Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your Uncle Nathan has wanted her with him in Leeds ever since Christie planned to be married . |
| 2 | Windley rose to be Chief Native Commissioner of Kenya in the mid-1950s and was one of the moving spirits of re-education . |
| 3 | We want our system , just as surely as France and Germany want to be free to enjoy their systems . |
| 4 | A French company wishing to build a plant in West Germany needs to be able to turn its French francs into D-marks . |
| 5 | In addition Eleanor and Marie appear to be central figures in a treatise entitled De Amore written by Andrew , a chaplain at the court of Champagne in the early 1180s . |
| 6 | Benazir Bhutto looks to be strong but it 's a coalition of convenience not conviction , in a country where politics follows the rules of war , opposition means nothing , winning is everything . |
| 7 | At first , Mrs Parvis pretended to be pleased to see Dot . |
| 8 | Student Language Use : As many bilingual students in FE appear to be fluent users of English and speak in local accents it is important to alert participants to the fact that they use two or more languages regularly and operate in two cultures in their daily lives . |
| 9 | No Steven has to be deaf with ears like that . |
| 10 | The large unit known as the syssel , a subdivision of the country broadly similar to the English shire , is in Jutland believed to be pre-Christian , although its function is something of an open question , as it is now best known in connection with later ecclesiastical organisation . |
| 11 | In fact , for a moment , the situation facing Millie seemed to be God-directed when , at seven o'clock , as soon as Ben had opened the gates , a Mrs Walton came hurrying in . |
| 12 | Becky affected to be unconcerned . |
| 13 | Jagatan seemed to be asleep . |
| 14 | Always Poshekhonov seemed to be close to him . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , this Meredith happens to be female , all the bits between the woolly hat and brown brogues , ’ she said wrily . |
| 16 | But Bella seemed to be satisfied . |
| 17 | The Christian mind which he revered was then and ever after the mind of William Temple , whom Hoskyns thought to be able but superficial . |
| 18 | The designation Unbeliever ceases to be mandatory for the Jews . |
| 19 | Shiona wriggled to be free of him . |
| 20 | Hari decided to be truthful . |
| 21 | Freud seems to be willing to put it this way , and then to want to insist again that it was an actual deed , otherwise the impact is immediately lost once we allow ourselves to think that it did not happen . |
| 22 | Modern industrial society with its superior ‘ organic ’ solidarity could dispense with these primitive aids to cohesion and develop the more civilized , less emotional and , above all , rational legal processes which Durkheim took to be characteristic of progress . |
| 23 | Bella appeared to be unperturbed : ‘ I wondered why she was going on about Mr Bishop and Madge just now . |
| 24 | The civilian population in Kuwait appeared to be stunned by the invasion , and although some immediately tried to escape into Saudi Arabia most simply remained in their homes . |
| 25 | For a change , Michael McVeigh had to be content with the runners-up spot , losing out on weight to his clubmate Mike Berry . |
| 26 | But there was no suggestion that Gray had been involved in anything improper and Jefferson continued to be involved in youth work . |
| 27 | In disbelief , Montgomerie had to be content with third spot . |
| 28 | Flaherty said to be sure this was true , although he misremembered the last time they 'd been called on to supply them , it being all of two years since the Wolfkings had been driven out by the Gruagach . |
| 29 | Richard had to be satisfied with this response , but he was clearly convinced thereafter that he was destined to overcome Saladin . |
| 30 | This is now a missing link in the electrification : completing it would enable Birmingham-Scotland Intercity trains to be electric-hauled throughout and the Manchester Airport — Preston Service would also be electric . |