Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hypotheses , formed after his observations , are many ; but most of them are related to the empirical findings of a long tradition and the world is spared a too individualistic interpretation of some of Nature 's more self-willed manifestations . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I 'll tell ye — nine hundred and ninety-nine of them are glued to the Holy Writ of Economic Theory ; the remaining one , which ought to be fixed on Ireland , is blind . ’ |
| 3 | As I watch , I am quickening to the single thought that this man , for these few moments , is probably running faster than any other man one earth . |
| 4 | By wishes I am referring to the internal directions and aspirations that people have for their own professional lives and development : their preferences , their ambitions , their chosen career path , their enthusiasms and above all their values . |
| 5 | That is I think that when I refer to and when I refer to I am referring to the same thing |
| 6 | ‘ Unfortunately , his personal secretary said she did not think he could become actively involved , but I am writing to the Prime Minister Mr Major and George Howard , the Environment Secretary , seeking their support . ’ |
| 7 | I am attuned to the subtle traffic of the air . |
| 8 | I am listening to the hon. Gentleman with very great care . |
| 9 | At another Level , I am pointing to the hidden potential in the idea of critical self-reflection . |
| 10 | The schemata are gardens of meditation and when I think of poetry , I am taken to the far country of Li Po , and then I see Thoreau and Jnandas and Rumi and a hundred poets ; their images throng my mind and I am moved and tears come to my eyes . |
| 11 | I am addicted to the twentieth century . |
| 12 | I am responding to the supplementary from my hon. Friend . |
| 13 | ‘ I am come to the right house , then , ’ Theda retorted . |
| 14 | But , if I can take it ( given you 've stuck with me so far ) that I 'm preaching to the converted , then let me say that I think the GR-1 is a vast improvement on the GR-50 in terms of sound and ease of approach . |
| 15 | Now I 'm preaching to the converted here in terms of you you 'll appreciate we need copy . |
| 16 | And , with the usual fervour from the Ibrox crowd behind them , I 'm looking to the Scots to rekindle the fire that burnt inside them during the summer and keep Roxburgh 's World Cup dream alive . |
| 17 | I 'm referring to the Labour voters who allowed a Conservative to win by not voting Liberal Democrat , and the Liberal Democrat voters who allowed a Conservative to win by not voting Labour . |
| 18 | I 'm referring to the Russian stars Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov , who set the skating world alight as partners back in the early 1970s . |
| 19 | However , it may incidentally erm come into the words that I use that erm er I 'm referring to the washed-over or other status of these two sites . |
| 20 | But Newbon goes on to explain : ‘ He 's now gone and I 'm talking to the present managing director . |
| 21 | You 'll , you 'll see , I 'm talking to the Three-Nineties , er you 'll see a bit of a change since you were here before . |
| 22 | I 'm going to the right place now . |
| 23 | I 'm going to the higher class or whatever |
| 24 | Now what actually happens , now as I say I 'm going to the far end , your casualty may literally shriek as they go down , now this is the person that has no warning at all , they may shriek as they go down and it 's the air that 's coming out of the body , they will go rigid as every muscle clenches , the teeth clench , the muscles go rigid , erm and they 're going to be very , very blue because erm , because er they 've stopped breathing which seems like an eternity . |
| 25 | According to Alan , they would always say ‘ I 'm going down the Quimbourne tonight ’ ( the name of the community centre ) , as if visiting a pub or club , and not ‘ I 'm going to the Young Conservatives . ’ |
| 26 | Then I 'm going to the British Embassy and get a copy of the Daily Telegraph and I do n't care if it 's weeks old and I 'm going to read something I never normally look at like the nature notes if they have them . |
| 27 | ‘ Well ’ — Joe laughed now — ‘ it 'll give me a bit of practice before I 'm introduced to the real thing , and that should n't be long now . ’ |
| 28 | In 1945 Ottawa wrote to Ira Dilworth suggesting that I be transferred to the general production staff in Toronto and the strength of his opposition and mine resulted in the postponement of such a move . |
| 29 | I was invited to the Royal Premiere in London to view the production before it came to our theatre . |
| 30 | I was escorted to the fifth floor and shown in to a riverside suite which was named after Sir Charles Chaplin , because he always used to stay there when he visited London . |