Example sentences of "are [adj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | We are sorry to lose her . |
2 | ‘ My dear Nevton , ’ he wrote , ‘ you are right to chide me . |
3 | ‘ I know , ’ said Gildas , ‘ you are right to remind me of it . |
4 | You are right to remind us . |
5 | He said now , ‘ You are right to check me . |
6 | wonderful do n't like those , do n't really wan na give you those there are right have I got it on bloody hell mum ! |
7 | ‘ I suppose we are right to send you and Jeremy out to get Tristram rather than leave him to take the full consequences ? ’ he said reflectively , as he loaded her and her possessions into his car and took the wheel . |
8 | ‘ This is all I shall have to remember him by — you are cruel to treat it with such levity . ’ |
9 | Generations of the same familyes have worked at Cowley , in recent years the numbers employed have declined , two of the works are due to close he says , The opening of Act 2 is a song which dela swith the lethargy that is seeping in and coming to terms with being out of work . |
10 | This month , events are due to prove you right . |
11 | No conviction is truly our own unless we are prepared to hold it even if all men are against it . |
12 | Yes , but particularly with reference to John Major , I think he 's had an amazing honeymoon and people are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt as you were about his quote treatment of women unquote , and I suspect that the media have been particularly sympathetic and wearing kid gloves with him , and I find that the role of the media is to probe and to pry and |
13 | pluggers exist to exploit the middle ground of those record releases which may be a hit , depending on whether radio producers and presenters are prepared to give them a ‘ run ’ . |
14 | So while I take your point that you are prepared to give us all the information we seek , may I reserve the right to interrupt when it is absolutely necessary to do so ? |
15 | the Crown is not bound to take the advice of a particular Ministry to put its subjects to the tumult and turmoil of a series of general elections so long as it can find other Ministers who are prepared to give it a trial . |
16 | He paused for a while , before saying , ‘ We are prepared to give you a month 's trial . ’ |
17 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
18 | This is obviously easier if you are fishing with a few friends who are prepared to let you move in if they locate the fish first . |
19 | A spokesman said : ‘ If there are assets out there , we are prepared to chase them anywhere . ’ |
20 | It does not matter that you may perceive a witness to be a witness for the opposition ; although it will happen rarely , if they are prepared to see you , go and see them . |
21 | That 's have some more people from here who are prepared to go it locally and essentially say , ‘ I 'm ’ and prove it , by their record , that ‘ I can talk sensibly about these , these matters ’ . |
22 | It concludes by suggesting that the reforms are now at a critical stage but there are ways forward which could take us further on the road to Health for All , if we are prepared to take them . |
23 | Yeah , the one thing you have got there is that people are prepared to take him on . |
24 | and Selby are the people who are prepared to take it |
25 | In our view the the simple fact that Selby are prepared to take it , erm should n't carry that much weight . |
26 | ‘ Quite a lot of people , ’ said Maisie acidly , ‘ are prepared to hit you on the head . ’ |
27 | Rightly or wrongly for instance , most of us are happy about the properties of rigid rods of iron , and we are prepared to use them as units of explanation of more complex machines that contain them . |
28 | They can bid against me if they are prepared to risk it . |
29 | The RAC tends to have local firms dealing with their matters and can always be approached as stated above to see if they are prepared to allow you some introductions . |
30 | Once those systems are in place , there must be periodic audits to ensure that those operating the systems know what they are doing and are prepared to do it . |