Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] born [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was born to be a Headmaster so that 's what I was called . |
| 2 | It 's what I was born to be . |
| 3 | Just as you were born to be queen of the pride . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What I want to see is the woman you should be — the one you were born to be . |
| 5 | Wanting to remain a child becomes unfeasible even to the most stupid old beard at the age of about 35 ; they eventually give up and accept they were born to be schoolteachers . |
| 6 | They were born to be bloody tragic . ’ |
| 7 | He was born to be |
| 8 | He was born to be King and was looking for a princess . |
| 9 | Gob open and arms flapping , Ashcroft has the rare ability to sing about how he 's ‘ born to fly ’ while looking like he was born to be institutionalised , and make it convincing . |
| 10 | Out he went , head shaking briefly , slowly and sadly , England 92 for 5 , and the young Middlesex batsman wondering if , contrary to what so many have believed , he was born to be a Test cricketer . |
| 11 | He could fish with Mr Burkett — they had caught a fine pike and two trout on the lazy trawl up-lake — he could let go all those minaretted plans , those fantastical ambitions , and be what he was born to be , a jovial , lazy , loved and loving man , getting by . |