Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] to [be] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 2 | This occurred on take-off one evening and I happened to be in the Met Office at the time . |
| 3 | ‘ I happened to be in the area and Lucasta Redburn 's not a common name , especially in a town the size of Plumford . ’ |
| 4 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I happened to be in the UK , ’ he said briskly , ‘ so I thought I 'd drop by and see how you were doing . |
| 6 | But when the two scholars had gone up to ( Oxford , ‘ I began to be near the top of the form … but still everything at school was an aimless task performed to the letter only . |
| 7 | I meant to be at the station , but these people came to look over the house and I could n't get away . ’ |
| 8 | The last one I went to was at the beginning of the Div 2 championship year . |
| 9 | Everyone I spoke to was against the widening of the roads especially the steep pass down into Kinlochewe . |
| 10 | I had to be near the edge to use material like that . |
| 11 | But as November 11th came , I longed to be at the City Temple again for the fine organ music , especially by Walford Davis . |
| 12 | I wanted to be at the pictures with my family . |
| 13 | It was irksome being trapped in my body as I wanted to be on the roof , in the rose bower , by the lake , in the woods , on the hills and in the valley simultaneously . |
| 14 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They felt that if I wanted to be on the course , I 'd got to manage the same as everyone else . |
| 15 | Erm , went , decided I wanted to be on the sort of management side . |
| 16 | I did not understand what the man was doing , but I wanted to be near the fire . |
| 17 | But I want to hear now the whole story of your life , and how you came to be with the boys I saw you with that day . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And that was how she came to be at the reception ? ’ |
| 19 | Every time she seemed to be on the verge of making some sort of breakthrough , new questions came up . |
| 20 | Lesley-Jane Decker had been on stage at the time of the shooting , so , unless she had brought in a hired killer , she seemed to be in the clear . |
| 21 | ‘ It was a hysterical scene — unless you happened to be in the housing offices at the time . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 23 | Hugh was nearest to her , and if she arranged to be on the side of his wounded arm she thought it would be easy to get away . |
| 24 | She rose quickly and lit the candles , all six of them which was wasteful , but she needed to be in the light for the shadows in the corners frightened her . |
| 25 | By the time she entered the building and hurried across to Occupational Health she was several minutes later than she liked to be in the mornings . |
| 26 | In light of the fact that she appeared to be on the hunt , and looked like a blonde bombshell , exactly what was the man asking her ? |
| 27 | In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’ |
| 28 | To qualify as a model foster parent you had to be at the wealthier level of the middle class , with an already established family ; it helped if you lived in the country ( away from urban enticements ) , spoke a little German , and could tolerate moody children who suffered bouts of depression and were inclined to long silences . |
| 29 | Feeling more put out than embarrassed when the theatre management turned them away , the six complained that they had understood that ‘ you had to be in the nude in order to get in ’ . |
| 30 | She wanted to be in the band so bad she said ‘ I 'll play drums ’ . |