Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your Uncle Nathan has wanted her with him in Leeds ever since Christie planned to be married . |
| 2 | Captain Don Ward asked to be readmitted after Mr Taylor was defeated at the general election , but party officials have now decided he ca n't come back . |
| 3 | Allen Watkins agreed to be President of the club and spoke at its inaugural meeting in November 1962 ( the same day as the founding of the Findhorn Community in Scotland , such are the synchronicities of the universe ! ) . |
| 4 | Windley rose to be Chief Native Commissioner of Kenya in the mid-1950s and was one of the moving spirits of re-education . |
| 5 | Sigue Sigue Sputnik tried to be disco . |
| 6 | Temperament is already undermining the career of Wright , whom Graham Taylor reported to be in a state of high anxiety before England 's game against Norway . |
| 7 | Paul , a native of Samosata on the Euphrates , became bishop of Antioch-on-the-Orontes , third city of the empire , at a time when Syria ceased to be under Roman control but was briefly part of the kingdom of Palmyra under Queen Zenobia ( 266–71 ) . |
| 8 | And the winner of the two-dog match will then take on Crayford 's Poor Sue rated to be the best stayer in the country at Sunderland in a £6,000-to-the-winner match on June 24 . |
| 9 | At first , Mrs Parvis pretended to be pleased to see Dot . |
| 10 | Whose was this voice which Molly found to be both bossy and patronizing ? |
| 11 | Cain had killed his brother because he was jealous of the fact that Abel seemed to be the one that was favoured by God . |
| 12 | David seemed to be controlling his anger . |
| 13 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 14 | Early writers called it the battle of Branxton , but Flodden came to be preferred , probably because of balladeers like Sir Walter Scott and Jane Elliott ( The Flowers of the Forest ) . |
| 15 | Mrs Singh seemed to be listening intently but I guess that a lot of what was being said went over her head . |
| 16 | The United States seemed to be in great shape . |
| 17 | Once again the United States seemed to be the arbiter of war and peace in the Middle East . |
| 18 | Just at the moment when the establishment figures on both sides of the Atlantic were talking about substantial cuts in military spending , when the role of the hawkish political leaders was being eclipsed , when the United States seemed to be floating away from its international role , and new self-confident Europe seemed to be on the verge of creation , Iraq invaded Kuwait . |
| 19 | This fight between Ted and Jean seemed to be her life 's single pleasure , and who could blame her ? |
| 20 | I remember George saying that Steven seemed to be a very pleasant/good-natured/hard-working/ambitious/ talented young man . |
| 21 | The large unit known as the syssel , a subdivision of the country broadly similar to the English shire , is in Jutland believed to be pre-Christian , although its function is something of an open question , as it is now best known in connection with later ecclesiastical organisation . |
| 22 | Sue seemed to be behaving quite normally . |
| 23 | Stok seemed to be speaking only to his own scrubby reflection in the pockmarked mirror , so 1 said nothing . |
| 24 | In 1983 the PLO seemed to be falling apart , following Syria 's move against it in Lebanon . |
| 25 | In fact , for a moment , the situation facing Millie seemed to be God-directed when , at seven o'clock , as soon as Ben had opened the gates , a Mrs Walton came hurrying in . |
| 26 | When Speelman seemed to be getting the better of it , Timman suddenly sacrificed two pieces to expose his opponent 's king . |
| 27 | Silence hung heavily in the room as Hari seemed to be assessing her words . |
| 28 | Under this considerable pressure and criticism Muskie seemed to be left with no political option but to enter the game of policy escalation . |
| 29 | Becky affected to be unconcerned . |
| 30 | Jagatan seemed to be asleep . |