Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're not going to be gone a fortnight , I hope . |
| 2 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 3 | Yet if children are to be taught a love of literature and language , they surely need to be inspired by those whose love of literature and language is apparent and infectious . |
| 4 | The very young inmates at Bohorok had to be taught a surprising number of basic skills , such as how to climb and walk upright on a branch , things they would normally have learned from their mothers . |
| 5 | He was to bring Patrick back , any way he could , but the girl — if she was in Dublin — was to be taught a serious and possibly fatal lesson . |
| 6 | Since the characters that helped the individual to succeed in the battle were the traditional Protestant virtues of enterprise , initiative and thrift , Spencer could project his philosophy as a new foundation for traditional morality , despite its tendency to encourage indifference to the suffering of those who still needed to be taught a lesson by a wise but harsh Nature . |
| 7 | They need to be taught a lesson ! |
| 8 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ said Boris ‘ You had to come to be taught a lesson . ’ |
| 9 | And they like to be taught a new board game |
| 10 | ‘ We did say we 'd limit him to thirty mares as he 's been so busy competing , but somehow we managed to allow our arms to be twisted a few times . |
| 11 | If large numbers of animals are to be killed a euthanasia chamber can be used consisting of a container linked to a cylinder of carbon dioxide . |
| 12 | Méléra survived Verdun and the rest of the war , to be killed a fortnight before the Armistice . |
| 13 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 14 | The fourth volume in the Vampire Chronicles , which has the wonderful Lestat yearning to be reborn a mortal in an entirely contemporary tale which is just brilliant . |
| 15 | To be validated a theory needs to pass a further test , which we might call the review test . |
| 16 | Just to be dubbed a ‘ best buy ’ in a range of rival tumble driers , answering machines or camcorders can lead to a rush to the store by discerning customers . |
| 17 | On 21 May , Christie 's New York will sell thirty-one Italian paintings from the Getty 's collection , most of which have not been on view for many years either due to their unsatisfactory condition or their downgraded status : a ‘ Rest on the Flight into Egypt ’ was described in 1963 as ‘ the greatest reward for visitors to the collection … by Orazio Gentileschi , a Caravaggesque masterpiece by an artist who had learned the lesson of realism ’ , only to be dubbed a later copy , probably Francesco Gentileschi , in the opinion of R.W. Bissel , the leading authority on the artist ( est. $50–70,000 ) . |
| 18 | But , in those days , to defend the House of Lords was to be dubbed a shameful reactionary . |
| 19 | Prepare to be led a merry dance — perhaps emotionally , perhaps materially — and prepare also to deal with a series of tough situations . |
| 20 | I do not mourn for Mr. Fyfe , but is he to be branded a dishonest man because of the Government 's insensitivity in railroading through these unwanted applications ? |
| 21 | This one is expected to be called A Vision Of The Earth . |
| 22 | This used to be called a tight fiscal policy . |
| 23 | Mr Beregovoy has been quoted as saying that he is not ashamed to be called a social democrat . |
| 24 | I PREFER TO BE CALLED A SCIENTIST , COLONEL DARE ! |
| 25 | I PREFER TO BE CALLED A SCIENTIST , COLONEL DARE ! |
| 26 | Just what does something have to be for it to be called a god ? |
| 27 | ‘ Oh ’ , she says , ‘ I 'm not going to be called a granny . ’ |
| 28 | Wide boy Gary chats up Sue but she does n't want to be called a slut . |
| 29 | One hundred year ago Prof Peabody might well have been equally indignant had she been called a scientist , and would have said ( as did Faraday and Kelvin ) ‘ I prefer to be called a natural philosopher ’ . |
| 30 | All he could say was that it had to be called a great and profound change , and that it had happened , ‘ I have a feeling of being at home when I am with her , as though she gives me my own hearth , a feeling that our lives are interwoven . ’ |