Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] to [be] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agnes watched the young , plump , matronly lady look at the young man , whom she imagined to be the same age as his wife . |
| 2 | Plus , the majority of the numbers were rigged in such a way that , what with lighting effects and special effects , they had to be the same length . |
| 3 | He tried to be the former and his Notebooks show his struggle : the latter he knew he could never be but always revered . |
| 4 | It was noticed , too , that he had taken the precaution of having some shoes with built-up heels made , so that when the ceremony was over and he took his wife 's arm to move slowly down the aisle , he appeared to be the same height as her , or very nearly . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , it appeared to be the same half that I had picked to explore . |
| 6 | By repetition , he did not mean that every time a phrase was repeated it had to be the same . |
| 7 | It had to be the same man . |