Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subtle shades of beige from the Crown Expressions range have been ragged to cleverly break up the colour which is picked up in the marble fireplace , pale loose cotton covers and unbleached cotton curtains . |
| 2 | Even so , the larger features in Figure 9.3 are visible from the Earth and many have been observed to hardly change over the 100 or so years for which Jupiter has been subject to extensive and continuous observation with powerful telescopes . |
| 3 | Remember I am trained to not give in , |
| 4 | The Army is expected to officially take over the base later this year . |
| 5 | As there is little doubt that digital is destined to eventually take over from analogue systems , HDMAC would seem to have little to recommend it to anyone but the European TV companies who are already financially committed to it . |
| 6 | If he is asked to only trot round in large circles , he will have plenty of time to think about life being fun , whereas if he is ‘ worked ’ he will have to concentrate his mind on the job in hand . |
| 7 | It is a funny world in which a child , however mature they may seem , is allowed to just go out without leaving an address or phone number and simply does not come home . |
| 8 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ says Freddie , ‘ one 's tempted to just plunge in and put everything to rights . ’ |
| 9 | ( The reader is advised to temporarily cover up the remaining nodes . ) |
| 10 | However , on Good Friday , gang members shot randomly into a street-corner crowd in South Central , killing a 19-year-old woman , and operation ‘ Hammer ’ was mobilised to finally snuff out the problem . |
| 11 | And Sunday 's race — her first marathon since she was forced to wearily pull out after 15 miles in Tokyo — will be an important confidence-booster before the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 12 | Not ghastly things which looked all right in the air but turned into freezing wet stuff which was allowed to just lie around on the floor . |