Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if there is , he turns out to be impossible to live with , ’ she says . |
| 2 | Nine times out of 10 , however improbably , he turns out to be right . |
| 3 | He turns out to be right . |
| 4 | ‘ If he turns out to be a feeder for the kidnappers , ’ explained the Captain , ‘ he 'd be too easy to replace if we showed any interest in him . ’ |
| 5 | But he turns out to be a devastatingly good campaigner . |
| 6 | He might look 17 going on 23 but , even if he turns out to be nearly as old as he appears , it will not render the three wickets he took on his debut as void . |
| 7 | Windeler said , ‘ What if he turns out to be working for the Americans ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If he turns out to be like Kenny , then great . |
| 9 | If he turns out to be half as good as David then he 'll be a very good batsman indeed . ’ |
| 10 | His counterpart in ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ — George Wickham — stands also for the rejection of society 's standards , but he turns out to be a rake and a liar — a totally unsuitable match for any of the Longbourne girls . |
| 11 | Regis equalled Christie 's 20.09sec British record as he clung on to be second behind America 's Mike Marsh . |
| 12 | First , the murdered man : he turned out to be a student at the Petrine Agricultural Academy , and his name was Ivanov . |
| 13 | One fan sang along and plucked at an imaginary guitar , but he turned out to be the roadie . |
| 14 | With his entrepreneurial skills , and his international connections , he seemed for a time the man most likely to lead the British film industry away from its artisanal base , but he turned out to be no more responsive than anyone else to developments that were going to make things very difficult for the pioneers . |
| 15 | He turned out to be a friend of the musicians and , within a year , she was launched on her disastrous marriage . |
| 16 | The debt problem was solved by someone he hardly knew paying his debt and Seawright was elected to the Assembly where he turned out to be a thorn in the DUP 's flesh . |
| 17 | He turned out to be a Hollywood producer . |
| 18 | On another occasion , the flat rented by a suspected investigator was occupied by protesters ; he turned out to be a geologist working on a completely different project . |
| 19 | When I accosted the scoundrel , he turned out to be completely different Colin Chapman , up to his neck in sound bites . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , he turned out to be a waster and dissipated his fortune before dying young . |
| 21 | To her amazement ( and do doubt his ) he turned out to be her miscreant husband . |
| 22 | They caught a suspicious individual one evening , and turned him over to the police ; but he turned out to be a frightened bilberry-picker who had lost his way . |
| 23 | He turned out to be a bone expert who suggested a new drug for Pauline , 36 . |
| 24 | He turned out to be an inspector of taxes with whom I had been conducting a mini back-duty enquiry and which was in the concluding stages . |
| 25 | And I thought Grandson Richard was some special person and he turned out to be a human who sings when he wets himself — ‘ |
| 26 | Whatever her intentions , he turned out to be a good old-fashioned liberal . |
| 27 | He turned out to be an elderly ex-colonel , who was tracked down to his retirement home in Surrey . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought he was French , ’ said Emily , ‘ but he turned out to be Corsican . ’ |
| 29 | Werner 's " General " turned out to be the commander of the armed forces in southern Celebes — a figure whom we would normally have done our utmost to avoid , given his political power and our absence of filming permits , but he turned out to be an exuberantly friendly man who never asked for them . |
| 30 | He turned out to be an efficient chairman of the BBC but my first impression was amply confirmed since , although I had frequent dealings with him , he seemed to have absolutely no interest in what to me really mattered . |