Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO GREAT British pop institutions , both of whom are maverick enough to belong in an institution . |
| 2 | ‘ I know what you 're saying is right , Eve , but I 'm not sure I 'm man enough to do what you suggest . ’ |
| 3 | I was fool enough to think you might want to see me . ’ |
| 4 | So much for the bright side , against which is failure yet to isolate the endothelin-converting enzyme which cleaves the inactive big endothelines ( 38–41 amino acids ) in their active forms ( 21 amino acids ) . |
| 5 | Well I would n't want to put words in Mrs. Thatcher 's mouth , now if you 're man enough to do that go ahead . |
| 6 | So do n't think you 're man enough to tell me what to do . |
| 7 | Should you be pleb enough to require chips with breakfast , remember to ask for fries . |
| 8 | It could be argued that anyone who is idiot enough to send a cheque for thousands of pounds to a salesman of shares in unquoted companies he has never heard of deserves to lose it all . |
| 9 | I knew Flora cared no more about my opinions than about the opinions of the rather derelict Arabs , drinking Coca-Cola at the bar — probably a good deal less , in fact , since theirs would be useful copy for her — but she was kind enough to pretend that she did , drew me out and flattered me until I felt witty and successful and told outrageous stories about people we knew . |
| 10 | Miss Blagden duly took the wretched gun and it was she who was kind enough to write on delivering it : — I found your husband very well , Wilson , and as expected by you much agitated over the rumours that another concerted effort is to be made to free and unite his country which subject I may say engages the minds and hearts of his employers hardly less . |
| 11 | So I suppose I shall have to rely for my silver lining upon Carrie Schlegel of Capistrano Beach , California , who was kind enough to write to this magazine to say that I was God . |
| 12 | built up a wee nest egg , at least there 's money there to assist er |
| 13 | There 's time just to squeeze in one more story if you 'd like to hear it . |
| 14 | Obviously , we that right , people will still move if unemployment 's high , but if you try , if the government tries and gets rid of unem urban unemployment , say people have moved because of it , so there 's unemployment there to start with because of the reasons we 've discussed earlier , so then the government said okay , well let's get rid of the unemployment that has occurred already , by erm , either , at the same wage rate trying to well yes , the same , they 'll keep wage rates the same , but erm , increase , you know , make the public sector bigger or , or do something to create urban jobs , and basically all it will do is , encourage more migrants because they 'll see the probability of getting a job will increase so the expected wage will increase so you 'll get migration on top of what 's already occurring . |
| 15 | If the ovaries are removed , ovaries stop working there is treatment there to prevent us having disease , why should n't we take it and why should n't we have a better life ? |
| 16 | There is room here to give only the briefest account of the different kinds of vertebrates . |
| 17 | ‘ We have somewhere between £22,000 and £23,000 in the bank and there is cash still to come in , but we have a long way to go . ’ |
| 18 | The club had thirty in its youth squad in 1951 and there was competition even to get a game for the fourth team . |
| 19 | Together they sat on one of the deep and wide settees in the room , and , though there was room enough to spare should they wish to spread out , Leith opted to sit up close . |
| 20 | There was time only to grab a piece of burnt toast before jumping into her car and setting off for London . |
| 21 | It also contains good advice for those who are not sure whether they are will enough to make the trip or who have to advise others . |
| 22 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 23 | It 's time now to turn our attention to how video can fit into our teaching as a whole . |
| 24 | Well it 's time now to hit the road with the London Sydney car marathon . |
| 25 | Well it 's time now to hit the road with the London Sydney car marathon . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's policy now to get these things done with all dispatch . |
| 27 | IT IS music just to listen to pianist John O'Conor talk in his Liffey-soused Dublin lilt . |
| 28 | An equivalent medical prognosis would be pessimistic to say the least , and it is time now to explore alternatives which will allow us to approach the 21st Century with confidence instead of indecision and fear . |
| 29 | It is time now to move on to consider the first of these . |
| 30 | Now you need to bring a friend or friends in to help you with your writing because it is time now to test out its effect upon other people . |