Example sentences of "[adj] to [be] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The canapes were under tin-foil to be produced later , the Assistant Manager paced the floor decorating the Office with leaflets , as if by some quirk of fate this evening might well be the making of his career . |
| 2 | Double-breasted to be fastened up to the collar , or left open , the reefer quickly ceased to be only navy blue and became a double-breasted tweed ‘ casual ’ coat , a direct ancestor o f the modern double-breasted suit . |
| 3 | We believe it is morally wrong to be taking away residential accommodation , when there are so many people homeless in our society , and we should do something about it . |
| 4 | Would she be prepared to be tied up ? |
| 5 | ‘ Be prepared to be lost here for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 6 | A shy and unpretentious woman , she was dominated by her husband , who expected her to organise his home life , act as his hostess , show a picture of domestic bliss to his constituency , listen to him rehearse his speeches , endure his frequent absences , cope with the bruised feelings of those he had insulted and be prepared to be woken up in the middle of the night to hear his account of his part in great events : ‘ Wake up and listen , what I 'm telling you is history ! ’ |
| 7 | These doctors , unlike so many preregistration house officers , were not prepared to be walked over , and a campaign of industrial action — including the threat that future students might boycott the jobs at Southmead — led quickly to remedial action . |
| 8 | I had arrived for my first meeting with the North Downs Steam Railway which is managed by a friendly group of enthusiasts who are not prepared to be put off by a drop of rain , even if it was one of the heaviest storms of the summer . |
| 9 | He was n't prepared to be carried along with the wave and the various things that he said about Europe were completely right for what he said . |
| 10 | For all the first-glance goriness that has led to several bans , Jim Rose 's surreal sideshow is too fantastical and funny to be taken seriously , says Craig McLean |
| 11 | It is also too freaking funny to be taken seriously . |
| 12 | It 's funny to be driving up to town again . |
| 13 | Sleepy and satisfied , Emily was only too willing to be tucked up in bed , just after nine o'clock . |
| 14 | I understand that Mr would be willing to be bound over . |
| 15 | I understand Mr would be willing to be bound over . |
| 16 | Whatever happens , Tendulkar is no doubt resting easily at night safe in the knowledge that Geoffrey Boycott has already emerged as a sort of godfather figure , willing to be called on to help at any time , to be party to any photo opportunity that may be at hand . |
| 17 | IMPATIENT AND SOMEWHAT TACTLESS FEMALE seeks male willing to be ordered around and generally walked all over Age irrelevant . |
| 18 | ‘ I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 19 | I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 20 | It is intended to cope with irregular plurals ( " child " — " children " ) , other morphological variation which is too context dependent to be handled algorithmically ( " Hebrides ' = " Hebridear " ) , abbreviations ( " BBC " = " British Broadcasting Corporation " ) , words with alternative spellings ( " gaol " = " jail " ) and near synonyms ( " Great Britain " = " United Kingdom " = " Britain " = " UK " = " British Isles " ) . |
| 21 | Therefore , the paintings shall be free to be exhibited abroad if so decided by the competent body of the Foundation . |
| 22 | These leave finger 4 free to be used elsewhere . |
| 23 | But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself . |
| 24 | The biggest bombs , though , land with a considerable wallop , and are quite as unpleasant to be standing beneath as any military weapon , and they can be a good deal larger . |
| 25 | Another thing that Nicodemus learned was that no one is too old to be born again . |
| 26 | He was too old to be called up ( a lost generation of men who were too young for the first war , too old for the second ) . |
| 27 | When the war began her husband was too old to be called up . |
| 28 | After any major change it is important to give oneself some moratorium — suspend some activities — to allow feelings concerned with the loss of the old to be lived through . |
| 29 | I 'm nine hundred and forty-three , and that 's far too old to be chasing around like a S'ss'arian gyeet . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She 's too old to be kept in , Suzie . |