Example sentences of "have [noun sg] to [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But here 's a toast to all those who played a part in this fall of a climbing journalist : my climbing friends , the helicopter rescue team , the doctors and nurses and our superb National Health Service ( coming from Ebbw Vale I knew one day I 'd have cause to be thankful to Aneurin Bevan ) . |
| 2 | But the poor had cause to be grateful to the railways too , in particular for their supplies of fresh fish . |
| 3 | Many others had reason to be grateful to the Quakers for refusing to give up their mission to help refugees . |
| 4 | The Essex team had reason to be grateful to the weather when a down-pour at the Southend Spring Festival ( 16 May ) brought crowds into the covered area just in time to watch them perform . |
| 5 | You 've reason to be grateful to me . |