Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh adv] [pers pn] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Late in the night , towards moonset , Hazel was looking up from a cut where they were crouching to a little bank above . |
| 2 | And that was the sort of level of detail to which we thought we might need to go in those districts where it is demonstrated to us , of the district do need to be considered differently . |
| 3 | The ‘ bomb ’ was sent 700 miles south to Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico where it was exposed to a beam of muons produced in the laboratory 's particle accelerator . |
| 4 | ‘ The recent change from Madam to Madame , ’ she said , ‘ though it has doubtless raised the tone and general tenor of proceedings in this low and benighted place , has not quite succeeded in erasing the traces of squalor and indeed sleaze which cling to that title in the popular or gutter imagination whenever it is applied to a hard-working woman . |
| 5 | Handrails most often come loose when the wallplugs fail at the point where they are fixed to a wall on a bracket . |
| 6 | His hands moved over her with knowledge now , stroking , caressing , bringing her within minutes to the point where she was clinging to him , wanting only the satisfaction he could give her . |
| 7 | The Prime Minister objects to a guillotine date for the treaty revision conference even more than to setting of an opening date for the inter-governmental conference where she is resigned to be outvoted . |
| 8 | because , yeah well I thought I might and then he said something about I was at this meeting where I was talking to all these official in their suits and ties and I was only dressed casual and I thought , at that point I sort of |
| 9 | On the days when I am left to my own devices I am a bit of a disgrace really . |
| 10 | A point to emphasize is that in each case the material was obtained from natural sources distant and sometimes remote from the places where it was put to social use . |
| 11 | Whether a single lift costing little more than half the balance lift is advisable or not can only be determined on working out the details of the site where it is required to be constructed and the conditions under which it would have to be worked . |
| 12 | The site where it is attached to the ovary is known as the animal pole and the other end the vegetal pole . |
| 13 | When Jessamy reached the house she collected her painting materials , rough sketches and a couple of books she thought she might need , then made her way to the drawing-room where she was going to work . |
| 14 | They were due to be escorted to Croatia where they were expected to be handed over , possibly later today , to British consular officials . |
| 15 | Each partner will have the right to inspect the firm 's books , but not to remove them from the place where they are agreed to be kept . |
| 16 | Erm we 've er we you 'll be looking at education , our biggest service , and a service which we should which is going through some very profound changes at the moment where we 're trying to er increase the resources that are within individual schools so that they can make their own decisions erm about er how they best meet the needs of their youngsters . |
| 17 | It is relief , I think , and we must marry soon , I can not bear to wait , and you wo n't mind living in a little house in Vetch Street when you are used to this , will you ? ’ |
| 18 | I can go to one of those places in the town where they are shown to tourists in a specially darkened building . ’ |
| 19 | In later years when they were reduced to penury , she displayed great moral heroism in preserving intact the framework of a family and a household , which alone enabled her husband to continue his work . |
| 20 | His dedication and expertise with Delta were finally rewarded after eleven years when he was promoted to leader of Squadron B , with sixteen men under his command , but while he was on assignment in Libya his wife and five-year-old son were abducted by Arab terrorists in New York . |
| 21 | I looked round as we crossed a road ; I saw the sign for Union Street where it was fixed to a low wall . |
| 22 | Tim and Julie met 11 years ago in Bath where she was training to be a teacher and he was starting out as a trainee accountant . |
| 23 | Unknowingly we had sampled ( and enthusiastically approved ) this speciality the previous day when we were invited to lunch on the large covered terrace . |
| 24 | Our passage continues a description of Titus Groan 's childhood as heir to the phantasmagorical mansion of Gormenghast : [ 19 ] Who are the characters ? ( 1 ) And what has he [ Titus ] learned of them and of his home since that far day when he was born to the Countess of Groan in a room alive with birds ? ( 2 ) . |
| 25 | Thus , in one case , a patient with inoperable cancer of the oesophagus was still in pain despite receiving 12 g of oral morphine a day when he was admitted to a hospice ; a week later he was free of pain when taking 60 mg of morphine a day and 10 mg of diazepam at night . |
| 26 | Bob Hoover in his yellow P-51 shepherded Rare Bear as Shelton put her safely down on a taxiway where he was forced to ground-loop , without damage . |
| 27 | But one thing I can tell you about Port Vale , the ground has vastly changed from last season , the terracing 's been improved , their seating , it 's pure luxury apart from the press box , because I still have to climb that suspect wooden ladder , and perched on top of the main stand is a shed where I 'm speaking to you from Jane . |
| 28 | Fourthly I very much expect , although it 's not obvious that erm my Lord how it 's going to be said . |
| 29 | A very good theory will be one that makes very wide-ranging claims about the world , and which is consequently highly falsifiable , and is one that resists falsification whenever it is put to the test . |
| 30 | A search-light may scan the sky looking for aeroplanes or it may move to that part of the sky where they are expected to be . |