Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as I had been told repeatedly that I was destined to ‘ do well ’ , so then I was being told that I was destined to be ‘ stout ’ . |
| 2 | Did you not know that I was bound to be in my Father 's house ? |
| 3 | But I mean , then I was bound to be very bored , except |
| 4 | For the first six months of my mother 's pregnancy , I was assumed to be indigestion . |
| 5 | It suddenly became clear to me that I was assumed to be equally as wilfully ignorant . |
| 6 | I was scheduled to be a member of that crew and had been issued with my kit , overseas bag etc and was delighted to have been chosen for the ‘ jolly ’ , but someone ‘ pulled rank ’ and took my place , thus saving my life and losing his . |
| 7 | V.W. I 'm not quite the loony that I was seen to be six years ago , when I first came in the school . |
| 8 | ‘ I was flattered to be asked to join them , any fan would be , and I know a few of my mates are jealous . |
| 9 | Not because I was made to be late , but I , I , I , I 'd , me mother had made me cos she said you got ta come home to your dinner and there was no buses there were trams in them days , but I 'd got to get into the town . |
| 10 | Pamela Grant wrote : ’ Some tutorials I was sent to were way above my head — I did n't dislike them , but they worried me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I was born to be a Headmaster so that 's what I was called . |
| 12 | It 's what I was born to be . |
| 13 | I saw that I was intended to be subject to people like these two , was doomed to marry Syl as surely as I had been born of my mother . |
| 14 | Sometimes I think I was intended to be an only child , and got born into a large family by a mistake . |
| 15 | But Victoria is wondering why I always come with you , when I was employed to be on duty here . ’ |
| 16 | It did n't bother me , I knew I was engaged to be married , and in those days as soon as you were going to be married you left your job … that is the only thing we girls had to look forward to , getting married and going on our own , getting our bottom drawer together and things like that … |
| 17 | I was engaged to be married once , an engagement that was a mistake and I was lucky to get out of without too much trouble and then I met you and that is the sum total of my ‘ sexual demands ’ as you put it . |
| 18 | Okay , I admit I was honoured to be asked , and so I started thinking about what I was going to cover . |
| 19 | The date to remember is Friday , July 17 , when I was honoured to be present at its rebirth , so to speak . |
| 20 | On Robin Tavistock 's table , where I was honoured to be seated , was a superb square birthday cake , iced in Robin 's racing colours , with fifty tiny candles in miniature gold candelabras . |
| 21 | I cursed myself for lack of balance ; I was determined to be a professional dancer . |
| 22 | I was asked to be discreet as the lady in question , a possible grand-daughter living on the island , was of affluent mien and might not like to be reminded of her origins . |
| 23 | The satisfaction with which the new prayer book was received and used quickly resulted in a request that the Burmese hymn book should be revised and enlarged , and I was asked to be the editor and secretary of the small revision committee . |
| 24 | I was asked to be discreet . |
| 25 | I was asked to be a coachman for Cinderella with my best friend , of course I was very excited and as the time grew nearer my costume was made and fitted . |
| 26 | Just as Sgt Wilson 's thesis was channelled to me because I was known to be interested in research , so many police research departments now get allocated the task of reading the essays submitted by sergeants and inspectors for NEBS or DMS qualifications . |
| 27 | ( I had taken to climbing over the railings of the barracks each night , as the watchmen on the gate had been forbidden to let me in as I was known to be sleeping there . |
| 28 | I was thought to be getting above myself because I refused to sight read a scene . |
| 29 | I was considered to be doing well . |
| 30 | ‘ I was gratified to be able to answer promptly , and I did . |