Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pron] be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In fact it was surprising how good they were to us on most of our official visits . |
| 32 | See how good I am to you ? |
| 33 | " But think how good I am for you . |
| 34 | But I 'll never forget how good she was to me all through the war , took so much off my hands when I just could n't cope . |
| 35 | You 've often said yourself how good he is with her , and he has such a reassuring name . ’ |
| 36 | She 'd been amazed to see Nelson working for her — and even more amazed to see how good he was at it , laughing and chatting with the customers , apparently having the time of his life . |
| 37 | She said this with a certain violence , and Clara 's attention quickened , for she thought she was about to witness the emergence of one of the buried conflicts of which she had heard so much : but Mrs Denham said quickly , " For goodness sake , Clelia , you know how good it is for me to have James around , it takes me back to those lovely days when you were all so small and docile . " |
| 38 | When you 've saved up a card , I do n't know how many there are in it you got a pound worth of gifts at |
| 39 | She was only sorry that she had demonstrated exactly how vulnerable she was to him . |
| 40 | Then you will also know how stupid it was of you to attempt to deceive us . ’ |
| 41 | I want him to know how futile it is for him to try and escape my influence … " |
| 42 | The second in command : The chief in awe of his Adviser ( cf " Whale " in " Using Poetry " , Chapter 2 ) , Monarch 's dogsbody , Deputy , go-between : " I ca n't do anything about it , but I 'll tell her how unhappy you are about it . " |
| 43 | I saw how protective he is about her , and how could he protect her better than by being married to her . |
| 44 | Okay , well there 's more technical detail I could go into but I think y'know I 'm not sure how how useful it is to you . |
| 45 | ‘ I ca n't tell you how impressed I was by them . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ D' you remember how great she was to us when we were kids ? |
| 47 | As they were not leaving the church immediately I rushed home and quickly wrote a note to ‘ la Signora Enrica ’ telling Eric all the latest news and telling him also how lonely I was without him . |
| 48 | You should know how lonely it is for us . ’ |
| 49 | He smiled slowly , then drawled , ‘ You ca n't imagine how jealous I was of him . |
| 50 | So they 're telling you what their needs are , how concerned they are about it and what they wan na do about it because they 're more inclined to take your advice when they see you second time round , because telling is n't selling . |
| 51 | This in turn depends on the relevance it has , how important it is to them not to get pregnant , and how easy emotionally and practically it is to go somewhere and ask for it . |
| 52 | Now you see how important it is to me ! ’ she cried passionately . |
| 53 | I can tell him how important it is for us to have a home of our own . |
| 54 | The boyish enthusiasm and glee with which John Major and his Cabinet greeted the result showed just how important it was to them . |
| 55 | Most meal-times took an hour or more but she had realized how important it was for him to eat . |
| 56 | She knew how important it was for him to be in a good army , and if the war had ended in Rhodesia , then perhaps another might start in one of France 's old colonies so that the Legion could get involved . |
| 57 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 58 | Our guide Sam gave us very clear instructions — he did n't need to emphasise how important it was for us to do exactly as he said . |
| 59 | And to women , for goodness sake , talk to the man in your life and say how important he is to you . |
| 60 | During the summer , the Prime Minister kept saying how essential it was for him to be present at Maastricht in December in order to make decisions , but the word from Downing street now is that the Prime Minister 's greatest ambition at Maastricht is to fend off making any decisions . |