Example sentences of "out to [be] one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this and the regeneration/resurrection theme are brought to bear upon the remark about Bazarov and the 1840s , what seemed a difference of degree turns out to be one of a kind . |
| 2 | But it turned out to be one of the most marvellous things we ever did . |
| 3 | The hydrofoil left Narvik in the early evening bound for Svolvær , on what turned out to be one of the loveliest journeys I have ever taken . |
| 4 | It turned out to be one of The Goodies , who were making a comedy programme for their series in the area . |
| 5 | Perhaps this would turn out to be one of them . |
| 6 | His move , in January 1988 , turned out to be one of the scheduling masterstrokes of the ‘ 80s , and within months the soap 's ratings had soared towards the 20 million mark and the top to the TV charts . |
| 7 | I have not , as a matter of fact , though I must say it rather amused me to remember that exasperating housemaid — who in the end turned out to be one of our must devoted . |
| 8 | Fortunately for everyone concerned , Thursday last week turned out to be one of the finest days this year … making the Bucks Horn Oak polling station one of the most idyllic in Britain . |
| 9 | He was shadowed everywhere in Sheffield , and he looked back on the experience as his most annoying transfer hid — particularly as it turned out to be one of his rare failures . |
| 10 | Sunday was Anguillan night , Thursday we had a barbeque buffet and Saturday a West Indian dinner which turned out to be one of the best meals I have ever tasted . |
| 11 | Who would have thought that a band named after a tennis player would turn out to be one of the best new things of the autumn ? |
| 12 | ‘ Mass medium ’ thus turns out to be one of those terms , apparently simple , that grow more elusive upon analysis . |
| 13 | All further proof that Elvis ' current Grizzly Adams guise may yet turn out to be one of his most interesting phases . |
| 14 | She managed to disengage herself from this unwanted lover and ran into a house — which unfortunately turned out to be one of ill-repute . |
| 15 | Even if ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) are true , then this book may yet turn out to be one of the minority of books on philosophy that is not boring . |
| 16 | But it was because Aaron said a mildly humorous comment about somebody in one of Whit 's photos who turned out to be one of Whit 's very good friends . |
| 17 | He had feared that Hope might turn out to be one of those weary and self-righteous young men who thought it witty to mock the great old institutions . |
| 18 | Private medicine turned out to be one of these issues , and private education another . |
| 19 | It turned out to be one of the buoys which marked the safe limits of the channel for the ships entering and leaving the cavern . |
| 20 | Their destination turned out to be one of the largest and glassiest of the office blocks . |
| 21 | ‘ But not to a midget who 's just eaten my lunch and whom I 've subsequently insulted , who then turns out to be one of the world 's top dress designers . |
| 22 | — it turned out to be one of the senior investigating officers . |
| 23 | On one of our south coast patrols I managed to be in at the kill on what turned out to be one of our more amusing combined operations . |
| 24 | The Blumenthalstrasse address turned out to be one of the shoeboxes , a five-storey block of flats with the staircase and lift-shaft stuck on at the side of a column of frosted-glass bricks . |
| 25 | In point of fact little Dwight ( a chubby child , the offspring of shopkeepers , who bribed him with trash food every time he seemed to want to divert their attention from the business of making money ) turned out to be one of Kennedy 's children — for even in his teens he knew a rising star when he saw one . |
| 26 | I do n't know , but it might be that Luke thought Elise would turn out to be one of my problems — a bad influence on me . |
| 27 | ‘ In the beginning the Revie era promised so much , but in the end it turned out to be one of our national game 's most unsatisfactory episodes . ’ |
| 28 | Tricia turned out to be one of the plumper members of the bodyguard and she kept hold of her ball-bearings . |
| 29 | It could turn out to be one of the stickiest issues facing the parties , but for once , everyone is having their cake and eating it too . |
| 30 | Welcome back : In a few minutes , the Roman coins that could turn out to be one of the most precious finds in history . |