Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | no one was more surprised than me to be |
| 2 | All are keeping quiet about it , supposing it to be some reflection on themselves . |
| 3 | From this you can trace your statute in the main work , supposing it to be there . |
| 4 | The British Medical Association refused to consider family planning at its meetings from 1912 to 1928 , considering it to be tainted by association with vice and radicalism . |
| 5 | The haste , perhaps , and the diffidence both , were encouraged by his wife , who did not like him to talk of Trade , considering it to be vulgar , and yet she was pleased to note that this casual reference to wealth met with a satisfactory , if silent , response . |
| 6 | At that stage , despite a fine art training , she had abandoned painting , considering it to be overloaded with ( patriarchal ) meaning . |
| 7 | However , the largest nationalist organization of Ukraine , Rukh , voted on Aug. 1 not to take part in the congress , considering it to be too moderate in its opposition to the current regime . |
| 8 | The general rule , however , is that for you to be justified in ending the relationship , the breach of contract must in itself be serious . |
| 9 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 10 | He knew exactly why the Curator had asked him in to see the eagle — a most unusual thing for someone as unimportant as him to be called in personally in this way . |