Example sentences of "[vb past] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , I promised to be confirmed when all became clear . |
| 2 | She pretended to be mulling it over . |
| 3 | I behaved with the arrogance of a lady , and when one of them got a little — fresh ? — I pretended to be insulted and amazed that he could compromise his uniform and position that way . |
| 4 | Then he flew up beside Cassowary and pretended to be listening to the song . |
| 5 | I pretended to be looking at some papers when the door opened and Grace Hinkle ushered in a sophisticated-looking female of about twenty-eight . |
| 6 | I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up . |
| 7 | ‘ Make out we have n't seen him , ’ Otley said as he pretended to be searching for something in the grass . |
| 8 | Instead he went over to one of the shelves and pretended to be searching for a book . |
| 9 | ‘ See ya later alligator , ’ he waved his hand and pretended to be chewing something . |
| 10 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 11 | James studied the title page and for twenty seconds pretended to be fascinated by the contents of page one . |
| 12 | This was enough to make many come , and among them they brought before me many women who pretended to be possessed ( as is their habit when they want to leave their houses to meet with their lovers ) and it was hoped that I could deal with them . |
| 13 | Now he pretended to be waving his cape at the bull and executed a neat veronica , then she kicked her leg up backwards and touched her heel with her fingers while he looked scornfully on with one hand behind his back palm facing outwards . |
| 14 | He , man-like , pretended to be engrossed with his tea cup . |
| 15 | He pretended to be engrossed in making notes until the actors had left the room . |
| 16 | She pretended to be engrossed in exploring the room , and managed to keep a foot or so away from him as he followed , making her uncomfortably aware of the wall of his body close behind her while she ran her hands over the antique furniture with an assumed interest . |
| 17 | Listening to Claire chattering about that old lunatic Tom Reynard while he pretended to be dozing and was framing sentences in his mind . |
| 18 | Penelope walked slowly away from the house , then pretended to be locking at an empty house which was to be sold two doors away from where Rupert lived . |
| 19 | He reached for the bottle but Oliver got there first and pretended to be reading the label . |
| 20 | I kept my head down and pretended to be consuming the scraps left on my dish . |
| 21 | Cameron pretended to be affronted . |
| 22 | He said he pretended to be carrying court documents . |
| 23 | I pretended to be visiting Fedorov , and enquired where he lived . |
| 24 | He set up the TV Times coverage , and we all pretended to be having a wonderful time for the benefit of the camera . |
| 25 | The Act empowered the Secretary of State to put a limit on the amount if in his opinion the amount proposed to be raised was ‘ excessive ’ according to principles he determined which were to be the same for all authorities falling within the same class . |
| 26 | It might , for example , seek to imprison for contempt either a working-class ‘ hero ’ organising lawful opposition outside the House to legislative proposals under consideration in it ; or an employer determined to extract his pound of flesh under legislation considered to be oppressive and proposed to be repealed as soon as possible . |
| 27 | Under the general law a surety is expected to satisfy himself or herself of the extent of the risk proposed to be undertaken . |
| 28 | A creditor does not , in general , owe any duty to a proposed surety to explain to the surety the effect of the proposed suretyship transaction or the effect of any security proposed to be given . |
| 29 | Any financial assistance proposed to be given as part of the scheme would need to meet with the approval of the court . |
| 30 | to exercise the power contained in Article 134 ( B ) of the Articles of Association of the Company so that , to the extend determined by the Directors , the holders of Ordinary Shares be permitted to elect to receive new Ordinary Shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company , credited as fully paid , instead of all or part of any dividend declared or proposed to be declared at any time prior to or at the next Annual General Meeting of the Company ; and |