Example sentences of "and [vb base] to be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The village is the place to stay if you enjoy a relaxed , informal atmosphere and want to be close to all the activities . |
| 2 | ‘ Most of our customers are second time buyers who know what they want and expect to be able to just walk in and take it off the shelf like a can of beans , ’ he says . |
| 3 | parodic-travestying literature introduces the permanent corrective of laughter , of a critique on the one-sided seriousness of the lofty direct word , the corrective of a reality that is always richer , more fundamental , and , most importantly , too contradictory and heteroglot to be fit into a high straightforward genre … . |
| 4 | It is hoped , nevertheless , that this will encourage students of accounting and finance to be bold in pursuing connections between their own subject and others involved in the study of management . |
| 5 | Some regulations were made under earlier Acts and continue to be effective under the 1987 Act . |
| 6 | Anyway , you simply hand over everything you 've got and try to be polite with it , by which I mean do n't tell him how to do his own job . |
| 7 | I never used to prepare a question , I just used to turn up , think ‘ This is good ’ and have a drink with them and try to be funny about it later . ’ |
| 8 | Forget about yourself and concentrate on your girlfriend , and try to be aware of the messages she is giving you . |
| 9 | Right , now let's do a bit of hot seating hey , where one of you will sit on a chair and pretend to be one of the characters and then the others will ask a question . |
| 10 | ‘ You have to remember , ’ Ellen liked to lecture Thessy and me , ‘ just how absurdly wealthy they all are , and how desperately the wealthy want to be liked because they ca n't help feeling guilty about being so rich , so we only have to be obsequious , give them loads of booze , and pretend to be impressed by their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions , after which they 'll reward us with an outrageously large tip — which is , after all , the sole reason for being nice to the ghastly creatures in the first place . ’ |
| 11 | There is need to emphasise the importance of encouraging people to re , receive some sort of training when they come forward and offer to be involved in the work of our under eights and young people . |
| 12 | As late as 1934 the New Survey of London Life and Labour was opining that ‘ a large proportion , perhaps a majority , of London working class families are still unable to reach this very modest standard [ a week 's holiday ] and have to be content with day outings on Bank Holidays or Sundays ’ . |
| 13 | The tips of a swept wing are well aft of the centre of lift , and have to be negative in relation to the centre body forward of the bridle points . |
| 14 | I 'm very much a family man and need to be close to those I love . ’ |
| 15 | For it has to be remembered that very old people get very tired and need to be selective about activity . |
| 16 | Such teachers are easily swayed by forceful expression of dogmas about English teaching , and need to be aware of the false polarisation of views typical of debate in the 1960s and 1970s . |