Example sentences of "to be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps this was part of some internal clock of hers and , at some moments , often weeks or months apart , Elinor was programmed to be briefly but definitely pleasant . |
| 2 | Japan remains tied to the Western camp partly because the relationship has become integral to her economy and politics over forty years ' association , and partly because it appears to offer the best defence against Soviet aggression and encroachment — a long-standing fear — in Northeast Asia , and the best hope of Japan 's integrity overall in a world where she has been proved to be economically and militarily vulnerable . |
| 3 | It was basically a group of people who happened to be around but very soon we all had titles and were constantly organising and re-organising the creating divisions and systems and methods . |
| 4 | If you are using the divider to separate cichlids or other particularly aggressive fish , it 's wise to leave it in place for a couple of weeks and then only remove the divider at a time when you are likely to be around if trouble occurs . |
| 5 | Then , on one occasion , Malcolm happened to be around when they came in . |
| 6 | Enter stage right disc jockey Jimmy Franks of BRMB , local independent radio in Birmingham , the only chap who happens to be around when I phone to see if anyone there could help me out . |
| 7 | ‘ And I would n't like to be around when it happens . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But to go out on a limb and take any bunch of morons , just those that happened to be around when he met Plumpton , and propose that they should do this thing — that 's really sticking your neck out . |
| 9 | Throughout his career he seemed to be around when it happened but the finger of accusation rarely pointed in his direction . |
| 10 | He did not want to be around when they told him ; he had enough to do without becoming involved in a domestic squabble . |
| 11 | ‘ The water is rising all the time and I would n't like to be around when it does overflow . |
| 12 | ‘ And that means I shall have to live longer to be around when he needs me . ’ |
| 13 | New York cabbies are notorious for complaining but Danny , an old friend , who always seems to be around when I am ready to leave The Summit Hotel , assures me that business in one of the world 's busiest cities is worse than he had known it in more than 20 years . |
| 14 | If that was just a warning I did n't want to be around when they got really nasty . |
| 15 | And I did n't want to be around when that happened . |
| 16 | And she definitely did n't want to be around when he got the news that she wanted a divorce . |
| 17 | You might as well say yes to this , if you 're always going to be around when the machine reboots . |
| 18 | Because , it occurred to her with heart-stopping suddenness , the last thing in the world she wanted was to be around when Rohan Saint Yves married Antoinette — or anyone else . |
| 19 | " I still want to be around when the house re-opens . " |
| 20 | Soon after that I made arrangements to go to Australia ; I just felt I did n't want to be around when Mason and Jennifer got together . |
| 21 | We 're all extending our overdrafts in the hope that we can stay in business long enough to be around when the upturn starts . |
| 22 | While , therefore , the efforts of successive reforming governments gradually weaned the common people from their attachment to Catholic views on images and intercession , throughout the Tudor and early Stuart periods all interference from local preachers and magistrates in the folk culture of the lower orders continued to be widely and successfully resisted . |
| 23 | After the ups and downs of critical theory and fashion , the pedagogy of literary linguistics is an area into which only a few intrepid explorers have so far dared to venture , and the results here deserve to be widely and warmly welcomed . |
| 24 | There are two general assumptions which seem to be widely if not universally accepted as self-evident . |
| 25 | To be enforceable a guarantee needs to be properly and legally drafted , so if you use one make sure it is prepared by a solicitor who is experienced in these matters . |
| 26 | As her condition deteriorated , Brafman did not seek help from senior doctors but ‘ brazened it out and took away her last chance to be properly and professionally treated . ’ |
| 27 | Mr Hunt has replied as follows : ‘ Whilst I acknowledge that there is merit in the concept of a single , universal agri-environmental scheme for the whole of Wales , there are many complex legal , resource and administrative matters that need to be properly and fully addressed before I could consider whether to proceed in this way . |
| 28 | Many opinions I formerly entertained are now given up & probably many of my present opinions will share the same fate — I wish them to be closely and fully ( as I know they will fairly ) examined without any regard to the author & therefore I can not by my presence aid your cause . |
| 29 | The worst target of all is the one that seems to be near but is forever receding as one gets closer to it . |
| 30 | I came to the Putney Young Women 's Christian Association Hostel to be near the hospital , and went to Fulham Congregational Church , so as to be near when IT happened . |