Example sentences of "to be alive [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sickened detectives said the old lady was lucky to be alive after the ‘ gruesome ’ attack left her with a broken jaw , a gaping head wound and shock . |
| 3 | In Derry , newly-elected SDLP councillor Jim Clifford said today his daughter was lucky to be alive after a brick was thrown through the front window of the family home . |
| 4 | Paul Deacon , 33 , was lucky to be alive after he made a dash through the flames in his flat in Ford Way , Bishop Auckland , County Durham , in the middle of the night . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm still thankful to be alive and eating three meals a day . |
| 7 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
| 8 | He also knew what it was like to be alive and young . |
| 9 | In fact I feel happy to be alive and I am enjoying my relationship with my husband and my children . |
| 10 | ‘ He 'll be happy to be alive and perhaps he 'll help me to escape . ’ |
| 11 | True , I seemed to be alive and intact . |
| 12 | I guess I was fairly content — bored sometimes , but happy to be alive and eating properly . |
| 13 | Ebenezer Scrooge would appear to be alive and well and has been reincarnated in the guise of the Court of Bank of Ireland . |
| 14 | The Old Pals ' Act appears to be alive and well in the TV world . |
| 15 | BRUCE 'S GUEST NIGHT ( BBC 1 ) The Old Pals ' Act appears to be alive and well in the TV world . |
| 16 | BRUCE 'S GUEST NIGHT ( BBC 1 ) The Old Pals ' Act appears to be alive and well in the TV world . |
| 17 | But I do n't want to be alive when you reject me for it . ’ |