Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who did not know how to be useful dropped out of Good Neighbour schemes . |
| 2 | There did n't seem to be much to get up for . |
| 3 | Individual moral decision although capable of exemplification has , because of its circumstantial and often impulsive nature , been shown to be impossible to pin down for classification . |
| 4 | They needed the worker to care about them , to be willing to sit down with them and help solve a problem and be a good listener . |
| 5 | Terry Eagleton of Oxford made the comment , er oh I think a year or two ago , in the Sunday Times that er there is too much established in the name William Shakespeare for anyone to be willing to fool around with it . |
| 6 | They are reported to be willing to contribute up to $2 million for the South Pacific leg of the cruise . |
| 7 | The RCM seemed to be prepared to go along with this , until they discovered that Willy was also in trouble with his employer , a Jeweller who caught the boy pocketing a silver cigarette case . |
| 8 | but you , you ca n't make that public and you are still worried that it can go too far to the left and therefore you , you , you 've got a range of , of erm quite moderate proposals which come in which , i if they were implemented , would restrain and would maintain the su the support of the ninety percent , th that you are still only seeking to antagonize really those , those landlords who are not going to be prepared to come back within the system . |
| 9 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 10 | Why was she making excuses anyway ? she scoffed , as a flick of a glance to the small and feminine watch on her wrist showed she should leave her room to be ready to go down for when the taxi arrived . |
| 11 | And even if Gazza fails to make his mark in Italy , there will be no shortage of interest in him , with his hometown club Newcastle last night reported to be ready to step in at the end of the season . |
| 12 | You going to be able to turn out for the polo team ? ’ |
| 13 | A small town fire crew needs to be able to turn out within 8 to 10 minutes . |
| 14 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 15 | You used to be able to go along to a pottery , say , and say , ‘ What was going on here at about eight o'clock this morning ? ’ … |
| 16 | She … she wanted to provide me with something to be able to go off with Emma where he could n't get at her . |
| 17 | Also , not to be able to take part in things and not to be able to go out in the evening I find difficult . |
| 18 | I was sad not to be able to go back to Fulham for St Cecilia 's Day . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're forgetting about my interest in a bush walk , ’ she pointed out , thankful to be able to latch on to some aspect of the place . |
| 22 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 23 | The indentured labourers hoped to be able to set up as independent farmers once they had worked off the costs of their passages , but the islands soon became so crowded that they were unlikely to be able to do this . |
| 24 | People were seen queuing overnight outside travel agents to be able to cash in on a £20 holiday for four ! |
| 25 | ‘ It must be hell having a woman like Gwen and not to be able to strut around in public possession . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | We recognised there was a need to ensure quality and consistency in everything we did , to be able to point out to our customers how we do things , and where necessary to be audited on these procedures . |
| 29 | The size of the device — which Faris expects to be able to scale down to 0.1 micrometres across — makes it suitable for use in very and ultra-large scale integrated circuits . |
| 30 | What I would n't give , I thought , to be able to lie down on that bed , just for a minute . |