Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's work I have some familiarity with because by accident I happened to be the external examiner of the lad who did it , Peter Williamson . |
| 2 | I happened to be the last person of my family there . |
| 3 | Daphne came from one of the best families in London , certainly from what I understood to be the upper classes , so once I left St Paul 's I assumed we would never come across each other again . |
| 4 | At one point , Paul Fox the managing director of BBC TV threw forth into the welter of conversation what I took to be the following line : ‘ Well , what do we all think of yesterday 's historic meeting , eh ? |
| 5 | He gave orders in what I took to be the local dialect . |
| 6 | A fierce aunt shocked me by telling me shyness is a form of rudeness and selfishness , and that I had to be the first to talk to two people . |
| 7 | Then I provided what I hoped to be the optimum conditions for healthy growth — perfect drainage . |
| 8 | I was confused at school because although I did n't like the way we would dismiss the teachers and what they were trying to teach us , at the same time I wanted to be the ace yob . |
| 9 | I wanted to be the black sheep . |
| 10 | I wanted to be the first to welcome my new assistant to this benighted spot . ’ |
| 11 | I wanted to be the best Christian since Saint Paul . |
| 12 | I wanted to be the Bony Lady , and have him love me like he loved you . |
| 13 | Its got to be the best ticket office going . |
| 14 | Everything Rossi says is illustrated by the story of Humanae Vitae , which proved to be the central crisis of his pontificate . |
| 15 | Romeo Martinez claims that Capa was the unifying factor : ‘ he was driven by a single notion , which proved to be the healthiest idea in the history of photography — that a reporter is nobody if he does n't own his own negatives . ’ |
| 16 | The most poignant lesson , which proved to be the last , was held a few days before the wedding . |
| 17 | The tendency in the Council therefore was to seek a sufficient measure of ‘ self-validation ’ to enable institutional progress to be made , but to marry it with the protection of the external validation system which appeared to be the best defence of hard-won standards . |
| 18 | She was given a high potency of opium which appeared to be the indicated remedy for this numb state . |
| 19 | But it was prostitution which continued to be the major preoccupation for purity workers at a local level . |
| 20 | King Edward VII and his Consort , Alexandra , were able to influence international events , particularly in Europe , which continued to be the predominant continent and Britain looked forward to a long period of peaceful influence . |
| 21 | Which had to be the craziest thing she had ever done . |
| 22 | When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it . |
| 23 | One of these referred to the old man who seemed to be the self-appointed guide to the Bowder Stone , that most popular tourist attraction , which hangs precariously , as it hung then , in Borrowdale . |
| 24 | Seen taking snaps of the mud ( yes , we said mud ) divers on the Sunday was cult film-maker JIM JARMUSCH who seemed to be the only one interested in watching what was otherwise a truly sad spectacle . |
| 25 | The profound anguish and hopeless despair of this woman in the face of what she believed to be the moral ruin of her whole life can not well be described . |
| 26 | She founded a Hindu College at Benares , adopted the 14-year-old Krishnamurti , whom she believed to be the earthly vehicle of the new World Teacher , and played an important part in the campaign for Indian self-government . |
| 27 | Thus , the bile itself seemed to be the inhibitory agent in the venous effluent . |
| 28 | Agnes watched the young , plump , matronly lady look at the young man , whom she imagined to be the same age as his wife . |
| 29 | Tall windows stared bleakly down at her from what she guessed to be the great hall . |
| 30 | Paddy made for Dad , who happened to be the only customer standing at the bar counter , awaiting his change . |