Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had bought her own copy of the Koran and was to be seen reading it on her way to work in the morning . |
| 2 | But she remained disturbed , acutely aware of him at her side and only grateful that he despised her too much to allow himself to be seen touching her in public . |
| 3 | You see they 've got to be seen taking it out |
| 4 | Within an eastern culture , table-fellowship and the sharing of a meal is regarded as a particularly intimate form of association , The fact that Jesus was prepared to act in such a fashion , and to be seen doing it , communicated as powerfully as any pronouncement , both to his friends at the table and his enemies at the window ( Matt. |
| 5 | One Birmingham woman was able to keep her button-carding work in her bedroom , which was important because she considered that it looked ‘ so poverty ’ to be seen doing it downstairs . |
| 6 | As a result she is not allowed by her mother to supplement the family income by helping her in the fields , since to be seen doing it would mean she had become an illiterate villager again . |
| 7 | Does this have to be done writing it down ? |
| 8 | One can imagine his dismay when he returned to the port and found the ship had gone — either earlier than planned or because the crew did n't want to be caught helping him . |
| 9 | In the late 1880s , he was able to make major improvements to this pen , and was to be found assembling them every evening in his hotel room . |
| 10 | This way she could simply wash it each morning and let it dry naturally — start trying for styles and valuable minutes had to be wasted keeping them the way they were meant to be . |