Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [adj] [verb] at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep the black cover on the pot until you are ready to look at them . |
| 2 | This knowledge ensures they start every letter with ‘ I know you must be swamped by requests to open bizzarres [ sic ] like these but — ’ and ‘ Your secretary assures us that you are unable to speak at our annual dinner in John O'Groats but — ’ and that 's about as far as understanding goes . |
| 3 | Even the great spread of inter-war surburban houses , such as those which line the Kingston by-pass in Surrey , have a fascinating story to tell of the growth of such areas if we are prepared to look at them properly . |
| 4 | His studies of more than 10,000 executives in the past three decades persuade him that , unless our line of work calls fundamentally on our buzzgiving skills , we are unlikely to shine at it — even though we may muddle through on quasi-automatic dexterity alone . |
| 5 | They are prepared to look at something appreciatively without wanting to buy it . |