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Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to be the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I owned to being the coward , traitor , thief and fairy they saw in me .
2	I remember feis as being the best part of Irish dancing because I got to be the centre of attention , albeit fleetingly .
3	As I flew the approach I observed quite a tall tree on the threshold , which I assumed to be the obstruction .
4	I had never done him any harm , yet I seemed to be the object of a deliberate campaign .
5	I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage .
6	Erm one interesting point about overtime and temps er generally is that temps apparently unl are costing us around about fourteen K with overheads which is a lot more than I believed to be the case .
7	( Once at a committee meeting when I claimed to be the most nostalgic person present where railways are concerned , Russell was quick to put me in my place — second . )
8	I happened to be the last person of my family there .
9	It 's work I have some familiarity with because by accident I happened to be the external examiner of the lad who did it , Peter Williamson .
10	This political landscape stood in some contrast to what I understood to be the quite exceptional role played by West Ham in the historical development of the Labour Party and the trade union and cooperative movements .
11	Daphne came from one of the best families in London , certainly from what I understood to be the upper classes , so once I left St Paul 's I assumed we would never come across each other again .
12	He gave orders in what I took to be the local dialect .
13	At one point , Paul Fox the managing director of BBC TV threw forth into the welter of conversation what I took to be the following line : ‘ Well , what do we all think of yesterday 's historic meeting , eh ?
14	A fierce aunt shocked me by telling me shyness is a form of rudeness and selfishness , and that I had to be the first to talk to two people .
15	‘ I knew that I had to be the best at everything if I was to haul my family out of the financial trouble they were in .
16	I 'd coveted Lotta because she was coveted by other men and I had to be the winner .
17	Then I provided what I hoped to be the optimum conditions for healthy growth — perfect drainage .
18	I wanted to be the one who did it , ’ he said .
19	‘ Well , I wanted to be the one who does the work , ’ Roland began innocently , and then saw how he had been insulted .
20	I wanted to be the best at everything .
21	I was confused at school because although I did n't like the way we would dismiss the teachers and what they were trying to teach us , at the same time I wanted to be the ace yob .
22	I wanted to be the first to welcome my new assistant to this benighted spot . ’
23	I wanted to be the best Christian since Saint Paul .
24	I wanted to be the black sheep .
25	I wanted to be the Bony Lady , and have him love me like he loved you .
26	But I wanted to be the Somebody when I came back to her .
27	I refused to be the tracer for the aeroplane company , I said no , I got the job I wanted in an advertising firm .
28	At the same time they saw a causal link between the predicament of the peasants and their own frustrations ; the political , social , and cultural constrictions which impinged directly upon them seemed to be the product of a society based upon oppression of the masses .
29	Most of them seemed to be the kind that took the prepaid cards that he never had , but there were a couple of pay booths at the end of the row and he made for those .
30	On the morning after the prince 's departure , carrying out a plan known as yet to only six persons , the queen-dowager bade farewell to the damsel everyone assumed to be the lady Anne .