Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘ prepared to give me a try-out ’ for a few hours a week . |
| 2 | But I was told that unless I could produce a current driving licence or passport — neither of which I possess — they were not prepared to give me an account . |
| 3 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 4 | This meant that people were prepared to offer me a sequence of positions in which I only had to do research without having to lecture . |
| 5 | ‘ A number of clubs are prepared to offer me a goalkeeper . |
| 6 | ‘ It would be sensible to tell me the truth . ’ |
| 7 | The building is decrepit , the doors do not shut , the windows have no glass , some taps leak continuously , the staff are too embarrassed to show me the lavatories . |
| 8 | Any reader wanting the right detector to suit his pocket and plenty of sound advice is welcome to give me a ring . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're welcome to give me a ring if you 're feeling overwhelmed . ’ |
| 10 | Yesterday the 86-year-old writer of more than 80 books said from her home in Jesmond , Newcastle : ‘ I am amazed and humbled that the Queen has seen fit to give me a second honour . ’ |
| 11 | However , I am out of mine on Thursday and Friday , but you are very welcome to telephone me a home over the weekend on , or on the same number on Monday the 26th of April . |
| 12 | Too late to give me a loan ? |
| 13 | It 's really rather curious how although David was happy to give me the names of these various lab magazines , lab equipment things , erm , he was very chary of sending me er copy of his own production . |
| 14 | There 's a couple of friends I know who might be able to give me a bed for the night . |
| 15 | In so doing , they will increase our chairman 's profit margin and this in turn means he will be able to give me a three-figure budget with which to entice quality players . |
| 16 | Well Siobhan might be able to give me a lift , me and |
| 17 | But she remembers very well and erm she was able to give me a lot of personal details about the movement in nineteen nineteen . |
| 18 | difficult question , but you might be able to give me an example of one aha |
| 19 | I hope the Noble Earl will be able to give me an answer in perhaps in correspondence following this , also the date upon which at they were informed , because I am sure he will realise the implications as far as the rest of the British Police Service are concerned that as from April of this year they will have to take on a heavy burden of work which is now being carried out by the British Transport Police . |
| 20 | Like all British officials of the Egyptian Government I had been dismissed from my university post eighteen months before , and I was glad that the British Council was able to offer me a small post in Athens , instead of piece work in Cairo . |
| 21 | He says erm he said he might er might be able to get me a car for the Christmas holidays |
| 22 | Kirsty was able to tell me a great deal of what had taken place in the operating theatre . |
| 23 | ‘ You wo n't be able to tell me the height of the Sistine Chapel ? ’ |
| 24 | Their private museum is in a wing which is under the control of a hostile uncle , but they were still able to show me a wonderful variety of treasures including a pedestal telephone , equipped with a leopard-skin handle , and decorated with an embroidered coat of arms showing the sun , moon , and stars . |
| 25 | It was in this book that he was able to show me the first reference to the Santa Maria . |
| 26 | He wrote that his mother 's ‘ hopeful ambition ran high of being able to make me a good scholar . ’ |
| 27 | You 'd be quite right to call me an idiotic , romantic fool . |
| 28 | Virtually all the inmates I saw and spoke to were friendly , smiling and quite pleased to show me the work they were doing . |
| 29 | ‘ You are determined to wallow in self-pity again , determined to think me a whore so that you can return to the bottle , and blame all women , and not yourself , that you are frightened to face life . |
| 30 | The thing about the business miles , you were right to ask me the business miles |