Example sentences of "'s [adj] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's strange to be in Strathspeld , to be in the house and not have seen Mr and Mrs Gould . |
| 2 | " It 's humiliating to be worth more dead than alive . " |
| 3 | And Ros was just saying I mean sh on that , on that Friday she 's due to be in work on that Friday night and it comes on a day she 'll paid time off aspect . |
| 4 | To prefer solitude with a book or a record-player is after all to have a case to answer — ‘ It 's wrong to be by yourself ’ — though not , as some would say , an unanswerable case . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's wrong to be by yourself ’ is an American song , after all , and it is not on the whole a British sentiment . |
| 6 | I would therefore think it 's appropriate to be in this sort of format er so that if any other issues other than questions of in migration appear to be relevant to this situation , then it can be taken on the move . |
| 7 | Yes , it 's sad to be on the point of reaching the summit . ’ |
| 8 | And , the more er , developed countries you get , the less trade there 's likely to be towards developing countries , who actually become more industrialized then the market leaders generally become more . |
| 9 | and it 's likely to be at half a million a year , and the production will start in nineteen |
| 10 | Well it , it 's likely to be of charged under one of the loose clauses of anti-government er activities which really could mean anything , and so there , it 's more likely to be that , and if so , we have to look at the evidence then that was used to back up this claim . |
| 11 | He 's likely to be in borstal by next summer . ’ |
| 12 | His wife 's likely to be in hospital for a day or so . |
| 13 | Bit embarrassing , really , she 's supposed to be on probation but her probation officer sort of lost her about a year ago . ’ |
| 14 | er I think , I know he 's not around very much at the moment because he 's supposed to be on sabbatical but , you know , erm do |
| 15 | Well it 's supposed to be on the mat but er you 've moved it . |
| 16 | That 's interesting , there 's a little there 's a little thing in either end of this microphone er I wonder which erm perhaps it 's supposed to be on the directional ? |
| 17 | But marriage , well , after all it 's supposed to be for life , is n't it ? ’ |
| 18 | Oh , that flowerpot , well it 's no good putting it under that one , it 's supposed to be under the one with the camellia in it … |
| 19 | He 's supposed to be at the shop . |
| 20 | ‘ What do you mean by sneaking my cousin off to the mainland when she 's supposed to be at my place , studying ? |
| 21 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 22 | suburban commander and he 's supposed to be from another planet or something or other |
| 23 | The cafe idea was more down-to-earth , which is what the song 's all about — it 's supposed to be against arrogance and affluence and snobbery . ’ |
| 24 | That 's supposed to be like that ? |
| 25 | Do try and get his legs right he 's supposed to be in Germany . |
| 26 | I know he 's married his wife 's supposed to be in all his films int she ? |
| 27 | Yeah he 's supposed to be in bed by |
| 28 | It 's supposed to be in there , and th , that 'll keep the pasta apart . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's always welcome here , as you know , ’ George earnestly told his wife , ‘ but it 's grand to be on our own . ’ |
| 30 | yeah , so I think it 's better to be on the safe side than er , than rush it |