Example sentences of "'s [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's used to being groomed and eating , Now , this is a grooming session : where 's the food ? |
| 2 | Or : ‘ He won the bronze in 1976 , so he 's used to being out in front . ’ |
| 3 | Er we , we this time we do n't mind that we 've got fairly harsh lighting because he 's a , someone who 's used to being out in the erm all weathers whether it 's cold or sunny , I have a feeling mostly sunny . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't seem to believe that it 's possible to be a rogue and a good man at the same time . ’ |
| 5 | It 's a continuing theme ; dance is fickle and chews up styles so quickly it 's possible to be last week 's thing when your work is still relevant : ‘ Electro was given a bad name by break-dancing , ’ reckons David . |
| 6 | But the good news is , with the aid of these space age products , it 's possible to be prettier than ever before . |
| 7 | Sibling rows can be beneficial because they show that it 's possible to be angry with someone you love , but there 's a vital difference between that sort of infighting and the division that favouritism can cause . |
| 8 | As it 's possible to be backward compatible but not forward compatible , you ca n't blame the program for being unable to correctly identify a processor introduced after the program was written . |
| 9 | It 's possible to be sad about your babies becoming children , and yet accept the fact that you wo n't have any more . |
| 10 | ‘ Lucky for him , his alibi is as watertight as it 's possible to be , unless the college Principal , half his staff and all his students are Iying . |
| 11 | It 's not difficult with small creatures , but with the large ones it 's possible to be a hundred pounds or so out , and an overdose could be dangerous for the animal . |
| 12 | The best you can do is be as careful as it 's possible to be . ’ |
| 13 | While I certainly do n't mind playing those roles it 's fabulous to be offered something meaty . ’ |
| 14 | It 's awful to be last , is n't it ? ’ |
| 15 | Let us imagine that they meet and the man begins : ‘ Darling , it 's awful to be apart from you . |
| 16 | ‘ Poor baby , it 's awful to be so misunderstood ’ , slammed Germaine Greer in Oz22 . |
| 17 | It 's strange to be in Strathspeld , to be in the house and not have seen Mr and Mrs Gould . |
| 18 | " It 's humiliating to be worth more dead than alive . " |
| 19 | And Ros was just saying I mean sh on that , on that Friday she 's due to be in work on that Friday night and it comes on a day she 'll paid time off aspect . |
| 20 | It 's old and dirty , and I think it 's due to be condemned in ten years ’ time . ’ |
| 21 | It 's due to be broadcast on |
| 22 | ‘ It seems a firm of accountants hired it as temporary accommodation while their offices were being refurbished and it 's due to be removed . |
| 23 | He 's due to be questioned by officers from the Thames Valley region and may be charged with kidnapping and possession of firearms . |
| 24 | It 's due to be heard at the town 's magistrates court later this week . |
| 25 | And that 's due to be published next month . |
| 26 | I , I mean if , we know how much is outstanding on each one , we know when it 's due to be paid , we know it 's gon na be about eight hundred policies a section , is it , ten thousand ? |
| 27 | She 's right to be upset . |
| 28 | One can tell from his present ability that he 's right to be sorry , he might have gone on to be a famous international . |
| 29 | As for being ‘ alarmist ’ , it 's right to be ultra cautious ( even to the extent of junking an untrustworthy drive ) when you 're using a hard disk to store valuable data . |
| 30 | M. You seem to think it 's right to be wrong . |