Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of this person she could form no idea other than that Hugh believed him to be the owner of whatever was in the sack and that he was in some way connected with the outlaws ' Camp . |
| 2 | Tavett was too preoccupied with his fear that Wickham believed him to be the murderer to form any judgments . |
| 3 | Tuppe knew himself to be the stuff of epics . |
| 4 | This became extended through the process of emulation , by which lower groups in the hierarchy sought to copy the higher groups , a strategy so fundamental that Veblen believed it to be the foundation for the concept of private property ( 1970 : 33–40 ) . |
| 5 | As for Feng-shiu , although Mr Broadhurst declared it to be the most ridiculous of all these esoteric studies , it did help my geography . |
| 6 | Lesley set herself to be the most enlightening and intelligent of guides . |
| 7 | The primatial claim was the richest and rarest of the gifts of which the monks of Canterbury believed themselves to be the custodians . |