Example sentences of "[be] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In past years you have been kind enough to allow a skip to be sited on the Mill Yard for the collection of large items of household rubbish . |
| 2 | On the subject of batsmen and short-pitched bowling ; none apparently has been game enough to demand a fuller length , especially as this involves addressing such request to the likes of Denzil , Balfour or Elconn . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The club had thirty in its youth squad in 1951 and there was competition even to get a game for the fourth team . |
| 6 | There was time only to grab a piece of burnt toast before jumping into her car and setting off for London . |