Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb mod] be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 They build up in your tank , unless replaced by regular water changes , and while fish seem able to stand a steady build -up , however unpleasant it may be for them , new fish will die when introduced to higher levels .
2 Well , we 'll take a run over there and see ’ — ‘ You might be there yourself , why that 's great , Michael ’ — ‘ No I 'm afraid he 'll be with me . ’
3 Maman 's perception had probably told how impossible it would be for him to part with any of her things in his lifetime .
4 ‘ How sad it would be for us to lose you to the sea , Señor Capitano . ’
5 It was only after I had mentioned Miss Kenton that I suddenly realized how entirely inappropriate it would be for me to continue .
6 I have kept my half of the bargain , though I never guessed how costly it would be for me .
7 ‘ Look , she was with me , I ca n't explain now , but I 'm sure she 'll be with you soon .
8 ‘ Think of Estella , and her education , and how unhappy you may be with her .
9 ‘ Ach — I was sure he would be with you — we could have taken our own time then .
10 How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child .
11 " It 's just that it 's all very well to talk about his responsibility and all that — nobody thinks how awful it would be for me to go crawling to him wailing , I 'm in tro-uble ?
12 We 're all sorry for Joanna and we appreciate how difficult it will be for you . ’
13 I have also purchased a monograph of Parrots from a Mr Lear — When you and I are old men — how pleasing it will be to us to look at these together to quiz them all , and pass our We to upon them !
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