Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he eventually embarked to be rowed out to the ship , ‘ it blew up just before he reached her , it appears that , if he had left the shore a few minutes sooner , he must have perished with the rest on board ’ |
| 2 | Burton was in a hit — and a classy hit — and in the tonnage of reviews he rarely failed to be mentioned , often praised . |
| 3 | He especially liked to be taken to the home of a couple , to sleep securely between them if they 'd let him , and then in the morning to ask them questions about their house , about the furniture which they 'd chosen together . |
| 4 | What was it about him , that he only had to be near for her natural calm professionalism to fly out of the window ? |
| 5 | Because he only had to be in the same room for her nervous system to run haywire , and she could only take so much punishment . |
| 6 | ‘ as if he only happens to be with us by accident and could just as easily be amusing himself at some other job elsewhere . ’ |
| 7 | I 've heard in fac er in my factory , I 've heard it in other places , right , when a temporary l temporary or casual worker goes down the road , or a part-timer work 's cut short , ah it 's only a casual and he only expected to be here for a few weeks . |
| 8 | ‘ When I went to old Abuelo Freitas , Maria told me that you sometimes worried too much about him — that you did n't understand that he only wanted to be left alone . |
| 9 | ‘ I know he only means to be friendly and appear relaxed . ’ |
| 10 | He was justifiably proud of this splendid work which he rightly considered to be his main literary achievement . |
| 11 | Richard Dreyfuss was booked one week and on the night of the show a confusion over dates and times led his film company to arrange a business call that linked up Los Angeles , London , Australia and New York and he just had to be there . |
| 12 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |
| 13 | Ian 's temperament is something he is working on and we 've been working on all the time , but he just seems to be getting maximum publicity at the moment . ’ |
| 14 | He just wants to be off . |
| 15 | No , he did n't really fancy her , he just wanted to be praised and feel top of the class and get a little attention . |
| 16 | The PROFITBOSS has no option : he just has to be the best in his chosen area . |
| 17 | He just happened to be there after solving another case . |
| 18 | He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party . |
| 19 | He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’ |
| 20 | I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’ |
| 21 | At this point , he finally seems to be content . |
| 22 | Luke 's hand moved on , his light fingertip locating the tiny peak of sensitivity which he already knew to be utterly vulnerable to his skills , and Maria moaned softly as a pang of piercingly erotic sensation went thrilling through her . |
| 23 | JOHN SALAKO last night shrugged off an injury scare and said he desperately wants to be part of England 's World Cup plans against Turkey at Wembley next week . |
| 24 | North seems to have intimated and exaggerated and hinted because , although he was engaged in secrets , he desperately wanted to be noticed ; and part of him , too , needed rescuing . |
| 25 | When had he ever had to be pricked into action before ? |
| 26 | He still longed to be a painter though , and in the summer of 1939 he moved to Paris , where he intended to settle and paint . |
| 27 | He still seemed to be wearing his favourite shirt and jeans . |
| 28 | Vendelin Gajdusek did not question her , anyhow , though he still seemed to be insisting on the administration of some antiseptic , for , ‘ This way , ’ he instructed , and , turning , he gave an instruction to the Dobermann , who had not moved an inch since his last instruction . |
| 29 | He enjoyed the chance of teaching aerobatic manoeuvres , but he still wished to be put on active service . |
| 30 | ‘ Yet he still wanted to be in it , ’ Peter says . |