Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Additionally , most published publication counts refer to active practitioners , rather than to Ph D students , many of whom cease to be active in the subject field of their training .
2 Additionally , most published publication counts refer to active practitioners , rather than to Ph D students , many of whom cease to be active in the subject field of their training .
3 Plainly not everyone has to be subject to chronic disease .
4 This I now of course understand , that everyone has to be careful of any drug smugglers .
5 Exactly the same is true of ageism and everyone needs to be alert to their often unconscious ageist attitudes .
6 The noise was intense , constant chatter , voices raised in argument , an air of expectancy , even tension , as everyone pretended to be involved in what was happening around them but secretly watched the great ones at the high table .
7 Yeah I , I mean to be honest on that I was more conscious of the fact that we 'd only got fifteen
8 Mr. Alison : I intend to be present at the next meeting of the General Synod which is scheduled for July of this year .
9 I got to be careful at the doorways , cos there 's people coming in and out and a couple of times I nearly get knocked over by people bumping into me .
10 I got to be careful of the traffic , cos a car nearly hit me .
11 I got to be careful about remembering to switch it off .
12 I expected to be terrified of the pain and I was worried that if anything went wrong I would n't be able to cope .
13 I tend to be guilty of deviating from the subject matter , this being tantamount to stealing the thunder from the individual under scrutiny .
14 ‘ What do I need to be good in the morning for , Mom ?
15 I tried to be sick in the toilet , but even that I failed to do .
16 Playing the piano is something I love and I want to be brilliant at it . ’
17 I want to be involved in the growth of something .
18 Live and let live I say , but unless I want to be certain of constantly bumping into parties of rambling Rotarians , I think I will keep off these organised highways .
19 I want to be naked for you . ’
20 I want to be alone with you ! ’
21 I want to be alone with you , Harry . ’
22 I want to be alone with you — it will be the last time for several days . ’
23 ‘ You mean you want to be alone with me as much as I want to be alone with you ? ’ he enquired .
24 I 'm sorry but I , I want to be fair to everybody , yeah and I also want to be fair to the debate that 's still to come later this afternoon , but I 've called for questions and I 'd like everybody to start their statement with the question which they 're going to put to the convenor .
25 The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time .
26 I want to be free of pain . ’
27 As I said God did n't leave it like that , because God did in Jesus Christ what we could never do for ourselves , you see you and I at times we felt that I , I want to be different from that and we , and we pushed against one of these pressures and so that we pushed it out a wee bit , but as we 've pushed there it 's come back in somewhere else and as we 've stopped pushing and we 've gone to another bit so that first that has become , has come back as it was and we spend our lives perhaps running around trying to get the circle back again , it 's an impossible task , we ca n't do it , we spend our whole lives in the frustration things and we , and we start blaming on things , if only that situation was different , if only those circumstances were different , but it 's far , far , far more fundamental than that and we 've got ta come to the place where we say well I ca n't do any thing about it , I 've tried my hardest , but I ca n't do it , and that 's where God comes and says hang on a minute I 'll do it for you and that 's what he did in Jesus Christ , he did for us what we could n't do for ourselves , the bible tells us that Christ is the perfect image of God , it 's in Colossians one fifteen and just er full verses further on in verse nineteen it says in him all the fullness of God , in Jesus , all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell and so in Christ God 's son , God dealt with the problem of sin which had caused that twisting and that warping and that distortion , your life and in my life , that which spoiled his image in us he created us in his image , but you 've only got to look at people today , you 've only got to look at ourselves , see , where is the image of God , is that what God is like , jealous , filled with anger , bitterness , envy , is that what God is like , unclean thinking , is that what God is like that 's not his image , but he created us in his image perfect and what Jesus Christ did on the cross , is to restore that image , that original image in you and me , to recreate us in the image of God , so in
28 I want to be aware of that when I 'm planning my month .
29 What I , and I having heard the director , what I want to be clear about , is that any decision which relates to closing local schools on , on economic grounds comes to the full county council , and is , is not dealt with by education .
30 ‘ However , I appear to be stuck with it . ’
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