Example sentences of "to be [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I principally object to are all our dreary , smug books about growing up and coming to terms with oneself , that … are merely another brand of conformity … . |
| 2 | The idea that the features of a dialect which are accommodated to are those which are most salient , and that those which are most salient from the point of view of a LE speaker are just those which are most different from LE , fits perfectly with the observation that young black speakers in " chattin' Patois " are focusing on the Jamaican basilect — the variety which is most different from Standard . |
| 3 | What 's more , if I deem it to be necessary I shall call upon the Duke of Marlborough to give evidence on our behalf . ’ |
| 4 | You part of the horn , you dredged them up , cos you used t the only thing we saw taken out , then this old fella used to come down from the Museum or whatever he was and he used to be pleased he 'd stay there all day and pick up them all . |
| 5 | Both activities can be very enjoyable But neither activity will get you very far in your quest for fitness , and to be honest they give walking a bad name . |
| 6 | Well I think , I think , I think to be honest they 've all got easier |
| 7 | ‘ To be honest we have n't got much chance with her , ’ confided Insp. |
| 8 | ‘ To be honest we have n't got much chance with her , ’ confided Insp. |
| 9 | ‘ They like her music very much but to be honest I am of the older regime , I prefer the traditional Welsh choral music . |
| 10 | It was a pathetic spectacle and to be honest I must confess to being more than a little annoyed at being trapped in a railway carriage and forced to listen to this poor soul lurching nearer to a grave in the gutter . |
| 11 | To be honest I never get much washing done during the winter months . |
| 12 | To be honest I 'm beginning to get fed up with being so useless and just wish that ‘ Failure ’ was n't my middle name . |
| 13 | ‘ To be honest I wanted to keep them out of all this . |
| 14 | So he came round to use mine and to be honest I did n't have too much interest in punk rock at the time but did this fanzine for 12 issues and I got into it . |
| 15 | I 've just asked Kurt whether the heroin rumours are true — to which he 's laughed , said ‘ No ! ’ and made me feel his arms for any tell-tale scars or holes , though obviously shooting up is n't the only way to take smack and to be honest I 'm not sure I knew what I was meant to be looking for , but still , it 's an impressive gesture at the very least — when Anton walks in with a woman I recognise as Susan Silver , manager of Soundgarden . |
| 16 | To be honest I 've never seen Parrot . |
| 17 | To be honest I have never seen this happen in a community tank , where as Neon tetras will even spawn in this environment . |
| 18 | I did that because I got an amazing about of money and to be honest I rather liked the idea of swanning around in a special effects car . |
| 19 | Ideally , to be honest I would like a diamorphine maintenance course , but I do n't know if that 's possible these days to pick up a prescription once or twice a week and be able to do it that way instead of having the hassle of having to go on the street . |
| 20 | This call has been said to sound like " go back , go back " , but to me it always sounds like a duck laughing ( to be honest I 've never heard a duck laughing , so I 'm probably totally wrong ) . |
| 21 | He did n't approve of me , and to be honest I never much cared for him , either . |
| 22 | He is not , so far as I know , having it off with anyone and I certainly am not , more 's the pity in a sense , though to be honest I 've never felt less inclined in my life . ’ |
| 23 | To be honest I blame Maria at Kidderminster ticket office . |
| 24 | To be honest I could n't make up my mind about him and I 'd like you to see him yourself . ’ |
| 25 | So I , and , and to be honest I think that 's what we ought to do at this stage , |
| 26 | I 'm not really worried about it to be honest I 'm not worried about any of them , I thought I would actually be erm I 'm actually , we 're under a lot of pressure at the moment but I 'm not actually , usually when I 'm like that it 's all gone I tend to say well forget about it and you know run away from it kind of thing , |
| 27 | And to be honest I would n't have argued if anyone had said whole day . |
| 28 | Erm but to be honest I , I think you 're right about the Christian angle because I do think that erm , although I enjoyed that year , |
| 29 | ‘ To be honest I find it quite fascinating , nor could anyone become bored with so much activity going on . |
| 30 | Eddery 's first success was Mrs Hauksbee , but he admitted : ‘ To be honest I do n't remember anything about that first one , but I 've been lucky to ride lots of winners in good races here . ’ |