Example sentences of "when he be [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , it might be fun watching John McConnell chasing after Michael when he 's meant to be marking Morton and Gary Peebles putting the shackles on Morton while Michael runs free … |
| 2 | Certainly this limpidity is not within Eliot 's reach even when he is trying to be limpid , as in ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ ; , and of course the experience of a simple person enduring a commonplace and unavoidable sorrow — is such as Eliot could never manage , early or late . |
| 3 | shows a faith that persists even when he is told to be quiet by the crowd . |
| 4 | One man was evicted when he was discovered to be carrying two small cans of paint . |
| 5 | Even when he was trying to be a criminal , the low moral fibre shone through . |
| 6 | ‘ I know , I know , just when he was beginning to be a success like Perry . |
| 7 | Father Shanahan received his call to God when he was engaged to be married , the court heard . |
| 8 | Well when , when Friar Lawrence returned when he was meant to be giving the letter to Romeo , I was just devastated , I did I just did n't know what to do so all I could do was rush down to the graveyard and try and stop Romeo , by the time I was there it was too late . |
| 9 | Sometimes they used it on him when he was waiting to be served by a barman , or even when he was just standing waiting to cross a busy street , but mostly it was when he was talking to somebody official . |
| 10 | He had sent money for a little while , and dates when he was going to be back ; and then excuses , and little money . |