Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got to remember to be careful with the fire . |
| 2 | The , the motion I moved needs to be adjusted because of our decision on the probation committee , earlier . |
| 3 | I want to study to be a barrister , ’ says Lisa . |
| 4 | I want to ride as much as I can , but I want to try to be sensible at the same time . |
| 5 | I want to try to be kind to the hon. Member for Gordon because he is out of his depth . |
| 6 | I stopped trying to be clever . |
| 7 | Whatever position I adopted seemed to be the wrong one , and it was possible for certain parts of my body to be relaxed and at rest only at the expense of certain other parts . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd wanted to be an actor since I was seven , ’ he says . |
| 10 | All through the '70s I 'd wanted to be in a rock band and I ended up doing it and it was nothing like as exciting as I 'd imagined it from reading and listening to records . |
| 11 | I 'd wanted to be a nurse or a policewoman , but I had to leave school right away and help support my family . |
| 12 | I felt I 'd tried everything , I 'd tried to be a good wife , mother , mistress what else could I do ? |
| 13 | In the big chief 's private office Hartley informs me casually that what I 'd taken to be a ping pong ball-firing toy gun on the table behind me was actually an automatic 12-bore shotgun capable of delivering a dozen lethal rounds in quick succession . |
| 14 | In the big chief 's private office Hartley informs me casually that what I 'd taken to be a ping pong ball-firing toy gun on the table behind me was actually an automatic 12-bore shotgun capable of delivering a dozen lethal rounds in quick succession . |
| 15 | I 'd expected to be met by Famlio gunships because they 're always there . |
| 16 | If I could just add my thanks to the officers substantial piece of work , which is , I hope going to be used by many members to come for the next year . |
| 17 | Nearly everyone I meet seems to be doing something these days . |
| 18 | Everybody I know seems to be down there . " |
| 19 | That I should back off from a story that I know needs to be brought out into the open ? |
| 20 | So all the players that I teach have to be very strong . |
| 21 | The answer I believe continues to be that our economic and monetary authorities have less of an appreciation than others of the lags in the economy in particular between changes in interest policy and business investment . |
| 22 | But I find Ruether to be fully justified : one must , as a theologian , make some judgement as to what the scriptures are about , and Ruether is explicit as to how she reads . |
| 23 | However , the partner with whom I worked claimed to be a general practitioner , and the distribution of his cases supports this . |
| 24 | How would I have tried to be . |
| 25 | I did n't have the time , nor would I have expected to be romanced in a way which might have encroached on either of our careers . |
| 26 | I decided to try to be open for once in my life . |
| 27 | There are many less well known , but very worthwhile places , which I suppose need to be dealt with in another article . |
| 28 | This is an area which I feel requires to be rejuvenated . |
| 29 | When I took over there were a lot of things I felt needed to be dealt with . |
| 30 | ‘ There were a couple of things I thought needed to be dealt with straight away . ’ |