Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am interested to hear what the hon. Gentleman has to say . |
| 2 | That , together with the strenuous efforts made by everyone in Northern Ireland at local and provincial levels , means that we can look to the future with some confidence , and I am delighted to endorse what the hon. Gentleman said . |
| 3 | I am delighted to hear what the hon. Gentleman says . |
| 4 | If you 're able to lend us the entire amount of your covenanted donation at the outset ( e.g. £100 if you decide to covenant £25 a year ) we can invest your contribution as a lump sum and earn extra interest over the years and still reclaim the tax . |
| 5 | The thought of entering the disaster area of an elderly widow 's grief and shouldering some of the responsibility for helping her to bear it , and to rebuild what is left of her life , is enough to create feelings of anxiety in anyone ; and admittedly this can be a very difficult assignment , for not only will you be well aware that you are unable to give her the one thing she really wants — the return of her husband — but you will feel , as we all do when faced with the bereaved , that their personality seems suddenly to have been crushed like a flower under the heel of a vandal , showing it to be so fragile and vulnerable that almost any attempt to revive it would seem to be doomed to failure . |
| 6 | While America goes crazy over its new President elect , CARTER USM are busy making themselves the next most popular thing with the inhabitants of that wacky continent and really should have done the decent thing and put themselves up for election . |
| 7 | I refer to your recent application and interview and am pleased to offer you the above post in accordance with the undernoted terms and conditions . |