Example sentences of "be [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intimation had been received during the previous year that they were considering paying over to the Official Trustee of Charitable Funds the sum of £12,000 , the interest on which would be sufficient to maintain their endowment of £300 . |
| 2 | It is worth pointing out to the group that the first session is always the most anxiety-provoking , after which future sessions become progressively easier . |
| 3 | If you have time , it is worth climbing on to the observation terrace on the site of the tiny Chapel of Holy Mary of Einsiedel which was part of the Theatine Monastery below . |
| 4 | But you do need to do good voice and movement workouts — it 's like going back to the keyboard for a musician . |
| 5 | As in After Strange Gods , he is concerned in his conclusion with a return to sources , that is with going back to the savage and working forwards towards his solution to the problem– of modern industrial life ; again such a movement is presented in terms of a familiar encounter . |
| 6 | Olla was bargaining with nightmarish persistence for a carpet , and Mart was considering nipping back to the boat to see if anyone could lend him five hundred quid so he could buy a really wicked sword . |