Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fat lot he even cared about being late for church and she trying to keep up a good style . |
| 2 | To admit to being innocent of guile somehow smacked of being undesirable , immature , but far better that than be thought an actress . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a load of bullshit ! ’ the culprit shouted before being strong-armed out of the door . |
| 4 | She rejoiced in being free from the place , but she talked of it with comprehension and critical affection . |
| 5 | Given the conception we have , are mental events as we have conceived them excluded from being physical ? |
| 6 | The Insured considered the safety of the property and took precautions even though they transpired to be inadequate . |
| 7 | In 1852 Ellerton moved to be senior curate at Brighton parish church , and to hold the evening lectureship at the chapel of ease , St Peter 's . |
| 8 | The examinations , tailored to be selective , make no concession to this , nor do they make allowance for the wide range of academic ability and preparedness among the candidates . |
| 9 | At the Paradise Club they come out fighting — with a set tailored to be brash and bruising . |
| 10 | Since they would n't be working the boat today and because the weather promised to be hot again , she 'd elected to wear a short skirt and skimpy blouse , together with the sandals he had decried as being unsuitable . |
| 11 | The Euro leg of the Zoo TV tour promised to be spectacular and , on the evidence of events at Dublin 's RDS Showjumping Arena on Saturday night , it was . |
| 12 | One of the meanings of ‘ promise ’ is ‘ give cause for expecting ’ , as in ‘ He promised to be stout when grown up ’ ( Daniel Defoe ) . |
| 13 | Because , on this occasion , the other four Great Powers seemed to agree with the Russian Foreign Minister , the crisis promised to be short-lived . |
| 14 | With limitations so precisely and clearly defined , the exercise Promised to be innocuous . |
| 15 | Although our debate today will continue until 2 am , there is a long list of hon. Members who wish to speak and I promised to be brief . |
| 16 | The band , who promised to be massive after an effortless rise to the top during the Manchester thingy in 1990 , eventually became a figure of fun in the music Press . |
| 17 | Neither the creation of the Secret Committee on the Peasant Question , however , nor the orders to Nazimov promised to be significant milestones . |
| 18 | She and her father had visited many places of historical interest , including several castles , but the small castle perched on its rock promised to be special . |
| 19 | I once voluntarily threw away something that promised to be special , and very , very wonderful , and do n't intend to do so again . |
| 20 | The summer promised to be delicious , but nothing is ever perfect . |
| 21 | We all promised to be careful . |
| 22 | It would be so easy to say yes to everything he was asking of her ; she would n't have his love but she would have his arms round her all through the nights that , from now on , promised to be lonely . |
| 23 | Bourjois ' Cil 18 Heures Mascara , £3.79 , for instance contains an ingredient called a hydrophobic polymer which improves the mascara 's resistance to water , whilst Lancôme 's Definicil Mascara , £12 , has a brush made of a substance called Rislan designed to be extra gentle on your lashes . |
| 24 | At least they never pretended to be pure . |
| 25 | I think he had been listening to some people in the dale who had missed out on the shoot and the money that went with it , and were critical , or pretended to be critical , of people who worked for Sir Emmanuel and the other toffs — maybe a bit left wing , although Stanley was n't a person who took any interest in politics . |
| 26 | The noise was intense , constant chatter , voices raised in argument , an air of expectancy , even tension , as everyone pretended to be involved in what was happening around them but secretly watched the great ones at the high table . |
| 27 | When the night nurse came and flashed her light curiously over him , he pretended to be asleep . |
| 28 | Immediately , I pretended to be asleep , knowing that if she uttered a sound I would have to smother her with my jacket . |
| 29 | She pretended to be asleep . |
| 30 | Sidney pretended to be upset about this — at least I think he was pretending — because he said to Uncle , ‘ A's not friends wi' thee now — thee 's parted wi' my white dog ’ . |