Example sentences of "[vb past] to be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opted to be taught medieval Welsh as a special subject . |
| 2 | The immediate impact of the founding fathers of what came to be called revolutionary ‘ populism ’ was minimal . |
| 3 | The relevant units of the matrix came to be called strategic business units ( SBUs ) . |
| 4 | From the creative interaction , came the new concept , which came to be called Educational Technology . |
| 5 | An inquest has failed to establish how a twenty six year old barman came to be found dead in his flat . |
| 6 | How Gemma Gibson came to be left alone in a flat in Hammersmith , London seems likely to remain unclear until she comes back . |
| 7 | In fact , it was not until the late nineteenth century that body odour came to be considered unpleasant or anti-social . |
| 8 | How the myth came to be seems clear enough . |
| 9 | In course of time these petitions came to be addressed direct to the Chancellor himself . |
| 10 | The corruption of the material world through human folly led to a process of decay and death , so that the whole cosmos mourned the loss of sustaining communion and groaned and yearned to be set free . |
| 11 | Polls suggested that the key election issue for voters , however , was the 8,000 or so homeless people estimated to be sleeping rough within the city . |
| 12 | The questions she had feared earlier seemed to be taking physical shape in the shadowy corners of the room , phantoms waiting to trap her if she dropped her guard for so much as a second . |
| 13 | He looked around briefly at the women with the scraggy necks in the Laura Ashley dresses , and the men who all seemed to be wearing red ties , and probably Seiko watches — but for a different reason from Bob . |
| 14 | We could show when design decisions were forced by that architecture , and when the systems seemed to be facing common problems . |
| 15 | Three rows of tiny figures circled a Navaho basket , holding hands forever in the weave ; black squares for heads , so that they seemed to be facing inward to preserve the sanctity of the dance . |
| 16 | Now the suspected subservience of the judiciary to the politicians seemed to be made manifest . |
| 17 | He liked Mrs Robson , he had become very fond of her : she was down to earth , and she seemed to bring him out of himself , but she seemed to be harbouring serious ideas about Maggie and him . |
| 18 | By the 1970s record manufacturers seemed to be forming new logos ( or trade-names ) as fast as they could , and the entry of hundreds of small independent companies added to the confusion . |
| 19 | In retrospect the debates on the Bill had a curious air of unreality … government spokesmen often seemed to be stating simple lessons in economic theory … |
| 20 | They were 15 minutes from a battling victory at St James ' Park and seemed to be riding tremendous pressure when referee Steve Bell stepped in to award the Division One high-fliers a spot kick . |
| 21 | All points seemed to be given equal emphasis . |
| 22 | I seemed to be standing still . |
| 23 | And when things were going against his men he seemed to be suffering mental agonies . |
| 24 | He could feel it even with his hands over his ears ; it seemed to be making unpleasant bubbles in his head . |
| 25 | In fact , although the Hamptons were approximately eighty miles from the centre of New York , the fast sports car seemed to be making light work of the journey . |
| 26 | Of the original concept , only weatherman Francis Wilson survives and even he seemed to be making conscious efforts not to call clouds ‘ white , fluffy bits ’ , as has been his trick . |
| 27 | Within a few years some observers even began to sense in his reforms the triumph of capitalism over Communism , in that the USSR seemed to be adopting Western methods . |
| 28 | Now , the honey-gold , palm-dotted ramparts and fortifications of Grand Harbour were receding in the distance , the Mediterranean was crystal-clear turquoise beneath them , and the huge arc of the sky seemed to be widening invisible blue arms above the horizon . |
| 29 | All through my childhood , my body always seemed to be going numb . |
| 30 | Incidentally , he seemed to be going long in avocados . |