Example sentences of "[subord] [ex0] [be] [pron] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no fault of Harry 's that he had been mistakenly put in the care of such people , although there was nothing to be said against the Pritchetts — a decent , hard-working family — other than their class . |
| 2 | This meant a lot of work with the Treasury solicitor 's office ; but it did mean that the commissioner had to write the report and not us , so there was something to be said for the arrangement . |
| 3 | But that 's silly cos there 's nothing to be frightened of is there ? |
| 4 | On the other hand , groups of mixed ability may not be able to conclude their work in the form of a generalised theorem or similar conclusion , if there is one to be found . |
| 5 | If there is something to be said for the project , it 's that Waggoner has been doing his homework . |
| 6 | ‘ If there is anything to be asked 1'11 ask it , not you . ’ |
| 7 | In the heat of the moment it does not usually look as if there is anything to be done about the heat . |
| 8 | Now I , that sounds like a cancel of despair , at least coming from , fo , from your view point , if there 's nothing to be said to dissuade people , and I 'm sure you could if you wanted to give us horror stories , and scare stories |
| 9 | [ Name ] is the type of fella that if there 's something to be done that might cause him paperwork , he 'll do anything to avoid it . |
| 10 | " I 'm perfectly willing to discuss the pathology of cholera with Dr Dunstaple , " said Dr McNab in a mild and gloomy manner , " but I doubt if there 's anything to be gained by doing so publicly and in front of those who may tomorrow become our patients . " |
| 11 | Yeah , yeah , you know if there 's anything to be done , up she goes and does it . |
| 12 | I find it impossible to believe that the Director would contemplate sending an official to interview a defendant during his trial , even if there were anything to be gained from such a course , which is hard to see , given that his answers would not be admissible . |
| 13 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 14 | If there was anything to be done in that line , he would do it and do it excellently . |
| 15 | All this will be done privately because there is nothing to be gained by castigating him in public . |
| 16 | obviously we got to have fears , because there 's something to be , they 're the largest nation in fucking Europe so everybody 's got to fear them , because they co-hearse all the other into being part of their group and that sort of stuff got ta be |
| 17 | While there is nothing to be gained by scolding an individual being sick , you should take action to prevent whining or barking , giving a firm ‘ no ’ by way of command . |
| 18 | Er , what I would prefer to do is to er listen to the amendment put forward by the as if that were an amendment to the adoption minute since there 's nothing to be adopted at the moment , erm I will then speak on that amendment , well I would probably speak against it erm at that point er there could be a vote on that amendment line by line . |
| 19 | So if you lose the chance of a job because of a mistakenly critical reference , it is worth considering whether there is anything to be gained from taking legal action . |
| 20 | If a whole company are gamesters , play must cease ; for there is nothing to be won . ’ |
| 21 | It was not a time of inaction , for there was plenty to be done . |
| 22 | Mariana 's struggle was now internalised , for there was nothing to be read in her face . |