Example sentences of "who [adv] [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was expected that Noriega 's appeal would question the legal basis for trying a foreign head of state taken into custody during a US military invasion and who now claimed to be a prisoner of war . |
| 32 | When I heard Deane had begged the Sheffield board to let him come to Leeds , I was really pleased that we had someone who really wanted to be here . |
| 33 | Not simply Hugh , Prior Robert , and the two emissaries from Ramsey with their lay servant , who indeed seemed to be missing , but a company augmented by the addition of two attendant grooms or squires , whatever their exact status might be , and a compact personage in his prime , who rode unobtrusively at Hugh 's side , behind the two priors , and yet dominated the procession without any effort or gesture on his part . |
| 34 | It was the sick one — exhibiting all the symptoms of the fevers which used to cut such a swathe through the FAKINTIL encampments — who actually appeared to be their leader . |
| 35 | It was my Maker who offended against me , acting so unfatherly against one who never asked to be born in any unnatural way . |
| 36 | For someone who never expected to be officially recognised for her work , the BEM is ample reward . |
| 37 | A careful note should be made against any sub-contractor used by the builder who subsequently proved to be unsatisfactory . |