Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you 're prepared to see your art second hand then the playhouse is for you . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't you ever wonder whether it would n't be easier to do what s required of you ? ’ |
| 3 | Other safe forms of investment which could then be considered for any capital your parent may have could also include the building societies , local authority bonds ( if she is prepared to leave her money untouched for a year or two ) , National Savings Certificates , Post Office Savings , the National Savings Bank and Trustee Savings Bank . |
| 4 | However important this battle might be for future power at sea , the decisive point for the current war had been that the blockade made it impossible for the French to reinforce their West Indian or North American possessions . |
| 5 | When he spoke of himself with evident authority as ‘ the senior Vietnam veteran on active duty ’ you could read the subtext as if it was in neon : if I am prepared to give my commander-in-chief unquestioned respect , so should you . |
| 6 | Amber Styles gives an extraordinary performance as a woman forever willing to give her man another chance . ’ |
| 7 | They are twice as likely as any other group to fantasize while they 're actually having sex and are also prone to give their imaginations free rein while in the bath , in the shower or on the phone . |
| 8 | That was my job so therefore my hands had to be constantly clean and that 's not easy for a seventeen year old to keep his hands clean all the time but I had to . |
| 9 | Joe was still careful to keep their meetings secret lest some kind friend wrote about them to Terry , but Maureen and Sarah 's father made the meetings easier for them . |
| 10 | That 's what H M I P did they got further information from British Coal they met er on Friday er with their colleagues at the National Rivers Authority and it 's from that greater understanding of the application that H M I P have now said that they are prepared to withdraw their objection subject to the imposition of the conditions at the N R A request . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , well , yes , if you 're afraid to get your feet muddy . |
| 12 | Speaking on July 22 during a visit to Washington , the then Soviet Armed Forces Chief of Staff , Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev , responded to the suggestion saying that the Soviet Union would be willing to scrap its rail-mobile SS-24 missiles provided that the USA did " not do anything in this category of weapons ' . |
| 13 | ‘ You were willing to tolerate my touch last night . |
| 14 | It was singularly foolish because it obviously could not work without reciprocity , and no Dominion leader , not even his erstwhile friend Bennett of Canada , was willing to throw their markets open to British goods . |
| 15 | Having given you food for thought , I 'd like to move on to a discussion of the criteria and can I say right now that I think it would be right and proper to limit our discussion this morning to the criteria . |
| 16 | I was relieved to see her look doubtful |
| 17 | It 's heartbreaking to see your ducks dead in the water . |
| 18 | Easy to see what effect sudden nausea at even the thought of the big glass would have on a life lived in this way . |
| 19 | THE career of David Loder , who started off last season with just two winners , has really taken off in 1993 and the Newmarket trainer looks set to reach his half-century this month . |
| 20 | It was now easy to wriggle his feet free of the clinging mess . |
| 21 | It hurts too much to keep my eyes open , so I just sit there trying to concentrate . |
| 22 | Stella had changed into slacks and overall to keep her costume clean for the curtain call , but still wore a heavy gilt bracelet on her arm . |
| 23 | Its too early to say which bits these will be , says Guglielmi , but the most obvious choices , he suggests , are the big functional blocks such as graphics subsystems or the development environment . |
| 24 | Its too early to say which bits these will be , says Guglielmi , but the most obvious choices , he suggests , are the big functional blocks such as graphics subsystems or the development environment . |
| 25 | Its too early to say which bits these will be , says Guglielmi , but the most obvious choices , he suggests , are the big functional blocks such as graphics subsystems or the development environment . |
| 26 | My friends liked the idea of letting their feet come round naturally by unwinding into the turn and will try that to help their parallels this winter . |
| 27 | She had never been so glad to see her mother that morning . |
| 28 | The events had been very tiring and we were glad to find our beds that night . |
| 29 | Against each person put three reasons why they would be likely to find your presentation convincing . |
| 30 | Instead of the answer ‘ no ’ , one is more likely to hear something non-committal such as ‘ Let me think . ’ |