Example sentences of "that [pers pn] be [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revulsion at the thought that I am responsible for it . |
| 2 | But just in case , I am not about to tempt the Grim Reaper by announcing that I am ready for him . |
| 3 | ‘ Miss Tildy , ’ he said , ‘ I want to say that I 'm sorry for what I did to you a few days ago . |
| 4 | Now , thirty years later , I feel a great regret for the father of my first four years , who took me out , and who probably loved me , irresponsibly ( " it 's all right for him ; he does n't have to look after you " ) , and I wish I could tell him now , even though he was , in my sister 's words , a sod , that I 'm sorry for my years of rejection and dislike . |
| 5 | Not , ’ he added swiftly at her frown , ‘ that I 'm anxious for my own company , I assure you . ’ |
| 6 | You said yourself that I 'm good for you . ’ |
| 7 | But it would be a big change , and I do n't know that I 'm ready for it yet . |
| 8 | ‘ He is not too happy either that I was ready for him when he cracked the whip . |
| 9 | That she is concerned for him and wishes to assure herself as to his welfare is understandable , but that look of shining radiance is a trifle puzzling . |
| 10 | And while some parents complain to the head teacher about their children becoming involved with the RUC , at least one headmistress was reported as being committed to the community relations programme , telling parents that she was responsible for their education and that they could move their child if they objected to the way this was done ( FN 10/2/87 , p. 7 ) . |
| 11 | business contacts that you 're happy for us to approach . |
| 12 | Then , almost angrily , she asked him , ‘ Why should I believe that you were afraid for me ? |
| 13 | As adult Christians we believe that we are dependent for everything upon God — so if the priest in some sense ‘ represents ’ God for us , then he tends to bring out feelings of dependence . |
| 14 | They were true for this woman , but more important than that they 're true for you and they 're true for me today . |
| 15 | While the evidence he cites shows that Y-cells may be capable of sustaining some form of pattern vision it does not show that they are responsible for it in the normal brain . |
| 16 | It is not repentance ; it is simply that they are scared for their skins and wish to save parliamentary seats in the general election . |
| 17 | Look no further than the row of foundations — most of them have been used for about a week , which is as long as it takes to realise that they are wrong for your skin . |
| 18 | It was Fred Wilton who devised the theory that if carp were offered HNV baits over a long enough period , i.e. through extensive pre-baiting , they would eventually recognise that they were good for them , and seek out these baits in preference to low protein types such as bread , worms , potatoes or , indeed , even natural food . |
| 19 | Historically records have usually been preserved because organisations thought that they were important for their own work , and departing from this principle might well create more problems than it would solve . |
| 20 | So my friend rang the hospital so that they were ready for me . |
| 21 | She phoned ITU , and then told Jesus that they were ready for his patient . |
| 22 | But when we came to the Old Town , the Marshal and Sapt moved nearer to my horse , and I could see that they were afraid for me . |
| 23 | ‘ If I may speak in a spirit of complaint , David , I might point out that it 's easy for you to talk and even easier to talk tough . |
| 24 | Erm , there 's many suggestions I 've got here , where I 've just taken the necessary action in view of the procedures and I do n't feel that it 's necessary for us to discuss it , if you 're happy with that . |
| 25 | I think it 's very important that er females should be taught that it 's pleasurable for them as well , you |
| 26 | ‘ I just think that it 's disgusting for you to be having an affair with a married woman , that 's all . ’ |
| 27 | We have n't even got a system , as far as I understand it , that 's compatible , so that it 's possible for me to send my reading lists to , for instance , so they can be picked up by the library . |
| 28 | We plumped for crimson and pinks with black , white and silver , and remember that it 's difficult for anyone to avoid using green ! |
| 29 | Because er I mean a lot of children these days , I think about my parents , it 's their money , they spend it , and I do n't really see that it 's important for it to be passed on to us , but in the case of a large estate , it becomes more important , if you 're looking at sort of two hundred three hundred thousand estate , then there 's going to be a lot of erm er asset value which would be taxable . |
| 30 | ‘ If the market wants to move to Unix , independent of the fact that it 's inconvenient for you , you may have to recognise that early and really get out in front . ’ |