Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adj] [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am anxious beyond measure to be in the country as soon as possible … |
| 2 | I am full of gratitude to Thee that Thou hast deemed me worthy to take part in this festival with Thee , and to see Thy works , and to understand Thy governance . ’ |
| 3 | I apologise for that omission erm it 's er erm one of those things that er er does I 'm afraid from time to time happen . |
| 4 | I am not spreading or sagging , the glow of an early sun tan had probably removed a year or two and I 've discovered that lipstick does wonders , but there could have been little doubt in his mind that I was closer in age to his mother than to him . |
| 5 | Oh I was awake at quarter to two . |
| 6 | She was next in line to Lily , five years older than the girl who had come to Riverstown and had the whole world in her pocket , so far as Bernadette could see . |
| 7 | Ray Gamble , councillor for St John 's , where the site is situated said : ‘ All three councillors oppose the station because we are concerned about disturbance to local residents . |
| 8 | As a nation , we 're all in hock to the tune of over £24 billion — and that 's excluding mortgages on property . |
| 9 | As a nation , we 're all in hock to the tune of over 24 billion — and that 's excluding mortgages on property . |
| 10 | We were there last weekend , they 'd say , and the elements were against us , but we were snug from head to toe in our rubber suits . |
| 11 | As Hitchings himself has pointed out , ‘ we were uncommitted with respect to specific disease targets , but we were bound to follow wherever our thoughts and antimetabolites led us ’ . |
| 12 | 10a The Society recently purchased a number of new tambours and they are available on loan to teachers from the office . |
| 13 | Thirdly , they are concerned with service to the community rather than with self-interest . |
| 14 | • They are identical in content to the original hardback , but with a durable soft cover and an elegant matt finish . |
| 15 | Anomalies are also regarded as serious if they are important with respect to some pressing social need . |
| 16 | This is a strange debate because , although the motions on the Order Paper tabled by both the Government and the official Opposition parties are long on words , they are short on relevance to the vital questions raised by the draft treaties which will be discussed at Maastricht . |
| 17 | I do n't think they 're short of money to be honest cos Valerie has a good job |
| 18 | Sarah wondered if they were deaf in addition to other deficiencies . |
| 19 | They are simple to install , for all that is required is that they be level from side to side , and with the lip protruding sufficiently to enable the full body of water to be emptied into the pool rather than on to the surrounding ground ( Fig. 9 ) . |
| 20 | They are simple to install ; all that is required is that they be level from side to side , and with the lip of the lowest basin protruding sufficiently so that the water empties directly into the pool water and not on to the edging of the pool . |
| 21 | Once the equipment is ready , it 's packed for export to Oxford centres all over the world . |
| 22 | It 's all in response to the drought that 's bringing Africa to its knees . |
| 23 | What I want what I 'm trying to get to is the despatcher is an eye and it 's far in advance to but I 've had . |
| 24 | Erm and it 's different from site to site , but I can , the things that you can normally control are the labour and how they 're used and the plant and how it 's used . |
| 25 | It is suitable for floor to heights of up to 3m , and it fits loft openings down to 508x356mm ( 20in x 17in ) . |
| 26 | It is similar in kind to US dollar commercial paper which has been issued in the United States for many years . |
| 27 | It is similar in type to the Czech Pied and to the Aosta Red Pied of Italy , and is related to the Montbéliard . |
| 28 | It is similar in type to the Simmental , though more elegantly built and the coat colour bright red rather than yellowish tan , and it shares the same origins in the old Bernese brought in by Mennonites during the eighteenth century ( see Alpine section ) . |
| 29 | He complains about the price paid in taxes for church-aided schools , but it is small in comparison to the quality of the citizens they produce , living saints some of them . |
| 30 | It is preferable for school to be the place to acquire expertise in those subjects which philosophy may later critically examine : mathematics , languages , the physical and biological sciences , art , literature , and history . |