Example sentences of "[adj] to be alive " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to be warm to be alive ? |
| 2 | " He 's fortunate to be alive , " said Fat Vince , " eating what he eats . |
| 3 | I was so bloody delighted to be alive I moved corpses minus their heads , legs and arms , and did n't turn a hair . |
| 4 | I think any serious climber has got to admit that he 's lucky to be alive , not that he 's skilful to be alive . |
| 5 | And everyone in Maple Drive , as they cooked , consoled , took out their best suits and thought of even nicer things to say about Donald than the last nice thing that had been said about him , were privately so astonished , so relieved , so savagely glad to be alive that if someone had proposed to bury him upside down in a bucket of horse manure they would probably have agreed it was all for the best . |
| 6 | We may have had gangrene , amputations , even paralysis but , too young to see any futility , we were only too glad to be alive . |
| 7 | I 'm so glad to be alive . |
| 8 | ‘ I just woke up one morning and I felt glad to be alive , and glad that I was n't on this earth on my own , that there were other people to share it with me and help me get through my life . ’ |
| 9 | Comfort foods are those which soothe us and make us glad to be alive even on the most miserable of days . |
| 10 | Glad to be alive |
| 11 | It was plain to every milkmaid and street sweeper in the rue Royale that this British officer was glad to be alive , delighted to be in Belgium , and that he expected every one in Brussels to share his evident enjoyment of life , health and happiness . |
| 12 | I think Anne Bancroft and Judi Dench look best for their ages , with naturally , healthy , ‘ glad to be alive ’ expressions on their faces . |
| 13 | One man hurt his shoulder , one his knee , one had a slight cut on the back and I was only bruised — I felt very elated , glad to be alive , amazed and grateful for our miraculous escape . |
| 14 | His first feeling as he emerged from the short but deep sleep which came to him at the end of every restless night , was that he was bloody glad to be alive . |
| 15 | He looked like a guy glad to be alive . |
| 16 | He had the ability , when he was in that teasing mood , to make her forget all the worrying unhappy things in life , and just be gloriously glad to be alive . |
| 17 | They 're not fit to be alive , |
| 18 | Fire Brigade Station Commander Bruce Hoad said : ‘ The children are very lucky to be alive . |
| 19 | ‘ They are both lucky to be alive , ’ said Roberta Feggans , a senior nurse . |
| 20 | Also in the house were two children , no doubt lucky to be alive , as Mrs Dyer usually despatched her charges within a few hours of receiving them . |
| 21 | He really took it out of this photographer , and I can tell you he 's lucky to be alive today . |
| 22 | As he points out , the other man was killed and he knows he is lucky to be alive . |
| 23 | I am just lucky to be alive . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ There is no doubt the people involved are lucky to be alive , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ I am lucky to be alive . ’ |
| 26 | He is lucky to be alive . ’ |
| 27 | They are lucky to be alive . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm lucky to be alive . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm lucky to be alive . |
| 30 | LUCKY to be alive skydiver Terry Wakenshaw vowed yesterday to go on with the sport which killed his girlfriend and almost claimed his life . |