Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere I had read that a gentleman is one who never causes pain ; perhaps I was trying to be a gentleman . |
| 2 | The magistrate did not consider a barrack changing-room to be a proper address , and so I was ordered to be confined in a bail hostel in Camden Town while social reports were completed . |
| 3 | Perhaps she was meaning to be sympathetic . |
| 4 | When we were er were living all on the road so we were expecting to be supplied by vans . |
| 5 | He said and I do n't think that they were meant to be perhaps they were meant to be in order of importance . |
| 6 | I 'd have been a lot more worried if I 'd known how much it was going to be … |
| 7 | Perhaps he was trying to be hospitable — not an easy task for him when she was the guest ! |
| 8 | It looked tiny , no more than an emergency shelter , which of course was all it was intended to be . |
| 9 | Oh yes anything that happened down the glen or way was heard that from the pack man so it was bound to be true . |
| 10 | So it was designed to be attractive to look at , but with curves , ovals and an absence of straight lines to make it difficult to swim in . |
| 11 | We we did n't actually get through all the arrangements question , erm , J John a are you w there was some ce uncertainty as to whether or not you were going to be able to bring your adaptable piano ? |
| 12 | Nevertheless they were held to be in contempt but , the strike having collapsed , no penalty was imposed . |
| 13 | Luke Calder was getting under her skin , and unless she acted quickly she was going to be in serious trouble . |
| 14 | Technically he was meant to be in bed . |
| 15 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 16 | That 's correct sir , P C was behind the shield like he was told to be . |
| 17 | ‘ They said ‘ we want you to read this statement into that TV camera ’ and that was when I found out I was going to be hanged . ’ |
| 18 | She did n't know ; all she knew was that she adored him more than before and she wanted him more desperately , therefore inevitably she was going to be more hurt than the first time . |
| 19 | Now she was going to be nasty . |
| 20 | Now they were assumed to be — well , gay , but not in the sense he acknowledged . |
| 21 | Now they were going to be given a chance to put their money where their mouths were . |
| 22 | However , hags could assume many appearances ; often they were thought to be of enormous proportions , such as the giantess Grendel of Scandinavian legend , or the Blue Hag of the Highlands in Scotland , whose grey-blue cape was the swirling mist of the glens . |
| 23 | Now he was reported to be at the Mamounia in order to work on a book entitled The Mighty and the Meek . |
| 24 | Well I was expecting to be when I got there . |
| 25 | well we were considered to be fortunate that we did n't , we only had a small percentage that we had a problem with |
| 26 | But today it was going to be different . |
| 27 | Well it was going to be a pound was n't it , not two pounds that will be an awful lot . |
| 28 | A century ago it was considered to be as good as the Normande , and better as a butcher 's beast , but a combination of war and frontier changes led to its deterioration ; it was crossed with Danish Red as well as Belgian Red to form the Flemish Red , which is usually whole red , though some have mottled or blazed faces . |
| 29 | Henry 's defection to the charms of the nursing profession had finally made up Rosemary 's mind for her , and from now on it was going to be Hank-from-Texas who occupied all her thoughts . |
| 30 | But I mean , then I was bound to be very bored , except |