Example sentences of "how [adj] [pers pn] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 2 | Why do n't I do the first half and you have an early night , and I 'll wake you at two o'clock ? ’ , knowing full well how awful it is to be woken out of a deep sleep at 2am to start work . |
| 3 | At that moment , for all his professionalism , he had no idea how right he was to be . |
| 4 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |
| 5 | Dot thought how strange it was to be able to recognize a person 's dog even when the person was n't there , and then to know the dog 's name . |
| 6 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 7 | I was wondering what kind of problems I 'd come up against , having heard how impossible he was to be directed . |
| 8 | While she worked she told Sara how fortunate she was to be going to Portugal and to have been found a husband and how , when she was married , it would be her duty to obey him and remain utterly faithful to him , taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as her model and guide in all things . |
| 9 | How easy it is to be expert in theory ! |
| 10 | Let us consider watercress as a typical example of how easy it is to be deceived . |
| 11 | Consider how easy it is to be misled by the persuasive power of apparent proof . |
| 12 | In a week 's time you will find how easy it is to be perfectly objective with your child and at the same time kindly . |
| 13 | First , the episode shows how easy it is to be led astray by one 's own rhetoric . |
| 14 | By the end of two hours … the children have rescued a man from a burning building , , , , handled a gas leak … learnt about electricity … and dsicvoeverd just how easy it is to be tricked into going with strangers . |
| 15 | She was surprised to find how easy it was to be passive . |
| 16 | He began by saying how glad he was to be in Europe again , which gave him an opportunity to outline some of the developments taking place in other regions of the world , and to describe the next phase in the development of the world car . |
| 17 | Let me say immediately how glad I am to be here , looking forward with hope and enthusiasm to the task that lies ahead , working alongside many others in the building up of God 's kingdom within the diocese of Middlesbrough . |
| 18 | The initial response of Bishop Crowley immediately after his appointment was ‘ Let me say immediately how glad I am to be here ’ . |
| 19 | right , okay so anyway that erm one 's causing a little bit of concern , I 've got another one scheduled for March which I was going to centre on here where will come along and talk to us about the Editor and the Royal Visit and you know ee ach dear me how glad I am to be away from the Scottish Office |
| 20 | How glad I was to be homeless . |
| 21 | I ca n't tell you how thrilled I am to be in closer contact with Medau again . |
| 22 | When it came to subordinate males , however , there was a strong relationship between how nice males had been to infants and how likely they were to be attacked by the female : nicer males fared better . |
| 23 | Even the soldiers in the field must 've been thoroughly sick of all those whining pieces about Our Boys and Girls , and their mail , or the endlessly recycled nonsense about how hard it was to be a female soldier in Saudi Arabia . |
| 24 | How gorgeous it was to be alive ! |
| 25 | We want Annabelle and Steven to enjoy the things we never had , not to take them for granted , but to appreciate how lucky they are to be able to celebrate like this surrounded by their families and friends . |
| 26 | ‘ Dear friends and relations , I think this is the moment when we should be aware of how lucky we are to be partaking of such excellent food and spare a thought for those less fortunate . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 28 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 29 | He told us some harrowing stories of life on a bomber aerodrome which had ‘ main force ’ squadrons , always carrying heavy loads of high explosives and incendiaries , and impressed on us how lucky we were to be on a Pathfinder station . |
| 30 | Now , as he grew older and more mature , especially after his hectic and sometimes horrifying war experiences , he realised how lucky he was to be born and live in such a place . |