Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She guessed that the earthquake was responsible for his presence , since flights in and out of Taipei were functioning normally again already , but whatever concern had brought him was unlikely to be personal . |
| 2 | Victor Burgin explained , for example , in The End of Art Theory that he was unwilling to be limited to an aesthetic response to ‘ the art object , which in turn is representative of the sensibility of the artist ’ . |
| 3 | He was afraid — and I think now he was right to be — that it was what they were really after . ’ |
| 4 | He was right to be gloomy , and he should have remained gloomy to the end . |
| 5 | He was right to be prouder of his divertissement La chasse du cerf than of anything he had written previously , for he was somewhat out of his depth when it came to setting dramatic texts . |
| 6 | Bert Rafferty 's voice was subdued but firm , almost , Harriet felt , as if he was relieved to be getting something off his chest . |
| 7 | She could tell he was relieved to be let off the hook if even for only a few minutes , despite his words as they 'd come downstairs . |
| 8 | As soon as McQuaid met Moran 's domination of the evening with this sudden violence he was anxious to be conciliatory . |
| 9 | It was wise to be happy , she believed , whereas he was complacent to be wise . |
| 10 | At 93 , little remained of the liturgical Hebrew he had studied before the October Revolution , but he was pleased to be leaving his quarrelsome Armenian and Azerbaijani neighbours behind . |
| 11 | He wanted to take on the Glamorgan job again , whenever Butcher may decide to retire , and he was pleased to be thought a contender to take England to India if , as is expected , Graham Gooch opts out . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll make the time , ’ and the new coldness in Camille noted , through a clear magnifying transparency of ice , that he was pleased to be asked . |
| 13 | Peckle grumbled about the treatment due to envoys but the good physician , Throgmorton , laughed sourly and said he was pleased to be as far away from the Frogs as possible . |
| 14 | It was Mr Nofomela 's confession to the killing — the day before he was due to be executed for the murder of a white farmer — which led to the disclosures that the force has been running professional death squads . |
| 15 | He was due to be presented with his royal award by Prince Philip at St James 's Palace next Tuesday . |
| 16 | He was due to be congratulated by Lady Thatcher after receiving a People of the Year award . |
| 17 | A LONELY widower died in a blaze at his home yesterday — just hours before he was due to be evicted . |
| 18 | He went absent without leave from his regiment in December 1990 , the day before he was due to be sent to Saudi Arabia . |
| 19 | He was due to be released on conditional bail last night once a surety had been produced . |
| 20 | In fact , Byrne knew better and eventually resigned without making another move because he realised that he was due to be mated within four moves ! |
| 21 | He was due to be sentenced on Oct. 1 , and faced a maximum prison term of 28 years . |
| 22 | He was due to be inaugurated for a five-year term on Feb. 7 , 1991 , the fifth anniversary of the overthrow of the Duvalier regime . |
| 23 | He was due to be put down because he did not have the right ears for a show class pedigree corgi . |
| 24 | He was young to be going up to Cambridge , but was taken on there and gained a first in Preliminary Natural Sciences . |
| 25 | he was delighted to be out |
| 26 | He said that he was delighted to be at the opening of the new factory ; built entirely under the planning and control of production and engineering director . |
| 27 | They were glad to have him in the gang and he was delighted to be among them . |
| 28 | Coun Bill Dixon ( Lab ) , chairman of the committee , said he was delighted to be involved in a scheme which will go some way to easing the town 's critical housing shortage . |
| 29 | Chairman Bill Dixon ( Lab ) , said he was delighted to be involved in a scheme which would help ease the town 's critical housing shortage . |
| 30 | The former Open champion signed the contract at St Andrews yesterday and said he was delighted to be involved in the venture . |