Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adv] [vb -s] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I told you , I did n't particularly take in her plans for the weekend , you know how one does n't , one just asks to be civil and does n't listen properly to the answer . ’ |
| 2 | There is little to be gained in trying out something which one already knows to be inadequate . |
| 3 | One also needs to be wary of the inequalities that market mechanisms bring in their wake . |
| 4 | To be clear one sometimes needs to be long-winded . |
| 5 | One therefore needs to be sure of one 's ground , exactly as for intervention in the primary disease , with documented evidence supported by others and expressed with humility and with care and understanding for the dignity of the sufferer . |
| 6 | So as one goes down the stratigraphical column , if one leaves behind the spectacles of the specialist and looks about one with the wondering eyes of a child , one never ceases to be amazed at the diversity and yet the uniformity of it all . |
| 7 | This is the state of affairs at a normal sports centre , where everyone else seems to be skilled and athletic and you too embarrassed to start . |