Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , the Germans did better , 22% being prepared to trust them a great deal . |
| 2 | ‘ You can ask , but I might not be free to give you a truthful answer . ’ |
| 3 | It was , alas , only too derivative , but given its auteur 's antecedents everyone was prepared to give him a second chance . |
| 4 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 5 | Will they be prepared to give you a regular budget ? eg £100 per library per year |
| 6 | Here again your reader , wanting to read the sort of book you are writing , will be prepared to give you a certain amount of latitude . |
| 7 | ‘ I am certainly willing to give you a free hand … and to express whatever conclusions you come to as to guilt or innocence . |
| 8 | When piling the buttercream on to the teddy 's body , try to mound it up quite high to give him a tubby appearance . |
| 9 | EVER since I saw David Bellamy disappearing down a crack in a garden path to demonstrate that we all had our own ‘ personal schooool of evolution ’ close at hand , I have been prepared to concede him an eternal place among the inexorably tenacious . |
| 10 | So , by dint of various enquiries , we managed to locate a house in a more salubrious area , Cardington Road , where the landlady was prepared to offer us a small sitting-room in addition , for an extra guinea a week . |
| 11 | One would even be delighted to give him a helping hand . |
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| 15 | Researchers in this area are likely to find it a useful entry to the literature , and a source of ideas on research needs . |
| 16 | Indeed , they are likely to win him a new reputation as a man for whom the boom never ended . |
| 17 | He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . |
| 18 | you 're supposed to give it a good bees waxing once a year ! |
| 19 | Yesterday the 86-year-old writer of more than 80 books said from her home in Jesmond , Newcastle : ‘ I am amazed and humbled that the Queen has seen fit to give me a second honour . ’ |
| 20 | Only Swansea looked likely to offer them a serious test . |
| 21 | Even they know that the way they 've been running the club is hardly likely to gain them a good press . |
| 22 | ‘ Actually , they were never supposed to make it a commercial thing , but they did so anyway … |
| 23 | Ace Barton , world champion and on present form looking likely to make it a second time . |
| 24 | Would it not be possible to give them an annual grant to spend on projects they approve ? |
| 25 | Please let me know if you have problems with this timing , it may be possible to give you a different delivery address . |
| 26 | But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’ |
| 27 | There is a lively bar where you will be served a welcome drink , and the hospitable staff will be sure to give you a warm welcome . |
| 28 | Since the university was American funded and run , Colonel Mortimer had considered it prudent to pay it a personal visit as soon as was possible . |
| 29 | If you have a really warm relationship with your elderly parent and the two of you communicate well , you may also be able to help her a good deal by occasional discussions on attitudes generally in bereavement and the more positive aspects of what has been such a tragic and painful experience for her ; steering her tenderly towards the realisation that what she now has is not only what Dylan Thomas 's wife described as ‘ left-over life to kill ’ , but left-over love to give , which is a very different thing . |
| 30 | I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Prince of Wales Charities might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation . |