Example sentences of "[pron] he [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter may , for instance , feel that if he is regarded as competent to take on the task by himself he ought to be in charge of his own department and that the manager is intentionally blocking his promotion . |
| 2 | During a recent election broadcast he featured as Sir Denis ‘ Foreman ’ — as in the foreman of a building site , rather than of Granada of which he used to be deputy chairman . |
| 3 | It is hoped that Rambert will be one of the first companies to appear at the Festival Theatre when it opens next year , by which time Christopher Bruce will have taken over as artistic director of the company with which he used to be a leading dancer and choreographer . |
| 4 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE is who he says he is , because he is who he used to be , because Dudley Moore is to all intents and purposes Dudley Moore , actor , musician , mascot , clown , then there are a few details and descriptions and facts and figures that have to be mentioned . |
| 5 | ‘ Whoever persuaded him he ought to be a teacher ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It is , of course , precisely what he ought to be seeing , ’ he agreed , reluctantly . |
| 7 | Garbo , Garland , Gardner , Garson and Gable were there — and that was just the Gs — but the old grey Mayer was n't what he used to be , and he had been ousted from MGM by the time Nicholson arrived as a messenger boy . |
| 8 | He 's very uncooperative and aggressive , not at all like what he used to be … oh yes , it is a strain . ’ |
| 9 | WHERE was the judgment in paying Derby a record £5.1 million for Dean Saunders and Mark Wright only to discover that Saunders does n't fit with Ian Rush and Wright is n't quite what he used to be ? |