Example sentences of "be [adj] [adv] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resentment of Wolsey 's experiment must have been due largely to its extension to the relatively ( though far from inarticulate ) poor of the burden normally confined to the rich . |
| 2 | Despite this obvious fact , people prefer paper money as they are interested mainly in its purchasing power and the convenience of handling it — in the latter respect paper money is much preferred to heavier and bulkier coins . |
| 3 | ‘ I hope you 're well away from my tent while you 're doing that , ’ I said . |
| 4 | If they 're teething just on their jaw line . |
| 5 | If you are going to use them , light weights are good enough for our purpose ; they tone up the muscles but do not make them bulky . |
| 6 | As safe from you as you are safe now from his vengeance — ’ |
| 7 | In Wallingford , many of the companies still in business are concerned enough about their survival , that they 've formed a business group who 's aim is to increase co-operation in the town and provide some mutual support . |
| 8 | But writers want to redraft only when they are concerned enough about their work to want to improve it ; a good deal of the writing done in schools pupils would not wish to redraft , because it is n't important enough to them . |
| 9 | Why bargaining theory helps so little should be clear enough from our evidence . |
| 10 | When a twelfth-century knight rode into a tournament or into battle he hoped to be worthy either of his lineage or of his lady ; earlier he had thought only of his ancestors . |
| 11 | I 'm confident enough in my ability as a mother to know my daughter had never been pressurised by knowing there was a part of my life that was illegal . |
| 12 | Do you think I 'm well enough for my trip |
| 13 | Angela asked us for some help with her wedding day look , she had been growing her old hairstyle out but realised it was n't going to be long enough for her wedding day in September . |
| 14 | He may condescend perhaps to think I may be good enough for his harlot and these things do n't disgrace men that ruin poor women as the world goes . |
| 15 | Nick Faldo , chasing his fourth successive European tour win , laughed and said : ‘ I 'm happy enough with my par 70 . |
| 16 | Horses wo n't be airsick all over your lap ; they do n't drone on about overbooked hotels , or insist on playing Scrabble to pass the time . |
| 17 | To be happy deep inside your heart is the most wonderful thing in the world . |
| 18 | He had been shocked by the resentment he had aroused — especially from a group of poets who themselves had only lately moved into the Vale : but he had dug in and dug on , he was no coward and he would not budge , he was determined to see it built , to live in it in the season and to be happy there with his wife and daughter . |
| 19 | Erm I mean I 'm concerned again through his eyesight that i were we to put him as the assistant and put him on a machine , that he might just put his hand somewhere and get his hand bloody trapped or whatever with his eyesight . |
| 20 | He could be stern even with his wife if something went wrong . |
| 21 | If I led this tender scented female to the cave , she would then be far away from her friend and entirely within my power . |
| 22 | NetWare 4.0 will be available immediately after its announcement — no prices given . |
| 23 | ‘ Will that be big enough for my pond ? ’ |
| 24 | She should perform well while running and reaching , but be docile enough for his family , including young children . |
| 25 | You may have to prove your sincerity to a judge and he may be cross enough with your behaviour to refuse you the divorce . |
| 26 | Swiftpacks are available singly at your post office . |
| 27 | They are available now at your post office . |
| 28 | Hasan had been unbearable ever since his Occultation . |
| 29 | Although most of his final years were spent attempting to defend liberal precedents , those victories which the liberal minority did still achieve were due largely to his authority , intellect and tactical skill . |
| 30 | Similarly his sermons were memorable less for their theology than for digressions ranging from the price of second-hand books to a dramatic reading from Macbeth . |