Example sentences of "[vb past] to be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quasars are starlike objects that must be many times brighter than entire galaxies if they are as distant as the reddening of their spectra indicates ; pulsars are the rapidly blinking remnants of supernova explosions , believed to be ultradense neutron stars ; compact X-ray sources , revealed by instruments aboard space vehicles , may also be neutron stars or may be hypothetical objects of still higher density , namely black holes . |
| 2 | Buxton initiated his Civilization Society in part because he feared that to wait for antislavery principles to permeate foreign societies of slaveholders , which he believed to be BFASS policy , ‘ would cost us half a century , and that implies the sacrifice of twenty five millions of the human race ’ . |
| 3 | A necessary precaution — she heard a voice she imagined to be John-William Dallam 's say the words-to discourage others of her kind from following her criminal example . |
| 4 | It seemed to be RAF policy to shift people around from time to time , usually just as they were beginning to take root somewhere . |
| 5 | Bald , and with an attenuated El Greco face , he looked like a victim of chemotherapy — but also of a Transylvanian vampire , for his chin and neck were covered with what seemed to be bite marks . |
| 6 | The reason why absenteeism was non-existent on Thursdays was not just because it happened to be pay day . |
| 7 | He had an endearing habit at 10 o'clock of calling on each facet of his customers , starting with the lowest rank of airman , to " piss off " ; and worked through the ranks until he got to Kings ( and on this occasion it happened to be King Peter of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 8 | We all had a good laugh about it , but it was not so funny if you happened to be Keith Fletcher . |
| 9 | The local MP happened to be Michael Heseltine , who knows a thing or two about campaigning . |
| 10 | She broke into films in 1933 , when MGM advertised for ‘ tall girls in bathing suits ’ , and made her movie debut in the chorus in Dancing Lady , which also happened to be Fred Astaire 's first film . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly , their most fanatical fan happened to be Steven Morrissey . |
| 12 | The boaters happened to be Russell Train , who ran the Federal Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) in Washington , just 50 km to the west , and Senator Charles Mac Mathias of the state of Maryland , which shares with Virginia the bay 's 13 000 km of shoreline . |
| 13 | She had no idea what to do , less than if her sister had become violent and raved and attacked her , or claimed to be Lady Hamilton . |
| 14 | They claimed to be grass cutters working at the nearby golf course . |
| 15 | ‘ We can confirm that Det Chief Insp Keith Free of Heathrow CID did visit the offices of the Sunday Mirror , interviewed journalists and watched a video tape showing a man who claimed to be Phil Wells , ’ said a the spokesman . |
| 16 | Some claimed to be Don Antonio Beatillo himself , reincarnate ; others , more crafty , urged the claims of babies discovered , they said , in the local limestone caves , foundlings dropped from the sky , with tokens proving their selfsame identity with the magnate , recently deceased , much lamented ( RIP ) who owned all that land down in the valley of the Dragon Torrent . |
| 17 | Beautifully displayed on it were two twists of marinated salmon , sprigs of red and green lettuce and watercress , slices of passion fruit , two slices of filet of hare , a sprig of broccoli , two crumbed and fried mushrooms in a pale-gold sauce which I guessed to be pan juices , reduced and bodied out with cream . |
| 18 | However , the women declined to be TPLF fighters . |
| 19 | I thought I was an actress and decided to be Mata Hari for my journey . ’ |
| 20 | The families are the Series 2700 , Series 6700 and Series 6800 workstations and servers , and , as reported , they will support Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT as well as Unix — presumed to be Unix System V.3.2 — the company has still not made good on its promise to offer OSF/1 . |
| 21 | 1981–1982 KAY EVANS , MBE — Our very good friend agreed to be Caretaker President for one year on Molly 's death . |
| 22 | ‘ WHO ARE you looking for ? ’ enquired a soul boy behind a typewriter ( who I later surmised to be Paolo Hewitt , author of Beat Concerto ) . |
| 23 | Was Major meant to be Val Doonican or Dave Allen ? ) |
| 24 | But if Eliot in the poem has adopted the personality of a fertility god , this god is a peculiarly Prufrockian one in the sense that for all ‘ The constant flame shall keep me warm , ’ he remains not simply a minor divinity , neither being nor meant to be Prince Hamlet , but also , for all the lovers ' attentions , an impotent ghost , ‘ A bloodless shade among the shades/ Doing no good , but not much harm ’ . |
| 25 | The beebop era was just fading , Presley had not quite arrived and the advance guard of popular Fifties music that the kids in Neptune listened to were Johnnie Ray , Ray Charles and Chuck Berry . |
| 26 | A man , understood to be Keith Pringle , remained in the house with Mrs Reece 's 21-year-old daughter Leanne . |
| 27 | A man , understood to be Keith Pringle , remained in the house with Mrs Reece 's 21-year-old daughter Leanne as armed police surrounded and cordoned off the area . |
| 28 | I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available . |
| 29 | One angry Dutch CD said after the meeting that he deeply regretted the outcome , especially in view of what he took to be Mr major 's anti-European comments . |
| 30 | We stayed close to the radio and eventually heard a repeat of what proved to be Marshal Badoglio 's first and last broadcast to the nation , uttered in a mournful voice : |