Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | A marriage can do the same , provided the couple are prepared to talk things through and really want to make a go of it . |
| 2 | As time has progressed I have produced a bit more and I have been prepared to show things that went a bit further back ; I have extended the oeuvre at both ends . |
| 3 | It is true that the French are prone to see things in rather sombre terms : it suits their sense of drama . |
| 4 | While I had been around , it had been easy to smooth things over , but now I was at her mercy . |
| 5 | You 're stupid taking things like that cos it ruins you . |
| 6 | You 're inclined to know things need to be done , to say ‘ Oh they 're alright , it 's not that bad , there are other things I must look at ’ . |
| 7 | If he 's never been particularly affectionate and you 've never complained before , he may find your sudden demands puzzling and irritating , although I hope he realises that you 're anxious to improve things for the sake of the marriage and not just for yourself . |
| 8 | But those workers struggling to make ends meet on basic wages of barely more than £100 a week are likely to see things very differently . |
| 9 | All sources , especially late ones , are likely to get things wrong , sometimes spectacularly so , but that does not mean that everything in them can simply be swept aside as nonsense . |
| 10 | Bangor now that they are safe , will be in a relaxed mood and are sure to make things very tough for North at Ormeau on Sunday . |
| 11 | In conclusion I would say that the book itself is good and the style is brilliant , as you are able to see things so well through the eyes of Finn . |
| 12 | Thus we are able to pin things down . |
| 13 | But in fact none of that is happening : they 're going straight to the latest technology , and as a result are able to roll things out very quickly . ’ |
| 14 | I become aware when parts of my body become tense and , more importantly , I know now how to ‘ relax ’ them , and when my body is saying that it has had enough I am able to leave things till tomorrow instead of insisting that they have to be done today . |
| 15 | I am able to explain things well so that others understand |
| 16 | The students have reported useful insight from their self assessments and have been able to identify things they did well , problems , and how they could improve . |
| 17 | If they have been able to discuss things with the person who is dying , if there has been a time of preparation , then the shock of facing the loss caused by death is perhaps not so great . |
| 18 | Some common elements , like drag and drop and point and click , have already found their way into most GUIs , and those involved in Galileo say it would be possible to get things up and running within a matter of weeks once agreement has been reached . |
| 19 | I 'm prepared to give things more of a go now , and I do n't mind if they fail . |
| 20 | ‘ And now I feel it 's so nice to be free to try things . |
| 21 | Do n't be afraid to leave things out ! |
| 22 | Living souls , ’ said Caspar rather hurriedly , as if he thought it might be dangerous to say things like this aloud . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm supposed to report things like this , straight to the Snow Hill nick . ’ |
| 24 | You must be quick to notice things around you ; you must decide in an instant whether to run or fight ; you must practise turning at speed to defend yourself against attacks from the side and behind . |
| 25 | Would it not be better to think things over ? |
| 26 | We teachers need actually to say to the children that they are going to enjoy the work that day , that it will be interesting , and that they are going to know or be able to do things at the end of the day that they did n't know or were n't able to do before . |
| 27 | Whatever the force of this metaphysical claim , it is clear enough that , for the foreseeable future , bibliographical consultants will be able to do things that no bibliographical machines can do . |
| 28 | Tony Abraham , chair man of Lansdown Conquest , says , to my mind quite rightly , that if you can draw a commercial accurately on a storyboard , it is a poor commercial , because the film camera should be able to do things no pen or paintbrush can . |
| 29 | You see , I 'm a very practical person , I think of whether we 'll be able to do things . |
| 30 | In 1961 Lionel McColvin wrote that ‘ the successful children 's librarian ’ must have ‘ common sense , which means that she must be able to take things as they are , to do simply what the situation requires , without fuss , to give and take , to be tolerant , to be practical . |