Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [verb] to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some appear as GHOSTS , while others turn into cannibalistic monsters like the witch BLACK ANNIS who was said to be a descendant of the Celtic winter goddess , Anu or Danu . |
| 2 | In February , a group of deputies , led by Marko Voljc , who was said to be a candidate for a post in the new government , had called for a no confidence vote against the government . |
| 3 | Angus McInnes , 33 , from Stirling , who was said to be an alcoholic , pled guilty to committing lewd , indecent and libidinous acts towards the girl on numerous occasions between May 1988 and May 1992 . |
| 4 | I was talking to a man with a stammer who was training to be an estate agent when Gillian was brought across by the organiser . |
| 5 | Some of them can still be seen — for example , the church of St-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers , or the lower church of St Eutropius , who was believed to be a descendant of Xerxes of Persia , in Saintes . |
| 6 | His assassin was identified by police as El Sayed Noseir , a 37-year-old boiler repairman who was believed to be an Egyptian immigrant . |
| 7 | I forgot to say that the guerrilla who was pretending to be a madman had let Sis . |
| 8 | Like Viola in ‘ Twelfth Night ’ , Rosalind was played by a boy , who was pretending to be a girl , who was disguised as a boy … |
| 9 | There was a surrealist episode involved a gnarled coach , an attractive young woman who was trying to be a hooker ( rugby variety ) and a small boy who wanted to be a scrum-half . |
| 10 | Their name signified ‘ sons of Zadok ’ , the high priest at the time of David who was thought to be a descendant of the younger son of Aaron . |
| 11 | Between 400 and 500 Iraqi troops were reported captured during the fighting , while 31 US personnel were described as missing or captured , including a female Marine who was thought to be the first US woman soldier to be captured by an enemy force . |
| 12 | Simon liked to impress , and having a girlfriend who was considered to be a high achiever gave him extra kudos . |
| 13 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 14 | I think it would be much more effective if the one who was meant to be the hardhat and who might be expected to let the other one drown in fact saves the other one even though he thinks his ideas about the Indians and his plan to baptise them when they get to the Orinoco are blasphemous . |
| 15 | But here was Mick telling him something , he was talking about a young girl , not a little girl , a young girl who was going to be a secretary . |
| 16 | When I was very young — about 5 years old — I wanted to be a pilot because I had this girlfriend who was going to be a stewardess . |
| 17 | ‘ When I started out I met a kid who was going to be a detective . |
| 18 | When he visited Lewis at Magdalen ( Barfield was now working as a solicitor in London ) , the two friends often reverted to their ‘ Great War ’ and there was no doubt , any longer , who was going to be the victor . |
| 19 | It came from a scene set in a bar not unlike ours , and was said just after everyone in the bar had turned pale at the sight of a particular young man , a regular , entering the bar after a week 's absence ; the thing was , they were all wondering how they were going to break the news to him that there 'd been a terrible suicide , they were all wondering who was going to be the one to take this boy to one side and tell him what had happened to his friend , and why . |
| 20 | For a moment , she found herself wondering who was going to be the lucky recipient of those devastatingly good looks . |
| 21 | Harry brought friends with him , the family carriage was despatched to Truro to meet a London train bringing Mrs Burrows ' oldest friend , a widow with a daughter who was reputed to be an awfully jolly girl , and a motor car rolled up to Langley Dene with more cousins , swathed in veils and goggles and long motoring coats , come to celebrate Easter . |
| 22 | One of the things that surprised me when I first read the New Testament seriously was that it was always talking about a Dark Power in the universe — a mighty evil spirit who was held to be the Power behind death and disease , and sin . |