Example sentences of "[vb past] to be [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone else who was not engaged in either survey data collection or ship handling seemed to be doing the same . |
| 2 | He was found by his father , Don who happened to be going the same way . |
| 3 | I am rather unsure of my qualifications for such an honour , but I feel deeply grateful and flattered to be joining the many famous people who have received the Freedom of this great City , including my more illustrious and worthy ancestor , the third Earl Spencer . |
| 4 | Three of the four previous league clashes between the clubs had ended goalless , and this game appeared to be heading the same way . |
| 5 | Three of the four previous league clashes between the clubs had ended goalless , and this game appeared to be heading the same way . |
| 6 | To attract the best patrons the movie-houses had to ape the conventions and the standards of theatres and opera-houses but very quickly the whole industry realized that the appeal of the movie palaces was not unrelated to the fact that all customers had to be treated the same and so they became temples of a new classlessness . |