Example sentences of "who [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , those who most seem to be themselves appear to me people impersonating what they think they might like to be , believe they ought to be , or wish to be taken to be by whoever is setting standards . |
| 2 | One officer said that my youngest sister , who eventually grew to be just 5 feet 4 inches tall but who was still at school at this time , had her arm around his neck trying to strangle him . |
| 3 | There are only so many things you can sell to someone who merely requires to be kept warm and dry as they walk up a hill . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Despite this chilly inconvenience , however , the place was crowded with people who all seemed to be talking at once . |
| 6 | Only one of the many newspapers I read mentioned the fact that the assailant was black and it was with the most extreme difficulty that I was able to ascertain from reporters and policemen , who all refused to be named , that the callous passers-by were also black . |
| 7 | One very lively looking book provides typical examples of the features I would criticize : a focus on the history of the science dealing with the main discoverers who all seem to be men ; a use of the pseudo-generic ‘ man ’ and ‘ he ’ when the reference is to men and women ; more pictures of men than women ; a series of cartoons in the margins which portray boys more frequently than girls to illustrate some concept or show active participation in scientific experiment . |
| 8 | We 'd end up with 350 MPs who all wanted to be prime minister . |
| 9 | " Keep still if you can , poor old chap , " said Acorn , who obviously wanted to be overheard . |
| 10 | When these result in avoidable death , and they do , then it could be anyone who just happens to be there — employees , consumers , ordinary citizens . |
| 11 | Later I mention this encounter to an old friend who just happens to be a former service supervisor for the phone company . |
| 12 | Meanwhile Sir Clifford has engaged a nurse , Mrs Bolton … who just happens to be the village gossip . |
| 13 | ‘ Sometimes you come across patients you feel have been coached on what to say , or who just claim to be residents . |
| 14 | Information for those who wish to return , for those who may return at some future date , and those who just wish to be kept abreast of developments should be incorporated . |
| 15 | I thought , ‘ Here is this man who just begs to be loved , and who just wants to be a handsome , gorgeous leading man , ’ but who really was not . |
| 16 | I thought , ‘ Here is this man who just begs to be loved , and who just wants to be a handsome , gorgeous leading man , ’ but who really was not . |
| 17 | And time out : Another blow for the girl who just wants to be one of the boys . |
| 18 | THEY say every picture tells a story … and these pictures show a woman who just wants to be alone . |
| 19 | ‘ Yeah , ’ said somebody drunk who just wanted to be nasty , ‘ you tell her . |
| 20 | Endless ads have been Green or organic , from the guy who rips his plans up to wreck the countryside and earns himself a beer , to the couple in the deodorant ad who just happen to be frolicking naked in the forest with camouflage make-up . |
| 21 | I take on board everything that Lesley said , but I still feel in my heart that there are times when you 're dealing with people who just need to be treated almost like a child again for a while and maybe maybe it 's a good place where the legislation leaves it , better than going to a sort of situation where healthy people might get pushed into asylums or whatever , but somehow I 'm not totally happy with where we are . |
| 22 | Both men had leapt to their feet and had been restrained from using violence by the mates of the shop steward , who just happened to be on hand . |
| 23 | BBS seriously considered firing Hopper ; the pressure of moving a production team of twenty-three people from state to state , writing the script on the run and persuading innocent citizens of the United States of America who just happened to be passing at the time to appear in the movie , was a heavy burden for all . |
| 24 | ‘ The whole thing has got out of control , I 'm not so much bored as miserable , ’ confided Diana to a sympathetic neighbour who just happened to be a journalist . |
| 25 | Most of Rory 's pals in London were in the International Marxist Croup , but here he was ; wandering the hills with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister and who lived for huntin' , shootin' and fishin' ( and seemed to spend the absolute minimum amount of time in his castle with his wife ) , and who had just last year rationalised half the work force in the glass factory out of a job . |
| 26 | Hincmar of Rheims wrote to give orders to a neighbouring count who just happened to be his kinsman : it is not hard to see how an archbishop might refer to the local counts collectively as " his " , or the draftsman of a capitulary write in general terms of " archbishops and their counts " . |
| 27 | The station commander , who just happened to be a bit of an oppo of mine called " Bull " Jarmen — a great monster of a fellow and a Kiwi to boot — who was heard to say : " Well , it was very convenient him leaving it there ; you did not have to travel very far to collect it or find out what happened to the undercarriage . " |
| 28 | Such clues would add to the embarrassing riches of intelligence which had recently flooded in to Napoleon 's headquarters from Belgians who desperately wanted to be part of France again . |
| 29 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |
| 30 | A linked theme , to which my right hon. Friend the Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) and others referred is the position of the members of the former Warsaw pact , who desperately want to be accepted and acknowledged as democratic . |