Example sentences of "[verb] was be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was a one day in which Frenchie Nick Nicholson erm brought all the tail-enders across and had been told the one thing he should n't do was be last he was thinking I 'm not last and behind you then he came in in front of him and he was last . |
| 2 | All she had to do was be more herself and less what she thought she ought to be . |
| 3 | ‘ It was terrible having to be seen as a human being when all I wanted to do was be a bean . ’ |
| 4 | And all he had to do was be this other person and convince everybody . |
| 5 | Another thing he was not supposed to do was be tattooed . |
| 6 | She admitted that she had been thrilled at the idea of being alone with him , but all he was going to do was be stiffly silent . |
| 7 | Too late Paige tried to avoid him , but all she managed to do was be off balance as his hands caught her shoulders , and with a muffled yelp she toppled backwards . |
| 8 | Erm what I was trying to do was be candid about what kind of er inquiries of the strategic kind might be expected to come if this county had that kind of policy . |