Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you would help me up on deck ? ’ she ventured expectantly , adding with a bewitchingly brief smile , ‘ I 'd hoped to be alone for a while . ’ |
| 2 | I had decided to be vague . |
| 3 | I had ceased to be good at the convent , and now I also ceased to be either healthy or clever . |
| 4 | Already I had ceased to be sure which side I was on . |
| 5 | I had tried to be discreet , as the subject was professional dynamite even when discussed in private with a great friend . |
| 6 | Sad to say , I had learnt to be suspicious of good-looking young men who for no particular reason seemed to take a sudden interest in me . |
| 7 | Then , to my relief , what I had taken to be great patches of surf resolved into luminous shoals of herring or mackerel , which shot away at our approach , each individual fish an incandescent streak . |