Example sentences of "he [verb] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow he expected TOP to be different . |
| 2 | After dinner he took us to the Royal College of Art , where he seemed proud to be an honorary member of the faculty club and students ' union . |
| 3 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 4 | Kate found it hard to avoid hearing about him ; he seemed daily to be permeating her senses almost as if he were personally hounding her even though she accepted that had to be crazy thinking on her part . |
| 5 | He seemed happy to be there and did n't miss the cold of England at all . |
| 6 | He seemed glad to be rid of it . |
| 7 | He appears content to be the father , rather than the designer , of the new constitution . |
| 8 | ‘ He seems pleased to be here , ’ Fritz said . |
| 9 | ‘ Basically , who is he , what does he do , and is what he does likely to be of help . ’ |
| 10 | The name of the candidate who is standing for election , and the name of his replacement , who will replace him if he becomes ineligible to be a Member of Parliament . |
| 11 | He stood unmoving to be examined , in no way disconcerted by the length of the scrutiny , and feeling no need to break the silence , until Hotspur said at length , with slow consideration : |