Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's all out there on the street and it 's the closet I 've ever been and probably the nearest I will ever be to actually feeling part of the world . |
| 2 | yeah , er , design I can never be to a boiler or storage heater for the winter also the heater would activate the till the heat |
| 3 | She could not be to Pen as Minnie was to Miss Arabel since there was a mother in between but she had a great desire to see her former charge treat her as freely when he reached manhood . |
| 4 | Right , I hope , we wo n't be to long now , perhaps if we could just bring up the item you wanted to mention . |
| 5 | It may not be to women 's advantage , but it is there , and it acknowledges the power , albeit negative , of women 's cycles of fertility . |
| 6 | He says that it should n't be to difficult , just time consuming . |
| 7 | He told me not to talk about the matter outside as it might not be to his interests if the facts were made generally known . ’ |
| 8 | Instinct told her that he was planning something for her and it might not be to her liking . |
| 9 | It might not be to everyone 's taste or be able to last for hundreds of years but you have to admit that she would turn a few heads if she appeared sitting casually in your garden . |
| 10 | In the first place , Singer countered , it would be difficult to locate the minimal qualification for the sense of justice and , furthermore , once established , it could well be to the detriment of equality since it might imply that we could have ‘ grades of moral status , with rights and duties corresponding to the degree of refinement of one 's sense of justice ’ ( 1979 : 16–17 ) . |
| 11 | He could well be to South Africa what Willie-O now is to the World Champions . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , if Sister 's sanctioned it , it ca n't be to Melrose , where that dishy registrar 's often to be seen . ’ |
| 13 | At Larchgrove some expressed the view that the remedial input necessary to develop Tony 's literacy and numeracy could be provided best at a residential school , but there was a stronger view that it would not be to his benefit to remove him from a secure and caring home . |
| 14 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 15 | ‘ I was told : ‘ Poppy , it will only be to the bottom of your back . |
| 16 | Fighting , he says , is ‘ the real , highest , honestest business of every son of man ’ and he advises ‘ those young persons whose stomachs are not strong , or who think a good set-to with the weapons which God has given to us all , an uncivilized , unchristian , or ungentlemanly affair , just skip this chapter at once , for it wo n't be to their taste ’ . |
| 17 | Even if your reasoning is self-evident to you , it wo n't be to other people , who will come at the issue from a slightly ( or very ) different point of view . |
| 18 | I would hope he wo n't be to late or he 'll be exhausted . |