Example sentences of "[verb] to be alive " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the body is elastic , the strain converts kinetic into potential energy … like drawing the string of a longbow , or winding the spring of a clock , or charging an electrical condensor , or filling a balloon with hot air … and it looks to be alive . |
| 2 | In early December there was some speculation that Shaikh Obeid would be exchanged for Israeli navigator Ron Arad , the only missing Israeli serviceman believed to be alive . |
| 3 | Ebenezer Scrooge would appear to be alive and well and has been reincarnated in the guise of the Court of Bank of Ireland . |
| 4 | After a brief pause , we blurted out the obvious opener , ‘ How does it feel to be alive again after all this time ? ’ |
| 5 | At one moment six Emperors were said to be alive , each as impotent as the others . |
| 6 | True , I seemed to be alive and intact . |
| 7 | The very air seemed to be alive with his anger . |
| 8 | Brooks emphasizes the internal contradictions of the poem : the fact that the urn is silent , but also speaks ; that it is motionless , yet the scenes depicted on it seem to be alive ; that unheard melodies are sweeter than those which one hears , and so on . |
| 9 | Eventually the two boys were lying exhausted on the floor , relieved to be alive . |
| 10 | Elizabeth was known to be alive in 1851 , aged about eighty . |
| 11 | He schemed to be proclaimed Emperor , but as long as Menelik was known to be alive this was impossible . |
| 12 | The Old Pals ' Act appears to be alive and well in the TV world . |
| 13 | BRUCE 'S GUEST NIGHT ( BBC 1 ) The Old Pals ' Act appears to be alive and well in the TV world . |
| 14 | BRUCE 'S GUEST NIGHT ( BBC 1 ) The Old Pals ' Act appears to be alive and well in the TV world . |
| 15 | If Policyholder is subsequently found to be alive then any monies paid out shall be refunded . |
| 16 | Naturally , you 'd prefer to be alive . |
| 17 | But I do n't want to be alive when you reject me for it . ’ |
| 18 | TENS OF thousands of phantom azalea bushes and geraniums are believed to be alive and growing in the gardens of Northern Ireland after the discovery of alleged false accounting . |
| 19 | Just ten or fifteen minutes of it now would see him right , a short trip out through the islets and mudbanks where you could let the boat drift , lean over the stern and watch the inner life of the dirty green water , the shreds of seaweed and small branches and other shapes that sometimes proved to be alive , or focus on the surface , a depthless sheet of scum on which the pearly light shimmered in continual shifting patterns , or even look up to see a huge modern building , several storeys high , going for a stroll along a neighbouring island , the superstructure of a freighter putting out to sea along the deep-water channel … |
| 20 | Oh no no , it was really a happy-go-lucky time you , you had to be alive in those days to appreciate it , it , people sort of got together and it , it 's a different attitude to life today er much more friendly people there and they , we all worked together we all pulled together to defeat Hitler this , this was the thing in those days . |
| 21 | I remember going down to the bridge in Walsall and a sailor climbed the old clock and tied his collar around it and a soldier got up and put his hat on and an airman got up and put his tie with a red , white and blue rosette on it , around the arms of the old clock and people were loving and kissing everywhere , and oh it was really you had to be alive to appreciate it . |
| 22 | ‘ Always have to be alive to the possibility it 's more than one person , Cameron , especially with a group of crimes spread out over so much territory , and fairly complicated ones at that . ’ |
| 23 | They need to be alive to the balance between their own needs for intimacy and independence as well as those of their partner . |
| 24 | Teachers need to be alive to cultural differences which may particularly affect bilingual pupils ' handling of literature . |
| 25 | ‘ My dear , she said , ‘ limited grey matter Miss Lilian may have , yet still she rejoices to be alive . |