Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry to have to ask you this , but are you an alcoholic at all ? ’ |
| 2 | And erm , anyway , I 'm , I 'm sorry to have to tell you that but erm now we 'll get on with the second half of the meeting . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry to have to bring you this terrible news , ’ the inspector said . |
| 4 | This is , of course , to start many hares ; while it would be foolish to try to pursue them all in any one study , the concept of a stream of work , held together by a common focus on the effects of organizational difference and permitting the exploration of particular issues as they arise , is a daunting but attractive prospect . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll be glad to get to know them all , even if he is n't the man I once knew . |
| 6 | Or is Siban trying to tell us all something ? ’ |