Example sentences of "that you [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wartime government had promised the troops they would return to ‘ homes fit for heroes to live in ’ , but the sick joke was that you had to be a hero to survive in them . |
| 2 | But their attitude that you had to be part of their camp used to get to me . |
| 3 | ‘ And let her know that you cared so little for me that you had to be reminded ? |
| 4 | The Secretary of State for Scotland decided who should go to the party , but it appears that you had to be rich , a local landowner or preferably both to receive an invitation . |
| 5 | I realised just now that you had to be the one to finish it . ’ |
| 6 | Uncle Willi , she was sure , would totally understand about being in love , even though he was Georg 's father , but he would n't understand that you had to be in love on the one night of his party , not when you 'd had all those other evenings with Gesner . |
| 7 | ‘ How does it follow from what you 've said that you came to be — ’ He paused and his lips compressed in a cruelly thin line before he seemed to deliberately force away the tension , saying simply , ‘ To be with my brother ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When he heard that you wanted to be near Marilla , he decided to teach at a school in another village . |
| 9 | ‘ It was the fact that you needed to be told that made telling you impossible . ’ |