Example sentences of "[vb past] to be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I promised to be in a certain place by this time tomorrow , and I intend to be there . |
| 2 | The argument from error can be used to show that we know of cases where others have successfully concealed their states of mind , or pretended to be in a state of mind other than their own ( these possibilities are not really distinct ) . |
| 3 | Marian pretended to be in no doubt . |
| 4 | The change is unlikely to help heal relations between Downing Street and France , reported to be at an all-time low . |
| 5 | Temperament is already undermining the career of Wright , whom Graham Taylor reported to be in a state of high anxiety before England 's game against Norway . |
| 6 | Erm , one thing some people do know that are in this room , and others do n't , and he 's quite embarrassed about this , on the way home from the conference , Matthew and I had a very , very bad accident , on the motorway and we 're both very , very lucky to have survived actually , erm , but erm , unfortunately during the course , well after the accident , Matthew was breathalysed and found to be over the limit and he 's in court actually in the Birmingham area on the twenty second of February , and we 're hoping that he gets off with a very light sentence , but er , we 're both very , very lucky to be here today . |
| 7 | Daniel ( ’ Robinson Crusoe ’ ) Defoe , after reaching Saltash , which he found to be in a state of decay , and travelling to Liskeard , which was more to his taste , wrote , ‘ In the neighbourhood of these towns are many pleasant seats of the Cornish gentry … they are the most sociable , generous and to one another the kindest neighbours that are to be found ’ . |
| 8 | In order to work on a DC it is necessary for all modules referenced to be in a single package . |
| 9 | In order to work on a DC it is necessary for all the modules referenced to be in a single package . |
| 10 | In order to work on a DC it is necessary for all the modules referenced to be in a single package . |
| 11 | The palynological analysis has not been able to identify the exact level of the unconformity but a thin sequence of coals believed to be above the unconformity generally demonstrate Westphalian C ages . |
| 12 | THE Mafia godfather believed to be behind the murder of two crimebusting judges was arrested yesterday . |
| 13 | But such dramatic descent to Sheol , the land of the dead they believed to be beneath the earth , could not in any way be expected , and in the story it causes panic . |
| 14 | A BRITISH woman and her two daughters were last night believed to be among the victims of the Faro air disaster . |
| 15 | Stated baldly , and cheerfully ignoring the Secretary of State s admonition not to impute guilt to either Meehan or Waddell , his conclusions were that while Waddell and McGuinness probably carried out what he called the initial assault , ‘ it can not be disproved that Meehan and Griffiths were not a follow-up team with the role of dealing with the safe or safes believed to be in the bungalow ’ . |
| 16 | Though it says it still has $1m in the bank , it is currently out for a second round , believed to be in the neighbourhood of $4.5m , which would make it the most heavily backed venture in the field . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the plaintiff must specify the documents believed to be in the possession of the defendant , but the power is still useful in assisting the plaintiff to evaluate the case . |
| 18 | It is in their own interest to do so : each wants to pursue its own policies , which it believed to be in the best interests of the country , without having those policies tempered or abandoned because of the need to enter into alliance with another party . |
| 19 | But Newry and Mourne Council has written a letter of censure to the owner of the shop , believed to be in the Kilkeel area . |
| 20 | Another more complete clock , believed to be by the same craftsman , that was in Wells Cathedral from at least 1392 is now in the Science Museum , London . |
| 21 | BOMB DISPOSAL specialists were yesterday called out to beaches on the south-west coast of Scotland after Second World War phosphorus canisters believed to be from an undersea dump were washed ashore . |
| 22 | Later four men , believed to be from the Ballymena area , were arrested returning from the same event . |
| 23 | The unit , believed to be from the Moro National Liberation Front ( MNLF ) — the largest of the insurgent Moslem groups — |
| 24 | At least the British players demonstrated that they fully deserved to be on the same court — much against many people 's expectations . |
| 25 | Rather than disturb the patients at the hospital any more , Ace and Petion had followed the Marines to their staging area at the customs receivership , which Ace judged to be about the size of an aircraft hangar . |
| 26 | When going into a supermarket to buy cabbages , onions , carrots or eggs , just give a little thought as to how these came to be on the shelves — the early planting and worrying about frosts , packing and carting to the shops . |
| 27 | That 's how Sunderby came to be on the flight . |
| 28 | BR has rightly refused to speculate on how the animals came to be on the line in the first place . |
| 29 | To understand how these families , regarded by their Orcadian neighbours as good , clean-living people , came to be at the centre of such serious allegations , it is necessary to go back a few years . |
| 30 | ‘ And that was how she came to be at the reception ? ’ |