Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bands are Steed , Brick Supply , Watersnakes , and Mojo , all of whom are signed to Graeme Robinson 's new label , Circulation . |
| 2 | And finally , the criminal injuries compensation scheme , to cut the amounts paid to people who are victims of gang rape , to cut the amount paid to people who are victims of child abuse , that shows just how much the Home Secretary cares about the victims of crime , and his other measures show that he 's far more concerned with his own career , with pleasing the Conservative party conference , and with trying to do anything , anything I mean he 's brought in whatever it is , twenty-seven proposals , one or two of them are bound to work , if you throw enough stuff at the fan , some of it usually hits the target . |
| 3 | Differences between them are assimilated to differences on sex-differentiated traits like masculinity or self-confidence . |
| 4 | Consequently , even although a high proportion of particular categories of material may be in poor condition in the stacks , if not many of them are issued to readers , they may be in less danger than other items which are more frequently issued . |
| 5 | Most of them are frozen to death . |
| 6 | Had I been allowed to puddle around on my own , people today might curl their lips at Faldo 's approach . |
| 7 | The experience of being on Iona is nothing less than magical and I am moved to tears . |
| 8 | All the patients ’ files are kept under lock and key in his office , so I only see what I am asked to type . ’ |
| 9 | If I am seconded to industry ( or " host " an industrialist ) how can I disseminate what I have learned to colleagues and students ? |
| 10 | I am drawn to Cal 's guitar , and I finally can not help but ask if he will play a tune , something by Christy Moore . |
| 11 | I am attracted to artists needing assistance to bring out the talent which is already there . |
| 12 | ‘ As a traveller making drawings from which to make paintings , I am attracted to places where there is a strong individual flavour of climate and living . |
| 13 | I hasten to add before I am taken to court by mountain men with beards that this is highly irresponsible behaviour and extremely dangerous . |
| 14 | Next day I am taken to Höfn to catch a plane back to Reykjavik , leaving the others to continue to Mÿvatn and the north . |
| 15 | He did not want to be bothered with the problems she encountered , with water that seemed brackish or ceilings that had cracked — they were her concerns and , as she complained in a letter to Minnie : — I am driven to distraction with those household concerns with which you will be familiar Minnie but then in your case you have but to report them for them to be seen to by the master who will instruct the butler to bring in workmen and I am obliged to go out and seek my own help which is no easy thing . |
| 16 | Of course I am addicted to Alexis although I admit the entire thing is very far fetched . |
| 17 | I am committed to revolution too — for a hate-free , fear-free , greed-free world . ’ |
| 18 | I am committed to God . |
| 19 | I am committed to Nottinghamshire miners , which is hardly surprising — but that is not the case , or has not been , with Labour . |
| 20 | She heard that : — — Papa is grown stout and has need of bigger trousers but Mama cries he is more handsome than ever and so do I. I have little time my Lily to write because I am put to Latin with the Abbe which is sore hard work and gives me the headache . |
| 21 | Assuming this to reflect common-sense rationality , it follows that there are three types of sanctions which prey on the minds of thoughtful officials contemplating the commission of corporate crime : ( i ) legal sanctions , and especially ‘ will I be sent to prison ? ’ ; ( ii ) occupational sanctions and especially ‘ will my job be lost or my promotional chances endangered ? ’ ; ( iii ) social sanctions — ‘ will I be rejected by family , friends , and acquaintances and required to resign from the country club ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm used to Nigel now , ’ Elinor explained to me , ‘ but it 's nice to have a change . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm used to people being a lot friendlier in Australia . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm used to people calling a spade a spade , and I do n't understand sophisticated people , ’ she said quietly . |
| 25 | But that 's because I 'm used to Edgar and Isabella , who are always so clean and tidy . |
| 26 | I 'm reduced to pennies again . |
| 27 | Oh I ca n't bloody tell you , I 'm sworn to secrecy and I ca n't tell you . |
| 28 | On top of which , I 'm addicted to nicotine , and that makes it easier to smoke . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm addicted to guilt ’ |
| 30 | I was still taking the heroin and now I 'm addicted to Valium as well . |