Example sentences of "[conj] he [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jilly Fox did a rather well-informed feminist sketch comparing the chaplain 's sexist attitudes to those of the Ayatollah : it was n't very funny and the chaplain was not amused , although he wisely pretended to be . |
| 2 | But even as she began to shake her head , she heard her own voice accepting the invitation , felt a ridiculous little spurt of pleasure that he even wanted to be with her . |
| 3 | Oh , for that uncomfortable bed on his yacht that he now resolved to be aboard this very evening , before any such vote could be called . |
| 4 | But I , I had no idea that he then had to be that , being given his own funding , he then had to be organized by a committee . |
| 5 | What was it about him , that he only had to be near for her natural calm professionalism to fly out of the window ? |
| 6 | ‘ When I went to old Abuelo Freitas , Maria told me that you sometimes worried too much about him — that you did n't understand that he only wanted to be left alone . |
| 7 | ‘ His most annoying habit was that he always had to be right . |
| 8 | The effect was that he always seemed to be smiling . |
| 9 | Well the , the , the , the , the sort of , the sort of background as I have seen it he never struck me as being particularly clever or bright it 's just that he always seemed to be very well taught and academically successful and exams never seemed an undue problem , and so he went off to Wolverhampton Poly which he selected for , you know , all the usual reasons , reasonable place , reasonable course , a reasonable this a reasonable that , tt erm to do computer science which of course all the kids want to do now erm twentieth centu no it is n't it 's a sort of nineteen eighties version of wanting to be an engine driver is n't it ? |
| 10 | Im also ‘ concerned ’ that he always seems to be the catalyst for the periods when Leeds start ‘ buzzing ’ . |
| 11 | And when in 1937 a questionnaire was distributed to authors about their attitude towards the Spanish Civil War , he sent the reply ( which he said that he never expected to be published ) that , " While I am naturally sympathetic I still feel convinced that it is best that at least a few men of letters remain silent " . |
| 12 | I know that one of his reasons for leaving is that he genuinely wants to be able to spend more time with his family . |
| 13 | Bagehot said that Ash 's presentation of Mesmer 's belief in spiritual influences showed he was less rigorously confined by positive science than he now claimed to be . |
| 14 | Mr Rochester 's mood had suddenly changed , and he clearly wished to be alone . |
| 15 | and he also applied to be a servant at the headquarters of Jehovah 's Witnesses in New York in battle , and then nineteen thirty five he was invited to go along |
| 16 | For instance , if the patient likes gardening , it is useful to be able to kneel to reach the ground , and he also has to be able to get up safely . |
| 17 | Richard Dreyfuss was booked one week and on the night of the show a confusion over dates and times led his film company to arrange a business call that linked up Los Angeles , London , Australia and New York and he just had to be there . |
| 18 | I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’ |
| 19 | And he always seemed to be campaigning vigorously and futilely for some boy or other who had been sent to borstal for a criminal offence . |
| 20 | Simple as that And he always wanted to be in on any underground culture going . |
| 21 | You never thought of O as someone who was with people or who went home with people , and he never seemed to be looking round for someone all the time , which is how most of us must have appeared . |
| 22 | Bryan Beeson , a defeated opponent at the national championships , said : ‘ I was feeling like death and he actually seemed to be enjoying the rallies . |
| 23 | Steve Adorable rolled in about lunchtime and he too needed to be told everything . |
| 24 | I 've heard in fac er in my factory , I 've heard it in other places , right , when a temporary l temporary or casual worker goes down the road , or a part-timer work 's cut short , ah it 's only a casual and he only expected to be here for a few weeks . |
| 25 | ‘ as if he only happens to be with us by accident and could just as easily be amusing himself at some other job elsewhere . ’ |
| 26 | Carrie looked at him sharply but he simply seemed to be in an unusually good temper . |
| 27 | Ian 's temperament is something he is working on and we 've been working on all the time , but he just seems to be getting maximum publicity at the moment . ’ |
| 28 | He was clearly nervous about having a foreigner in his house , but he also wanted to be hospitable . |
| 29 | He enjoyed the chance of teaching aerobatic manoeuvres , but he still wished to be put on active service . |
| 30 | Stoddards Carpets Maintenance Worker Robert Kerr could never be accused of being a high flyer — but he certainly seems to be producing a few . |