Example sentences of "[pers pn] to be [adj] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow we expect them to be happy to be kept in a place which is warm and dry , where they can eat to their heart 's content with their companions ; but no , they become quite upset . |
| 2 | For most of the next two years he served with the army in Newcastle , though in 1650 the council of state declared him to be unfit to be deputy governor of the garrison . |
| 3 | And he actually expected her to be pleased to be let into his secret ! |
| 4 | We did everything we could to encourage her to be pleased with being brown . |
| 5 | For the Spirit 's work in assurance is to give us a firm foundation to build on , not to make us arrogant ; the ‘ already ’ and the ‘ not yet ’ of the Spirit 's internal witness enable us to be sure without being cocksure . |