Example sentences of "to [be] a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd sooner leave that to be a surprise at the birth . ’ |
| 2 | Somewhere , far away , there seemed to be a rapping at the door and someone was calling his name , over and over , louder and louder … |
| 3 | Bob was invited to be a speaker at the 19th World Industrial Advertising Congress in Geneva , alongside top industrialists including British Aerospace Chairman Sir Graham Day . |
| 4 | Any old people knows the chemists and it was ge there used to be a park at the side on it and all . |
| 5 | Such scenes of domestic bliss would only turn to torments and she forced him to be a spectre at the back of her mind . |
| 6 | He must not alienate Phil Jordan , who was only doing his job and trying to be a friend at the same time . |
| 7 | and he also applied to be a servant at the headquarters of Jehovah 's Witnesses in New York in battle , and then nineteen thirty five he was invited to go along |
| 8 | There seemed to be a surfeit at the Folies . |
| 9 | T. D. Christmas Boxes ? there used to be a read-out at the parade before Christmas period — the Chief Constable himself would come down and say : ‘ Be warned — beware of the man with the bottle ’ . |
| 10 | Sorry , there used to be a group at the College I think . |
| 11 | Both teams won their second successive victory on Saturday , the PGL scraping home by nine shots against the Bowling League of Ireland and the NIBA beating the Provincials by 12 shots to line up what promises to be a cracker at the Ulster Transport Club on Thursday . |
| 12 | Spokeswoman Lesley Austin , who lives on Bow Street , said : ‘ We know there is to be a washroom at the rear of the building . |
| 13 | Well , there used to be a fridge/freezer at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 14 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 15 | ( iv ) Infants — If a child ( or children ) of husband and wife is to be a beneficiary at the end of the trust and is likely to be an infant at that time , the trustees should perhaps be given power to pay the child 's share of the proceeds to the parent or guardian . |
| 16 | Unwilling to be a wallflower at the workstation ball , Intergraph Corp muscled in with an announcement that it will implement Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system for its Intergraph Clipper RISC microprocessor — despite the fact that although it was one of the very first to declare a commitment , it has still not made good on its promise that it will put OSF/1 on the Clipper . |
| 17 | There was no pause between exchanges ; all the while their tongues wagged their hands worked , for the woman at the table went on making her cakes , while Maggie walked back and forth into and out of what he took to be a pantry at the far end of the kitchen , bringing out all that was necessary for a tea . |
| 18 | There seems to be a coldness at the heart of much hard-left philosophy , where theory takes precedent over practical help . |
| 19 | And they know they 'll have to unite behind the new one if they 're to be a force at the next General Election . |
| 20 | Following the est the establishment of the public services section , I was lucky enough to be a delegate at the conference held in April . |
| 21 | There 's to be a cock-main at the Galleon pit tonight and I reckon to go , but I ai n't going skint . ’ |
| 22 | Who would want to be a juror at the Trial of South African Rugby ? |
| 23 | First , the murdered man : he turned out to be a student at the Petrine Agricultural Academy , and his name was Ivanov . |
| 24 | PETER Minnis will miss the Carlsberg Ulster championships because of a recurrence of a long-standing injury — but the inter pro star is quite looking forward to being a spectator at the Boat Club tournament which begins a week tomorrow . |