Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was going to apologize for being stupid on Sunday when you both disappeared . |
| 2 | The man I have been foolish enough to fall for is incapable of trusting me . ’ |
| 3 | erm There are one or two people who have just begun to identify a faint movement back into an increase in numbers , but over very many years you can know pretty well exactly where you are as far as the total number of pupils you have to provide for is concerned , and therefore , in that sense , the system can plan its resources for a known population . |
| 4 | What you need to worry about is thirty seven millimetres long , that 's the length is it ? |
| 5 | " Goodness me , do n't start taking that as a compliment , she cares about everyone 's feelings , she 's an archetypal victim , she 's an absolute fool about other people 's feelings , and let me warn you , I may as well warn you , the more she dislikes somebody , the more somebody annoys her , the more careful she is not to hurt their feelings , in fact the only people she is ever rude to are people like me and Gabriel and Papa , I mean people she cares for enough not to worry about being fair to . |
| 6 | I had chosen to join the 10th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment , and the preliminary training evenings were geared towards physical exercise , getting us ready for ‘ P Company ’ , the tests which every aspiring paratrooper , territorial or regular , had to pass before being able to wear his coveted maroon beret . |
| 7 | Some people find it helpful to listen to the noises and to try to be selective , to turn them into a tune or a rhythm . |
| 8 | One way to overcome difficulties with lack of confidence is to try to be honest about how you feel . |
| 9 | ‘ I would like us to put a run together until the end of the season we have three games left and we have to try to be professional and win them all . ’ |
| 10 | I decided to try to be open for once in my life . |
| 11 | It is important to try to be clear about what exactly this force was and the nature of the challenge that it posed to British rule in India — for there was a profound difference between Gandhi 's perception of these things and that of the British . |
| 12 | But when a building looks a problem to sell , some planning authorities show a dangerous tendency to try to be kind and make encouraging noises that parts of the grounds might be suitable for development . |
| 13 | I want to try to be kind to the hon. Member for Gordon because he is out of his depth . |
| 14 | I want to ride as much as I can , but I want to try to be sensible at the same time . |
| 15 | Or perhaps it proves that women tend to try to be attractive to upstage one another and they completely forget that men are going to find them attractive too . ’ |
| 16 | Taking the meaning of open in 73b as basic , we can paraphrase 73c ( not exactly , but quite closely ) as ‘ the door came to be open ’ , and 73d as ‘ John caused the door to come to be open . ’ |
| 17 | It 's hard not to wish I was thinner again , hard not to long to be invisible , to escape all their gibes , and comments and the feeling of being on display . |
| 18 | Some small businesses may also benefit from that option since the Bill abolished the minimum threshold of rateable value which a business previously had to meet to be eligible for a metered supply . |
| 19 | A traditional worker who absents himself without good reason or who persistently fails to show up for his job is likely to he disciplined or dismissed , and a casual worker who fails to appear without being able to offer good justification , or who is seldom available , is likely to be dropped from the list of those who an organisation will contact . |
| 20 | Of course the distinction drawn above only remains if we assume that it is possible for us to understand a proposition which we would or could never be justified in believing or could never come to know to be true . |
| 21 | To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern . ’ |
| 22 | To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern . ’ |
| 23 | What we are being asked to choose between are promissory notes , not achievements . |
| 24 | Often benefit is not paid for weeks on end , so to claim that the regulation would result in some of the expeditious service from the DSS that the Minister likes to talk about is absurd . |
| 25 | The one thing we 're always reluctant to talk about is young goalkeepers . |
| 26 | They both loved deeply , but all they would ever be able to talk about were small , unimportant things . |
| 27 | I used to talk about being gay to my straight , but enlightened , friends — mostly women ; it was a relief to me and they were perfectly happy to talk about it . |
| 28 | The ideal to aim for is 15 to 20 minutes at the calculated rate every day to maintain heart and lung stamina , and once fitness is achieved , three sessions a week are enough . |
| 29 | No but quite apart from that , er th there 's anybody er needs to aim to be self sufficient do n't they ? |
| 30 | I got to remember to be careful with the fire . |