Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] 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 | I am attuned to the subtle traffic of the air . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I am addicted to the twentieth century . |
| 6 | ‘ I am come to the right house , then , ’ Theda retorted . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I was invited to the Royal Premiere in London to view the production before it came to our theatre . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | So , imagine my relief when I was called to the front porch , and I was greeted by a cheery ‘ American Red Cross reporting for duty Ma'am . |
| 12 | I had a similar experience back in 1978 , when I was elected to the national executive committee of the Labour party . |
| 13 | I tried missing some of these parades , but one day I was summoned to the local headquarters of the organization in Parma where a rather fat , forbidding woman of high rank , dressed in Fascist uniform , told me that if I missed any more I would be suspended from school . |
| 14 | I was sent to the new office in India to take charge , while Herbert came back to England to marry his Clara . |
| 15 | When we first came to St , Albans , I was sent to the High School for Girls , which despite its name took boys up to the age of ten . |
| 16 | Overnight I was posted to the other end of the country and the war seemed to recede , but the need for bomber replacement became more urgent . |
| 17 | I was treated to the full force of the General 's disapproval , which was not negligible . |
| 18 | ‘ I was sacked because I was known to the local RUC as an ex-republican prisoner , ’ he said from Portlaoise Prison . |
| 19 | Before long , I was introduced to the hysterical world of balletomania and had had several overnight trips to Sadlers Wells theatre to queue up for the cheap seats , once even queueing all night . |
| 20 | Whilst there I was introduced to the nearby Cheshire Home and went there for five weeks . |
| 21 | Then I was attached to the Foreign Office in various postings as a defence attaché . |
| 22 | No I think I was restricted to the one brainwave this week . |
| 23 | YOU ARE INVITED TO THE BIGGEST CANINE BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER |
| 24 | MEN open your eyes and see how you are chained to the capitalist system by the needs of your wives and children . |
| 25 | With a monochrome viewfinder. use ‘ auto ’ or remember to check that you are set to the correct preset . |
| 26 | You will see a dialog box counting up the number of matches , before you are returned to the original display showing files at the left , and details at the right . |
| 27 | You 're used to the little ones over this area though are n't you ? |
| 28 | She says she 's written to the Prime minister and Douglas Hurd and will wait to see what happens . |
| 29 | I think she 's taken to the open road like a Romany . ’ |
| 30 | Within a few hours she was transferred to the neurosurgical unit at Addenbrookes hospital , Cambridge . |