Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be awful to have it all taken out of one 's hands and have nothing to do but wait — and for what ? |
| 2 | They are all accurately reproduced in my book , but , of course , it will not be possible to exhibit them all . |
| 3 | After exchanging pleasantries , Sally asked : ‘ Ed , would you be prepared to give me some information about the Harley/Supersight contract . |
| 4 | — be prepared to tell him any particular things he should know ( e.g. you spend a long time travelling to and from work each day ; you have recently had a bereavement in your family ; you have to get up each night for the children , etc . ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Of course , being members of the Tech-Green élite and therefore indispensable , he and his family were already on file for a place on Sky City One should he be willing to move them all up there . |
| 7 | There may be a circuit/county-court judge you know who would be willing to give you this experience . |
| 8 | I can go home now and again to stay with my sister , and Newbury Council have said that when I come back into circulation they 'd be willing to find me another place , and hopefully I 'll find a little job . |
| 9 | We shall fail to get the best out of the European Community , because our leaders will continue to be afraid to tell us that shared success in the Community means sharing sovereignty too . |
| 10 | There are so many different types of tills and cash registers in use today that it would be impossible to describe them all ; they range from the old ‘ press button ’ type to modern , computerised systems . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ There are so many products that can be used for intoxicating purposes it would be impossible to lock them all away . |
| 12 | In fact there are so many that without the use of sophisticated computers it would be impossible to monitor them all . |
| 13 | This having early in the days this not be impossible to get it all typed up . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | You could do that and it would be easy to do it that way then to do it with time sheets . |
| 16 | And , of course , if you ever need any help organising dinner parties or entertaining any of Julius 's important business clients , I 'd be delighted to give you some advice . |
| 17 | Well , if my wife can be of any assistance to you , I am sure she 'd be delighted to see you any day you care to call . |
| 18 | I 'm be glad to see you this time . |
| 19 | Dent is so refreshingly different from the city environments of most of the visitors that it would be churlish to deny them this glimpse of a way of life that belongs to history . |
| 20 | In order to get a patient actively involved in considering explanations for his behaviour it can be useful to offer him several possibilities to examine , especially if these include one or two explanations which are clearly unlikely and which he can easily refute . |
| 21 | ‘ Not just now but tell me your address and I 'll be sure to bring you any boots that need working on , right ? ’ |
| 22 | THERE ARE SO many people who helped to make this time special that I am sorry not to be able to mention them all by name . |
| 23 | I never thought I 'd be able to remember it all . |
| 24 | There are many cases where varying documents are required and it is likely that no one single product will be able to do them all . |
| 25 | Some of these are always difficult — even for adults — but by seven , she should be able to do them all without any help from you . |
| 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 | Anna : Anna telephoned early one morning in a distressed state , hoping I would be able to see her that day . |