Example sentences of "that [vb past] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's face it , Rangers are the biggest club in Scotland , but they had an attitude that seemed to be against change and against progress . |
| 2 | The answer is : those that happened to be at the top of Craig 's sub-parcel . |
| 3 | The paper published photographs , taken by Crowe , from a distance of half a mile , that purported to be of a topless Trevor and a scantily overcoated Yvonne sucking toes on the lawn of Proby 's Thornham Bridge hacienda . |
| 4 | Jafaar was seeking a way in through al-Kassar to Haser and the Magharians , ostensibly to have them launder the clan 's drug profits , and , through Lasser , to explore the unholy alliance that appeared to be in the works between the Syrian and Cali cartels whereby each would not only take the other 's product but also share intelligence , smuggling routes and defensive tactics . |
| 5 | She paused again , struggling for words to convey the innocence and intimacy of that friendship , words that had to be like a spider 's web , strong yet delicate , if she was to communicate to Mark 's coarse masculine intelligence some inkling of what that friendship had meant to her and Hilda . |
| 6 | It preferred to insist that industrial democracy should be imposed by a means that had to be in principle unsustainable : that is , by the appointment of representatives of trade unions to the boards of directors of industrial enterprises . |