Example sentences of "be [adv] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then the search has been on to acquire a Lockheed Constellation for the collection . |
| 2 | Certainly within universities the more senior the the member of staff the more likely they are apparently to use a desk as a barrier erm so that they sort of er y'know you see them from behind a desk , when you 're at the front of the desk and they 're behind the desk . |
| 3 | I met her one day when she was coming out of the hairdresser 's and I 'd been in to make an appointment for Caroline . |
| 4 | When Terry was ready , and everyone had been in to have a look , exclaim , and , in the case of Terry 's mother , cry , she ushered them all downstairs to wait for the cars . |
| 5 | The first review must take place within 24 hours , and preferably within 12 hours if you are not to spend a lot of time later in resurrecting the item and trying to remember it . |
| 6 | ‘ But , ’ warned Kingsley ( and these are his concluding words ) ‘ remember always that this is all a fairy tale , and only fun and , therefore , you are not to believe a word of it , even if it is true . ’ |
| 7 | Do these words mean that judges can be dismissed by the Crown only upon an Address of both Houses ( with a direction to the Houses that they are not to present an Address unless the judge has misbehaved himself ) ? |
| 8 | A lot of other people might well agree that the Citroen-Peugeot XUD engine is the most refined small diesel in its class — not least Rover , who now fit it in their medium-sized 200 and 400 Rovers , and are soon to offer a version on the Metro . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , the SparcWorks compilers that are used to re-compile for both platforms are soon to get a re-working , including a name change , says Zander , but there will be no cross-compiler . |
| 10 | But the market would be affected , particularly as the disappointed broker had n't hesitated to tell everyone how lucky he 'd been not to drop a packet on Dreadnought , which had gone straight to the bottom like a stone in a pond . |
| 11 | ‘ Now you 're not to lift a finger , my dear , is she , Lilian ? |
| 12 | ‘ You 're not to have an affair with someone who 's not your wife or husband ’ Right or wrong ? |
| 13 | ‘ And you 're not to have an affair with someone who 's not your wife or husband , ’ adds one girl belatedly . |
| 14 | On October 29 we 're off to spend a week with Jacques and Odile at their apartment in Gay Paree . |
| 15 | Now we 're off to see a man about his dogs . |
| 16 | Hymie and Louis would borrow two shillings from Old Bill , and then would say — ‘ We 're off to see a customer in Hamilton ( 12 miles away ) so we will not be back before 5 o'clock . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Then we 're off to have a look at the Delos . |
| 18 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 19 | You 're here to do a job , get on with it as unemotionally as possible . |
| 20 | They 're here to settle a dispute over whether or not to build a loo in the vestry of the fourteenth century church . |
| 21 | We 're here to Lend a Hand … |
| 22 | Instead he said : ‘ Look , we 're here to run a power station efficiently and safely . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's because we 're about to declare a state of emergency , ’ Charity responded drily . |
| 24 | You 're about to put a proposition to us , later on , about how we change documents in the process form , authorising the change and the re-issuing . |
| 25 | You look as if you 're about to butcher a carcass . |
| 26 | You 're about to ride a horse . |
| 27 | We 've been running the management skills courses since nineteen eighty-six , and since then , more than seven hundred and fifty people , from groups such as yours , have taken a part , and we 're about to launch a phase two in the next er , year or so . |
| 28 | ‘ Excuse me , we 're about to have a wedding . |
| 29 | Maggie and Natasha were having their dinnertime piece , and a right old gossip , when Natasha suddenly whispered , ‘ I think you 're about to have a visitor . ’ |
| 30 | Steps are underway to find a coordinator for the service , and to appoint members to the ENS board . |