Example sentences of "be [verb] to [pers pn] a " in BNC.

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1 It 's because you like him a little too much — or , to be honest , you 're drawn to him a little too fiercely .
2 I understand that Wyre Borough are forwarding to you a copy of a recent letter to their Environmental Health Officer from Nether Wyresdale Parish Council and I write to reiterate the concern felt by the Parish Council about this site especially the environmental and health hazards involved .
3 Speculation at the top of their voices as to what fish it might be seems to me a waste of energy , but it contributes to the atmosphere .
4 ‘ It 's getting to us a bit but it 's making us even more determined .
5 But that said , erm what what it what the position is , er i is that we have put into the model Well we have n't put it into the model because it was given to us a part of the model and possibly by now North Yorkshire may have the revised model , No they have n't yet .
6 On the other hand there was some investment in being able to assess performance such that it was possible to reward people for ‘ good ’ performance , and the group were not entirely able to sort this one out in that it was representing to them a dependent desire to be judged and be judged as good , and yet a refusal to accept the terms upon which judgement was being made in that they felt depersonalized by it ’
7 ‘ Tapeinosis , my dear Appleton ; be humble , be humble , ’ was said to me a score of times , and I imagine to many another student .
8 This was said to me a year after the announcement at the press conference when Fleischmann and Pons still did not know what caused the heat .
9 The transparency of this work was sent to us a year or so ago .
10 The transparency of this work was sent to us a year or so ago .
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