Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of my writing you will form a more correct idea when you see my specimen of Penmanship , which I hope will afford you much pleasure , for my endeavours have not been deficient to render it deserving of your esteem . |
| 2 | Disadvantage : the chute can become fouled and therefore should only be built if the users are willing to keep it clean . |
| 3 | I value my privacy and I am prepared to defend it all costs . |
| 4 | In some districts it has been impossible to make it available to everyone . |
| 5 | Erm ha having gone through that you moved on er and gave out your business card fi first and then the buyer 's guide erm do n't know whether you 're happy doing it that way or whether it 's better round the other way , I I , you , you tend to think if you give somebody the buyer 's guide first when they start to look at it you give them your business card and take it away , perhaps if you do it the other way round they might s start reading the buyer 's guide |
| 6 | Readers unfamiliar with philosophy will find her discussion of the nature of philosophy illuminating ; they should be warned , though , that philosophers are likely to find it contentious . |
| 7 | When staff hazard a guess as to the price of goods — or ask the customer — they are likely to get it wrong . |
| 8 | It must have been awkward getting it all the way to Hochhauser from London . |
| 9 | If you are over 45 or 50 , you are unlikely to find it worthwhile , unless you had a considerable period of paying full contributions before you got married . |
| 10 | Reluctant participators who start off with a limited range of interest and involvement in management are unlikely to find it easy to commit themselves to new and broader aims . |
| 11 | I 'm only glad that we 've been able to sort it all out so quickly . |
| 12 | ‘ We were granted ownership of the building in March and in just three months we have been able to get it ready . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been able to make it affordable . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I am also very glad that following advice in the normal way , you have been able to make it clear that in relation to subsequent allegations , I have acted within the guidance on the conduct of ministers . |
| 15 | It is therefore essential to find a form of activity we enjoy so that we are happy to practise it two or three times a week and continue it for life . |
| 16 | If this is the intended outcome , it would be preferable to make it explicit . |
| 17 | It must be awful to have it all taken out of one 's hands and have nothing to do but wait — and for what ? |
| 18 | The visitors say the museum contains more than they thought and would be sorry to see it close . |
| 19 | er actually who are all in front , mostly from Stanton which I represent , they have made their views known to me some years ago , er this might happen , erm I 'm very glad that you have responded now to their concerns as well as the concerns of the villages and , and this paper does mark significant erm success co-operation between a lot of people involved and for that reason I welcome it , I would ask if it becomes be prepared to make it six months instead of three months please . |
| 20 | Freud seems to be willing to put it this way , and then to want to insist again that it was an actual deed , otherwise the impact is immediately lost once we allow ourselves to think that it did not happen . |
| 21 | This having early in the days this not be impossible to get it all typed up . |
| 22 | Having worked so hard to start a business , it would be heartbreaking to see it all collapse due to some unexpected misfortune such as an accident , fire or theft . |
| 23 | You could do that and it would be easy to do it that way then to do it with time sheets . |
| 24 | If physical integrity is so highly valued , would it be inappropriate to make it clear that an offence would be committed by any normal adult who failed to see an obvious risk of physical harm to another ? |
| 25 | I never thought I 'd be able to remember it all . |
| 26 | Ideally , to be honest I would like a diamorphine maintenance course , but I do n't know if that 's possible these days to pick up a prescription once or twice a week and be able to do it that way instead of having the hassle of having to go on the street . |
| 27 | But you might be able to do it some other way . |
| 28 | A : ( with injured innocence ) I 'm just asking whether you 'll be able to do it this afternoon . |
| 29 | I do n't suppose I 'll be able to take it all in for a while . |
| 30 | What a relief it would have been to be able to dismiss it all as a Homes and Gardens photo-call , carefully stage-managed to make visitors drop dead . |