Example sentences of "[adv] to be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better to be his own character . |
| 2 | Occasionally she half hoped to see him again , she would find herself watching faces rising towards her on the escalator of the Tube and wonder what she would feel if one of those faces were suddenly to be his . |
| 3 | Then Borg and Lloyd , ghosts from the ‘ Love Match ’ of long ago , were reported as having lost to a pair of teenagers young enough to be their sons . |
| 4 | But most men of her acquaintance were in uniform now , and having the time of their lives , she should n't wonder , with girls young enough to be their own daughters . |
| 5 | Beautiful women , dressed in anything from the flamboyantly obvious to the understatedly elegant , weaved in and out of the crowds , some of them hanging on the arms of men old enough to be their grandfathers . |
| 6 | That man , who was old enough to be her father , had ‘ completely destroyed her trust , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ No woman ’ , she had written , ‘ genuinely fancies a man old enough to be her father . |
| 8 | ‘ But you became greedy , Barney , ’ she said , ‘ you became so greedy you were willing to sell your own daughter like a beast at the fair , forcing her to marry a lecherous oul wretch that 's old enough to be her father . |
| 9 | She could almost hear the tick of its works , that and the beat of her heart ; for , if Rab was young enough to be her son , then her husband was old enough to be her father . |
| 10 | She could almost hear the tick of its works , that and the beat of her heart ; for , if Rab was young enough to be her son , then her husband was old enough to be her father . |
| 11 | He was old enough to be her father , and she convinced herself that she was suffering from too much imagination . |
| 12 | For days he 'd been in the blackest of moods , furious with her for wasting herself on a man old enough to be her father , and even more furious with himself for not having taken her forcefully after that Christmas evening when he 'd known her feelings were as inflamed as his own . |
| 13 | He looked young enough to be her son . |
| 14 | ‘ BUT HE IS OLD ENOUGH TO BE HER GRANDAD ’ |
| 15 | He 's old enough to be her grandfather . |
| 16 | Maybe she wished it was still the young man who shared her bed instead of a man who-was almost old enough to be her father . |
| 17 | Not only was her employer old enough to be her father , but he was a married man , and even if he were not , such a relationship would be totally foreign to her upbringing , if not her very nature . |
| 18 | ‘ Monsieur Verveine must be old enough to be her father ! |
| 19 | Although , she thought with uncharitable spitefulness , he was old enough to be her father . |
| 20 | Here was this young creature , beautiful and restless , married to a man almost old enough to be her grandfather , and apparently setting out to make the very best of it , too , with no signs of regret or self-pity ; but the prospect of having a girl of her own age in the house , even for a few days , might well matter to her a great deal more than the extension and acceptance of a mere conventional politeness . |
| 21 | She was scandalised by the very idea , especially since the MD was a delightfully avuncular man , certainly old enough to be her father . |
| 22 | He was old enough to be her father ! |
| 23 | ‘ Madam ’ : a barefoot young woman with a paintbrush in her hand , dressed in shorts and flimsy tee-shirt , young enough to be her daughter . |
| 24 | As a toddler she filled in concentric circles provided for her amusement by her father 's youngest brother , young enough to be her own big brother . |
| 25 | Why , I 'm old enough to be your grandmother ! |
| 26 | Having a boyfriend or husband who is young enough to be your son can still raise a few eyebrows and set tongues wagging but , as these couples prove , love conquers all — even a 30-year age gap |
| 27 | If you return to a ‘ young ’ industry such as catering , retail or banking , he or she could be young enough to be your own child ! |
| 28 | You know what I am , you know I 'm old enough to be your father , I 'm not reliable at all . |
| 29 | Last night you trusted me enough to be your first lover . |
| 30 | But she was a cheery old sort , if a shade old-fashioned ( ‘ I am old enough to be your mother , Prime Minister' had gone down rather well ) , and when she finally shuddered to a halt , having gone through at least two red lights , she was rewarded with much applause . |