Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [prep] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have found them working in ways I had never expected them to be able to . |
| 2 | Liz had felt herself to be close to Naomi , as she nursed Naomi 's children , slept with Naomi 's husband , took tea or sherry with Naomi 's parents , helped to form the childish letters which her stepchildren wrote to Naomi 's parents thanking them for presents , for outings . |
| 3 | She was going to edge him into a situation where it would be openly discourteous to refuse her , and nothing in his education or his upbringing had prepared him to be discourteous to anyone , least of all a woman . |
| 4 | YTS has been a major provider of new opportunities and through its funding mechanism , its special assessment and age exclusions , and its provision of special equipment and services , it has shown itself to be responsive to the needs of very many young people with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
| 5 | The theoretical advantage of this technique is that it deals directly with the oesophageal varices without affecting liver perfusion : a prospective study has shown it to be superior to standard and distal splenorenal shunts in patients with portal hypertension secondary to schistosomiasis . |
| 6 | It seemed to me at the time that the teachers of science at school , who had certainly shown themselves to be opposed to me were , if not actually off their trolleys , a trifle on the demented side and undoubtedly strangers to coolness . |
| 7 | They have occurred because policy makers or practitioners have judged it to be appropriate to their views and implementation has begun . |
| 8 | I 've never asked him to be faithful to me . |
| 9 | He would have liked her to be indebted to him for something . |
| 10 | She had urged her to be kind to Katherine and the woman had promised . |