Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white Straker family had long disappeared , their genes and blood melded into the vigorous bodies of their freed slaves , and only the Straker name lived on to be given new dignity by Bonefish and his family . |
| 2 | On another occasion Ricky knocked Minton out on the platform of the Underground , afterwards propping him up on a bench until he recovered sufficiently to be walked home . |
| 3 | The taxi driver , who asked only to be known as Terry , became the next victim of the knifeman . |
| 4 | He worked to revive her and eventually she recovered enough to be wrapped and put on the sledge . |
| 5 | His travellers appeared on the whole disappointed not to be cooked by cannibals . |
| 6 | It was thought extremely clever tactics when one team pretended not to be taking part in a tournament , and only joined in late in the day when all the other knights who had been fighting since soon after sunrise were exhausted . |
| 7 | Clarissa tried not to be disarmed , tried to fathom why such self-denigration was being paraded so abjectly before someone who only last week had been a figure of insult and derision . |
| 8 | Perhaps they were wrong ; perhaps the spoke of the wheel on which he was clinging would never be swung over so hard by Lady Fortune that he would be prised loose and fall , limbs sprawling , like the figures on the rose window of the cathedral , while others — Tommaso , where was Tommaso now ? — rose up to be garlanded at chance 's whim . |
| 9 | Perfect as a present for your mother or to complement your own wardrobe , each piece is fashioned in 9 carat gold and designed specifically to be co-ordinated within a Suite or worn on its own . |
| 10 | Early morning visitors to the fish market can see the catches — packed in ice at sea and winched ashore to be displayed in boxes — being auctioned from 7.30 a.m. onwards . |
| 11 | ‘ The only thing I 'm worried about is getting up in the morning , ’ said yesterday 's driver , who asked not to be named . |
| 12 | Another lady who asked not to be named sent me her measurement sheet as well as the completed questionnaire . |
| 13 | The chauffeur , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ There was a huge stink but it was all covered up . ’ |
| 14 | But a local councillor , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ It started when a driver parked his lorry by the box while he used the phone . |
| 15 | One victim , who asked not to be named , said he was frightened for his life . |
| 16 | Another analyst , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ It 's not a great surprise . |
| 17 | A member of staff at the centre , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ If there were another six beds here we could fill them without any help from outside . ’ |
| 18 | The woman , who asked not to be named , rang The Northern Echo and said : ‘ I blinked in astonishment as I walked past . |
| 19 | Another resident , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ Everyone has had trouble with the gangs at one time or another . |
| 20 | One nearby resident who asked not to be named , said : ‘ The houses have got to go . |
| 21 | But another Darlington GP , who asked not to be named , said the waiting list situation is getting out of hand . |
| 22 | One senior delegate , who asked not to be identified , said yesterday : ‘ The problem is Lapointe is supposed to be the servant of CITES , not its boss . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 're ready to go , just as soon as the UN tells us , ’ said one source , who asked not to be identified . |
| 24 | He asked not to be photographed drinking tea . |
| 25 | BRIAN Deane , Sheffield United 's star striker , last night asked not to be thought of as just a target man . |
| 26 | This is why his proclamation came eventually to be known as ‘ gospel ’ or ‘ news of salvation ’ ’ ( Meyer 1979:130 ) . |
| 27 | Even Mr Akers seemed slowly to be coming round to the sensible idea that IBM should be broken up . |
| 28 | This first major work of his ( 1928 ) came swiftly to be recognised as a masterpiece here and abroad and secured for Keeton an early Cambridge LLD . |
| 29 | ‘ I came down to be warmed by the fire . ’ |
| 30 | It was extraordinary , she told herself , how this little snippet of a girl seemed suddenly to be taking charge of her problems , and with such authority , too . |