Example sentences of "to be alive [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They need to be alive to the balance between their own needs for intimacy and independence as well as those of their partner . |
| 2 | Teachers need to be alive to cultural differences which may particularly affect bilingual pupils ' handling of literature . |
| 3 | ‘ Always have to be alive to the possibility it 's more than one person , Cameron , especially with a group of crimes spread out over so much territory , and fairly complicated ones at that . ’ |
| 4 | The very air seemed to be alive with his anger . |
| 5 | However , in a country where the air is as likely to be alive with mosquitoes or tsetse flies as flamingos , Mr Sandy discovered that whisky had additional uses : ‘ It appeared that consumption of one 's own product was an excellent anaesthetic for all the bugs in the tummy and I was never ill once . ’ |
| 6 | But it 's wonderful to be alive in it . |
| 7 | Elizabeth was known to be alive in 1851 , aged about eighty . |
| 8 | And you think that you 're lucky to be alive in that respect , but I 've never really thought that I was specially picked out for some reason to carry on living . |
| 9 | Oh no no , it was really a happy-go-lucky time you , you had to be alive in those days to appreciate it , it , people sort of got together and it , it 's a different attitude to life today er much more friendly people there and they , we all worked together we all pulled together to defeat Hitler this , this was the thing in those days . |
| 10 | FIREFIGHTER Gary Madill is lucky to be alive after crashing through a roof and smashing 25 feet to the ground . |
| 11 | The singer Frankie Vaughan says he 's on the mend , but lucky to be alive after a two-hour emergency operation . |
| 12 | Well Wrapped , 7-4 fav , is lucky to be alive after a crashing fall at Newbury in February but made all in the Charlecote Handicap . |