busy - use in sentences

Preposition: at

  • moment: I'm busy at the moment wondering which courses I should take to get some qualifications.
  • weekend: The pools near us are so busy at weekends so its nicer for him to go in the week.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • keep: There is plenty to keep students busy with lots of choices within the eight main areas.

Modifies a noun

  • schedule: I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.
  • road: Our busy roads are no longer able to cope without putting lives at risk.
  • lifestyle: I can fit the degree into my busy lifestyle.
  • port: The city of Izmir is the third largest in turkey and has a busy port on the Aegean Sea.
  • street: We go from the backyard of a house to a busy street.

Modifying Another Word

  • too: The phrase " I'm too busy " simply does not exist here.
  • extremely: The ward was extremely busy at the time; there were only enough staff to care for 22 patients.
  • very: Just about getting settled down had a very busy week hoping to hear from you soon love to all from all your sister Belle.
  • exceptionally: I fear, my gift will be a little late, but you will forgive when you know how exceptionally busy I have been.
  • incredibly: D ' I have had an incredibly busy year, both academically and socially.

Infinitive complement

  • pray: Are you too busy to pray or too busy not to pray?

Used with adjective complement

  • keep: Married to Rachel, he is kept busy with four children.
  • get: Be warned the place's get busy between 11am to 1pm.
  • stay: Yet you don't have to stay busy all day every day.
  • become: The cadets were very keen and Sunday mornings became as busy as any weekday.

Preposition: in

  • summer: Accommodation may be busy in summer and higher, more remote, parts difficult in winter.

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