Example sentences of "lucky to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know what you 're really lucky to be missing ? |
| 2 | I should be so lucky to be able to . |
| 3 | We will be lucky to be out by 10pm . |
| 4 | After a blunder in the opening of the sixth game , Speelman may feel lucky to be still in the match . |
| 5 | She told him he was lucky to be married to a ‘ beautiful , intelligent artiste ’ . |
| 6 | They had all been lucky to be seen out with him . |
| 7 | So , instead of thinking that you 're cursed with a problem , consider yourself lucky to be able to grow the staggeringly large and varied range of Mediterranean , South African , Australian or even British plants which love an arid home . |
| 8 | Then he took me aback by saying , ‘ It 's lucky to be still here . ’ |
| 9 | Fire Brigade Station Commander Bruce Hoad said : ‘ The children are very lucky to be alive . |
| 10 | He was lucky to be invited back , but there was no reprieve for Tom Kite , who misses his first Masters since 1974 despite 10 top finishes in that time . |
| 11 | ‘ They are both lucky to be alive , ’ said Roberta Feggans , a senior nurse . |
| 12 | Rosemary , a young mother of two , and Clyde , a former Scots Guardsman , were lucky to be referred to the only NHS clinic which attempts to treat the condition . |
| 13 | THINGS have deteriorated so far and so fast at Higgs & Hill that shareholders were lucky to be offered anything as a final dividend . |
| 14 | Also in the house were two children , no doubt lucky to be alive , as Mrs Dyer usually despatched her charges within a few hours of receiving them . |
| 15 | They were lucky to be found ! |
| 16 | I counted myself lucky to be able to see that far , since on this cold October day the weather was starting to turn hostile , with squalls of rain bursting from fast-moving clouds without warning . |
| 17 | He really took it out of this photographer , and I can tell you he 's lucky to be alive today . |
| 18 | You must think yourselves lucky to be able to go to Thrush Green as often as you do . ’ |
| 19 | He landed him invitations to society dances where Jack would normally have been lucky to be collecting coats at the door . |
| 20 | We were so lucky to be chosen to join your pilgrimage . |
| 21 | As he points out , the other man was killed and he knows he is lucky to be alive . |
| 22 | I guess I 'm lucky to be working . |
| 23 | The snag was , though , that for the major matches the entire club membership would be lucky to be allocated even two tickets . |
| 24 | I am just lucky to be alive . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ There is no doubt the people involved are lucky to be alive , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I am lucky to be alive . ’ |
| 27 | PAUL JARVIS simply does n't accept that as a reprieved South African rebel and with a reputation as one of the most injury-prone cricketers in the country , he 's lucky to be going on England 's tour of India . |
| 28 | And he is defiant in the face of critics who say he 's lucky to be selected . |
| 29 | He was lucky to be so popular . |
| 30 | The same thing applies to ‘ exclusive ’ jobs : ‘ You 're so lucky to be : working in this posh Knightsbridge shop/meeting celebrity authors/the international jet-setter 's PA — that you can be paid very little money for doing so . ’ |