Example sentences of "who [vb past] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the three students who had appeared to be missing , and then had turned up . |
| 2 | He beat Boris Becker , the defending champion and a player who had appeared to be relaxed and in comfortable form , and then he beat Emilio Sanchez in one of the most outstanding matches in recent history . |
| 3 | What did she know of this man who was now her husband , and what was to become of them , two strangers who had begun to be familiar with each other 's bodies but knew nothing of the thoughts and emotions that lay within . |
| 4 | The nurses and the few mothers who had managed to be available on Christmas Eve sang ragged and loud . |
| 5 | A psychiatrist who specialises in executive stress thought the fencing indicated that the person it protected felt an enormous sense of isolation and betrayal at the hands of people who had failed to be grateful for years of selfless public service . |