ride and march with his troops . |
| 22 | In between times , a whole psychological scenario is elaborated , in which we piece together the flavour of his anxiety about the pay , his disappointment at not getting the information out of the lady , his interpretation of what she is like ( inferred from her appearance , actions , and conversation ) , his assessment of her son , his misunderstanding of the son 's errand , and his recollection of how he came to be involved in the interview . |
| 23 | His child-like enjoyment of the new equipment and gadgetry he came to be able to afford in later life gave warmly affectionate amusement to his friends especially when they found him camping in his own front garden in the latest tent and sleeping bag , or were asked to take him , when he was stone-blind from glaucoma , to the locations of his favourite plants to photograph them with an auto-focus camera . |
| 24 | He seemed to be upset about something . |
| 25 | To his friends in England he seemed to be inactive . |
| 26 | He did play really well in the Championship year but any time I saw him last year he seemed to be nervous on the ball , surely not a good thing for a Centre Half . |
| 27 | He seemed to be freezing , in fact . |
| 28 | There were a lot of reasons why she did n't want to get involved in Maxim 's domestic life , particularly when he seemed to be intent on jumping from the tenth storey of his career structure — but in the end , why not ? |
| 29 | The irritating thing was that he seemed to be unaware of the beneficial effects of AZT , or the creative potential of AIDS sufferers . |
| 30 | He seemed to be unaware that there had been a further post-duopoly review and that competition within the telecommunications industry is being opened up generally . |