Example sentences of "[vb past] he be [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later when the prices soared he was said to be furious . |
| 2 | He was only a couple of years older than Jack but he was huge — almost as wide as he was tall — and although Jack had never had much to do with him he knew he was reputed to be a bully . |
| 3 | Derek felt taken aback , as he knew he was meant to be , by this sudden revelation . |
| 4 | They use a lot yeah the ch I put it in my I mean , I said yesterday to him , we 've got the decorators in and then co they turned round and said he is meant to be a businessman and they said he can not believe they 've never met tha such a penny pinching guy |
| 5 | Sir Walter Scott once said he was honoured to be a mere twig on the Swinton family tree . |