Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv] [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All through my childhood , my body always seemed to be going numb . |
| 2 | Benjamin and Elizabeth and their family belonged , in effect , to what we might choose to call the ‘ comfortable working class ’ ; they benefited from the general rise in Britain 's prosperity in Victorian times — cheaper food and clothing , better sanitation , faster transport , more substantial housing — but their money still had to be earned , had to be worked for . |
| 3 | Her work also began to be recognized by the male-dominated science community , although attempts to join their establishments did not go unopposed . |
| 4 | The passenger committee addressed its appeals to political and religious leaders throughout Europe ; though its messages now had to be shorter , since the shipping line had withdrawn free cabling facilities . |
| 5 | Jacques Delors , ’ said the message — in tones which observers yesterday took to be ironical , given the sometimes bitter sparring between London and Brussels over a wide range of policies . |
| 6 | The only excitement in her life now seemed to be the exchange of clothes for hats by Mrs Bretton-Fawcett . |
| 7 | Both dogs ' perception of their status therefore had to be redefined . |
| 8 | Her clothes never seemed to be quite right . |
| 9 | It was true if you had an American boyfriend you stood to gain quite a bit in material goods , as their PX always seemed to be well stocked with food and silk stockings , cigarettes and make-up — all things in short supply in England — and for this reason if nothing else the Yanks were never short of female company . |
| 10 | Ruckelshaus is a marked contrast to Burford and her political mentor , the Interior Secretary James Watt , whose attitude often seemed to be that the environment was over-protected . |
| 11 | The gap between what history teachers were telling their classes and what people instinctively knew to be true had become unbearably wide . |
| 12 | Your shoes always had to be clean , brushed , you see ? |