Example sentences of "[adv] to [be] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better to be his own character . |
| 2 | But most men of her acquaintance were in uniform now , and having the time of their lives , she should n't wonder , with girls young enough to be their own daughters . |
| 3 | Last night you trusted me enough to be your first lover . |
| 4 | If you return to a ‘ young ’ industry such as catering , retail or banking , he or she could be young enough to be your own child ! |
| 5 | My friend the candidate , soon to be my hon. Friend the Member for Kincardine and Deeside , supports me and my hon. Friends on that policy as on so many other policies . |
| 6 | Whatever they get up to is their own business , but I wish more of them would stay open . |
| 7 | At the level of the ‘ respectable ’ artisan or clerk , abstinence had often to be its own reward . |
| 8 | Motorola Inc 's internal IT General Systems Sector turns out to be its biggest Unix customer . |
| 9 | RIGHT-WING parties were yesterday celebrating what could turn out to be their biggest victory in a French election since 1815 — and secretly worrying that the size of their crushing win could soon pose problems of its own . |
| 10 | Not only had her real mother rejected her at birth and given her away , but worst of all , her adoptive father whom she had loved so much now turned out to be her real father , a cheat and a deceiver . |
| 11 | On its return from the last raid Sugar diverted to Leuchars in Scotland after a sortie lasting 10 hours 51 minutes , which turned out to be her longest flight of the war . |
| 12 | To her amazement ( and do doubt his ) he turned out to be her miscreant husband . |
| 13 | Although I had kept in contact with several school friends from St Paul 's , I knew only one who was likely to have surplus accommodation in London , and I considered she might well turn out to be my one hope of not having to spend the rest of my life on a train somewhere between Romford and Regent 's Park . |
| 14 | You 've made things admirably clear , and I 'm the more grateful to the Commissioner for taking what may turn out to be my unfounded worries so seriously . |
| 15 | Berkeley did after all turn out to be my last dalliance with the education system . |
| 16 | Still with Renault in 1982 he won the opening two rounds in Argentina and Brazil , after the disqualification of Piquet and Rosberg , but , sadly , they turned out to be his only successes . |
| 17 | Celtic want him back to be their new manager … that could be the future … but what of the past dare we mention Swindon … |
| 18 | She was a local farmer 's wife and she went on to be our first member of Parliament and me brother was helping her and mum and dad , you see , was working for the , we , we got the house as a committee room and all , all the and I can remember going with mother , we had , we had a Co-op paper or it was Co-op orientated I 'm sure news and I can remembering canvassing Walsall Wood with me mother , well I ca n't see my Guild members doing that . |
| 19 | Fortunately she had the better 5th time and went on to be our first finalist for several years while Wood of Australia in the other semi not only lost her final place but also her Olympic spot . |
| 20 | Ann Butler had written to Uncle Nathan in Leeds to say that when Sarah went there to act as bridesmaid to her sister Christiana , she would stay on to be his new housekeeper . |
| 21 | The main problem is how to be your own critic . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not making light of the situation , it 's very very serious , and we are still hoping that somebody in Wales will come forward to be our main sponsor . |