Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Beebob has been gradually coming to hand this season , and can strike winning form in the Guildhall Handicap Hurdle . |
2 | and she said er , and I said , I said Dave said you were a bloody fool to go up there , you let mother talk you into going , Terry had a job here , he , alright you had your house , you had your ups and downs , it was a bit small , you persevere with it , I said your kids are nearly going to school all of them , so I said , you do n't need a big house |
3 | Four secondees were still struggling to settle-in some six months after their appointment , but most secondees adjusted within three months and went on to enjoy the scope to shape their jobs , to use their expertise and to become part of a team . |
4 | If the hon. Gentleman would listen rather than talk , he would learn that the price formula for gas has also been revised : where it was minus 2 on the controllable costs it is now going to minus 5 — another tough target . |
5 | Meanwhile , the company is reportedly preparing to demo some previously unseen systems management functionality in NT this week at a conference in Boston including software distribution , performance monitoring and inventory control . |
6 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
7 | The wind was now gusting to Force 11 and visibility still poor . |
8 | Thank god I was n't listening to Radio 5 , else I 'd probably not have any fingernails left with worry that they would n't put even one past Swindon . |
9 | That 's why I was n't going to hand this out right at the beginning , because I wanted to make you work at it a bit more , er , then you can , when you 've got those two versions written underneath . |