Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question that Englishmen yes , and Englishwomen must decide is whether or not they are prepared to knuckle under to the unspeakable creep Mathews , the demented McLachlan and the absurd Bottomley . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you 're all dressed up to the nines ! ’ |
| 3 | We 're all running down to the river like you said , they may not find us down there . |
| 4 | I asked him , I said before we go any further , can you get these with the complete package and he said no , they 're all going back to the N H S typed thing because that 's the look , the look people want |
| 5 | They 've lived through history and know so much , which they 're certain to pass on to the rest of us . |
| 6 | Now they 're ready to go back to the wild , to a special purpose built set in Yorkshire which will be protected . |
| 7 | Only specialist engineers are likely to go down to the level of AND gates and NOR gates , and only physicists will go down further , to the level of how electrons behave in a semiconducting medium . |
| 8 | Her father had been glad to get out to the woods where he led a gang , made a living and found , in his daughter Kitty , all he wanted for softer pleasures . |
| 9 | She imagined , for instance , that if the inhabitants of Arghuri had been unwilling to venture on to the mountain before the earthquake , any survivors would scarcely be ready to do so now . |
| 10 | ‘ You are reluctant to go down to the hall , demoiselle ? |
| 11 | Several of the larger equipment companies have a mail order service , which is useful if you are unable to get out to the shops . |
| 12 | I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures . |
| 13 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 14 | As he sipped his wine in the bright , busy square , he thought that although the language was certainly a problem and one that he would have to continue to struggle with , it only provided him with an excuse , really , an excuse for why he had not been able to get down to the job of looking for Elsie . |
| 15 | Erm , I 'm sorry to come back to the central overheads er again , but erm it , considering that the other income largely related to ninety one , I 'm a little unclear why the central costs went down , I ca n't believe there 's been any salary cuts at |
| 16 | ( On most types of training glider it will be possible to get down to the pre-stall buffet and continue with either a slight rocking of the wings or a very gentle inner wingdrop . ) |
| 17 | This ensures that they would not be prepared to renegotiate back to the original agreement . |
| 18 | If your conscience allows you to say that you really are stuck at some point do n't be afraid to pass on to the next paragraph . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , practically all the rules have exceptions and readers may feel that the rules are so complex that it would be easier to go back to the idea of learning the stress for each word individually . |
| 20 | And then I expect you 'll be glad to get back to the Vicarage . |
| 21 | I think I 'll be happier to get back to the traditional gold and yellows and browns on wallflowers . |
| 22 | I remember wondering if it would be better to go back to the West End , for another fare , or go on to Liverpool Street . |
| 23 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 24 | From there she 'd be able to go down to the lakeside if she chose , or else pick up one of the shore paths that would take her further into the valley . |
| 25 | Over and above that , obviously this is where the advantage to the policy holder comes in because obviously if they get a gearbox problem that 's going to cost , say , a hundred and eighty pounds in six months time , they 're not going to be able to go back to the dealer and say look I want you to put this right for me , because obviously it is outside the statutory guarantee . |
| 26 | Publishers must be able to reach out to the widest possible audience . |
| 27 | The view expressed by Lawani & Bayer , that self-citations are used as an ego-enhancement , can not be tested in the present case , and should be rejected in the absence of evidence , because it is essential for an author to be able to refer back to the unpublished parts of theses . |
| 28 | erm how long this system will go on for , well in order to be able to refer back to the nineteen nineties , who knows we might , neither of us might be here |
| 29 | Mr Gray said : ‘ On that basis , it is very alarming that £75 million is being top-sliced from the level of consents and only if these sums are achieved will local government be able to spend up to the figure of £628 million . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've knitted you a tracksuit , dear — now you 'll be able to jog down to the shop when I need more yarn . ’ |