Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they entered the jungle again , the Moi several times spotted banteng , but what few traces of seladang they found proved to be cold trails . |
| 2 | Ruth wondered what she 'd expected to be told . |
| 3 | I 'd expected to be met by Famlio gunships because they 're always there . |
| 4 | Fifteen years ago they 'd decided to be circumspect , they 'd brought their love affair to an end because the baby had been born . |
| 5 | He 'd prayed to be released |
| 6 | The anniversary of his coronation seemed destined to be marked by ignominious defeat . |
| 7 | Without actually giving her the details — and still keeping back the crucial fact of Christine 's death , which would have changed the tone of their conversations completely — Lucy had been able to give Josie some idea of her home situation and of the problems that she 'd caused with actions that she 'd felt to be right . |
| 8 | UN officials said earlier they hoped to enter the settlement of Cerska within 24 hours to check Moslem claims that up to 1,500 sick and wounded needed to be evacuated from a Serb offensive . |
| 9 | Had she only responded because she 'd needed to be loved ? |
| 10 | The increase in the population of Chiswick caused thought to be given to the need for another Anglican Parish Church situated in the Turnham Green area , so Sir Gilbert Scott , R.A. was commissioned to design an appropriate church to be built on land granted by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul 's Cathedral , as Lord of the Manor of Little Sutton . |
| 11 | She 'd told Dot there 'd got to be the ordinary people too so that the few could be visibly valiant . |
| 12 | Cal must have told her there was Nothing In It , I just felt sorry for him , she 'd got to be kind and take him in , only for a night . |
| 13 | M sh you see that I was saying , to be a farm labourer in those days you 'd got to be a clever man , you 'd got to know how much wheat to shove to an acre , no waste , you see ? |
| 14 | You 'd got to be fourteen . |
| 15 | You 'd got to be someone , to be a nurse , in those days . |
| 16 | And er then you 'd got to be on then . |
| 17 | Well when i I had that used to cost sixpence , but you 'd got to be properly dressed afore you went I tell you . |
| 18 | But er , you 'd got to be a man and a half to be able just to smoke to smoke the local stuff . . |
| 19 | You talked about being erm you know , if God wanted you to be a missionary you 'd got to be a , a sort of teacher or a doctor , do you see your , your role in Harlow as , as a missionary role or as a doctor ? |
| 20 | When it had been screened you 'd got to be in there and the malted barley would come out of a big hole just big enough to get a comb-sack through ; and it used to run into a big heap ; and you 'd got to be inside there a-throwing on it back so it did n't bung up the hole . |
| 21 | When it had been screened you 'd got to be in there and the malted barley would come out of a big hole just big enough to get a comb-sack through ; and it used to run into a big heap ; and you 'd got to be inside there a-throwing on it back so it did n't bung up the hole . |
| 22 | I mean they 'd got to be out for er could n't tell you , Christmas or something like that . |
| 23 | erm arguing and er they was going on about this because if Mrs went to a farm and then said that she saw some hens there that did n't look particularly fit erm and said they 'd got to be culled and if the farmer thought otherwise then we got into all sorts of tangles because we knew nothing about poultry . |
| 24 | Yeah oh yeah I did n't work anywhere else in Willenhall at all , and erm but we 'd got to be in for seven o'clock and if erm you were n't in for seven o'clock and sometimes I used to hear the bell began ringing when I got to go around the corner and get into the , but you had to wait a quarter of an hour before they would let you in and that was stopped off your money and my wage was eight and fourpence a week . |
| 25 | And Heidi was going to phone to say what time she wanted collecting and so we 'd got to be back could n't be out too long could we ? |
| 26 | Rehearsals on the Sheffield play did n't actually begin till two days later , but she 'd promised to be there as soon as she could to discuss make-up with the director . |
| 27 | She was a hard-nosed bitch , but she 'd had to be , to survive . |
| 28 | what he can say that he 'd go with her but he 'd had to be back , sort of , by four cos he 's going out with you he says that , that 'll get him out of it then wo n't he ? |
| 29 | He seemed born to be a professor . |
| 30 | His desire to be gone had been so strong — the desire for movement — that he 'd seemed to be leaning into the wind . |