Example sentences of "[pron] were [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Shitvolumes started preparing his next show as if I were going to be in it , until one day , just before The Jungle Book was about to go up , he came into the dressing room . |
| 2 | I had so far managed to avoid being kissed by the old bat , but I had the strong feeling that , by the end of the day , she and I were going to be getting physical . |
| 3 | Still , the limping aircraft , which were assumed to be carrying arms , were not challenged . |
| 4 | This term was reserved for the rural dialects , which had been legitimized by nineteenth-century investigations , and which were believed to be ‘ genuine ’ in a way that urban dialects are not . |
| 5 | During 1989 and early 1990 , in addition to the May and September 1989 attacks listed above ( both of which were believed to be connected with the Koskotas affair and with the November 17 Revolutionary Organization ) there were a number of small bomb attacks against cars and buildings , which caused material damage and sometimes injury but no deaths . |
| 6 | Indonesia had no claim to any of the islands , which were believed to be rich in oil . |
| 7 | Following the meeting a US military excavation team carried out its first MIA search in Cambodia ; it announced on March 23 that it had recently unearthed some remains which were believed to be of members of US television crews killed in Cambodia in 1970 . |
| 8 | Management could be faced ‘ with severe economic losses if it failed to take into account their views , or to win their consent on issues which were felt to be of major importance by the workforce ’ ( p. 314 ) . |
| 9 | This was undoubtedly due partly to the war and partly because the statutes contained criteria which were felt to be less justiciable : if the minister stated that a regulation concerning trademarks was necessary for securing the safety of the realm the court would not adjudicate upon this . |
| 10 | Some , however , were concerned about the nature of the play activities , almost all of which were seen to be based on some kind of violence . |
| 11 | Their memorandum on US policy towards Indo-China recognized the possibility that without what it called ‘ a bolder political approach ’ the French — and the US — might well be heading into a debâcle which neither could afford ; but the drastic political measures which were reckoned to be necessary would have to be a matter for voluntary decision by the French government . |
| 12 | It is difficult to achieve truly three-dimensional accuracy with this method , but mathematical precision was not a prime requirement in Roman commissions , most of which were intended to be displayed in a setting with a restricted angle of view . |
| 13 | As delivered , Nos. 36–45 and 56–60 were mounted on Mountain & Gibson 7 ft. 6 in. 21EM trucks , which were intended to be a copy of the Brill 21E design in defiance of American patents . |
| 14 | It began as a protest against the alleged peremptory nature of the decision by the NCB to close some working coal mines which were said to be uneconomic . |
| 15 | The music halls , professional football , the ‘ penny dreadful ’ comics and the ‘ penny bloods ’ which were said to be inducements to crime and immorality , the rowdy presence of working-class people at seaside resorts on Bank Holiday excursions , the evening promenade of young people that was ridiculed by their elders as the ‘ monkey parade ’ , the depravity and violence associated with the pub — they all came under attack at different times . |
| 16 | South Korea called on the North to accept inspection of its nuclear facilities , which were said to be well advanced in developing a nuclear device [ see p. 38396 ] . |
| 17 | Earlier the court had been shown a quantity of bricks and stones some of which were said to be bloodstained , and a heavy iron bar . |
| 18 | Disillusion grew as the list of names which were destined to be graven into the monument at Alexandra Square slowly grew . |
| 19 | All schools could identify additional resources , ( for instance , computers , a music laboratory , enhanced INSET , staff ) that had been purchased and which were perceived to be available entirely as a result of devolution . |
| 20 | There are numerous records of actions being taken against plays which were considered slanderous to nobles or which were perceived to be in political opposition to government policy , such as Middleton 's cause célèbre , A Game of Chess , which opposed James 's accommodating attitude towards Spain and attracted the protest of the Spanish ambassador . |
| 21 | Relations improved with Egypt and Syria , while Yemen and Jordan , both of which were perceived to be sympathetic to Iraq [ see pp. 37728 ; 37927 ] , became increasingly marginalized ; in addition full diplomatic relations were re-established with the Soviet Union [ see below ] . |
| 22 | If that was correct , there could be no question of any infringement of articles 7 and 221 , which were expressed to be without prejudice to the other provisions of the E.E.C . |
| 23 | These villages lie way beyond the reach of limited government services , which were shown to be in crisis last year when the island group was added to the United Nations ' list of Least Developed Countries ( LDCs ) . |
| 24 | In general , the NCp7 mutants which were shown to be active in promoting NCp7:RNA interactions ( 6 ) ( dimerization and annealing of the primer tRNA to the PBS ) interacted effectively with HIV-1 DNA fragments , indicating that the same residues are involved . |
| 25 | FEARS were expressed yesterday that safety plans for North Sea platforms may put too much emphasis on equipment and hardware , rather than management and human factors , which were shown to be a main contributory cause of the Piper Alpha disaster . |
| 26 | The unity of the New Testament , the fact that it contains not every Christology , but only those which were judged to be faithful to the original testimony , reflect the origin of the gospel in the one unique person of Jesus ( Newbigin 1978:176 ) . |
| 27 | Right up to the nineteenth century the winegrowers of Anjou and Touraine would refer to their best wines as " vins pour la mer " , the wines which were going to be taken down to the sea via Nantes . |
| 28 | Their erm conditions were very basic , and I took two fluffy hot water bottles which were going to be used as incubators for the premature babies , that 's all they had , and I took out lots of needles and the surgical gloves and a special instrument for operations . |
| 29 | Privatization would fall into two categories : the sale of state-owned shops and restaurants , which had in fact been under way since May 1 ; and the sale of state-owned factories and enterprises , 40 per cent of which were envisaged to be in private hands within three years . |
| 30 | When Mandru was in residence , he commanded a performance at least once a day as part of his Ixmaritian devotions , which were rumoured to be half-hearted at best . |