Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I checked the engine number with Perkins ( whom I might add were extremely pleasant and helpful ) who later found it to be the 4236 , rated at 82 bhp . |
| 2 | And wherever he went in the city he found it to be the same . |
| 3 | And the only Church adviser with a constitutional right to speak thought that he would be wrong to tell the Queen the name of the person whom his instincts told him to be the right person . |
| 4 | Later , the College permitted him to be the veterinary examiner for the East India Company . |
| 5 | John Hinde , boss of the Manchester store , said : ‘ Nobody expected him to be the real thing . ’ |
| 6 | ( 106 ) We thought it to be the right choice . |
| 7 | He expected it to be the only example of its species on which he would set eyes . |
| 8 | ‘ Nicole and I are getting married , ’ said Sir Vivien , ‘ and we wanted you to be the first to know . |
| 9 | But I wanted you to be the first I told . ’ |
| 10 | He likes all that , the cars and people calling him Minister , but he wanted her to be the good politician 's wife , doing his entertaining . |