Example sentences of "to be [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , for that uncomfortable bed on his yacht that he now resolved to be aboard this very evening , before any such vote could be called . |
| 2 | He set the village up as a separate body even then under a charitable trust , which it continues to be to this day . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've had a bad start , and you 're not going to be over this illness in a couple of days , but I 'm sure you can beat it . |
| 4 | He wanted to be through this valley . |
| 5 | Base rate can be often seen to be outside this guideline , due mainly to expectations in future movements in interest rates ( see later in chapter ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's got to be about this Spanish thing , ’ Mitch said quietly . |
| 7 | Now suspect that this is something that most people fall into on their first few training sessions which is all to be about this er er er have you got any questions and most people I was gon na say good morning , but you got a paragraph down now and it 's all about slowing down and you can speed up as you go through but it 's certainly the opening slowing down . |
| 8 | That said , no scientist , politician , or policy maker who has any interest in the future of mankind can afford to be without this book . |
| 9 | You can not afford to be without this brilliant package . |
| 10 | 3. it will be understood by its observers to be of this character . |
| 11 | How glad we were soon to be of this memory . |
| 12 | Only 0–40 per cent of pentads should turn out to be of this length or less in this context , so that the expected number of pentads like Saintbury is only about 0–0040 × 0–042 = 0–00017 — which is certainly significant at the 1 per cent level . |
| 13 | Other possible configurations , which will not , however , be discussed here at any length , are doublets ( exemplified by pairs of opposites — see chapters 9 , 10 and 11 ) , and clusters , which are groupings of lexical items characterised by a lack of structure ( some groups of synonyms appear to be of this nature — see chapter 12 ) . |
| 14 | Much teacher-training material currently being produced tends to be of this kind . |
| 15 | If he 's going to make it , it 's going to be with this picture . ’ |
| 16 | She would have to be with this boy . |
| 17 | I was happy to be with this handsome young man . |
| 18 | Above us , they indulge in fits of nostalgia , remembering the heady days of the Poll Tax riots , and in artificially enlarging the number present with all those who are there in spirit : ‘ There are a lot of people who would like to be on this demonstration . |
| 19 | ‘ God sent all artists here because it can be such a drag to be on this planet , ’ said the star . |
| 20 | So it proved to be on this occasion . |
| 21 | Ships did not often come down this coast , and I said to myself , ‘ I 'm going to be on this island for a long time . ’ |
| 22 | which was made up of local towns people , you know , and and er I mean you did n't have to be a a notary in the town to be on this er Co board th th You know you could be one of the riveters you were talking about earlier . |
| 23 | Did it have to be on this evening that Kate , that notorious hedgerow flirt , should have come in early to steal his mission of mercy and love ? |
| 24 | It 's just those few , committed capitalists that see profits as the only , the only motive to be on this earth , that seem to be , was was they seem to have the influence in this in this country , and and like er , I 'm I 'm hoping that this er , er British Government objection to the Court of Justice does fail , as as is er suggested it may do , erm , and let's let's hope it does , and let's hope that we get this er , implemented . |
| 25 | It 's just so great to be on this beach at last ’ — Ffyona Campbell at Tangier after completing her walk the length of Africa . |
| 26 | I would of thought it was more likely to be on this floor |
| 27 | Michael Eastman , Terry Dunnell , Arkle Bell , Malcolm Goodspeed and John Oliver all hope to be at this International Congress on Urban Ministry . |
| 28 | Tank to be at this state until fry are free-swimming . |
| 29 | Thinking about the various stages you go through and then once you 've reached the level of department managers at , on a lot of issues you tend to be at this stage but it 's important to remember that a number of your staff may be down here somewhere . |
| 30 | and Miller does not appear to be against this type of revenge . |