Example sentences of "[is] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Susan Bumstead , barmaid at The Tap , with the ale going that is down a treat in Italy
2 Note — access to ship is down a sloping gang plank .
3 Europe lags some way behind the US in demanding clean diesels , and agriculture is down the timeline from trucks .
4 I have an idea that there 's this wonderful , amazing painting and everyone 'll love it and I did it , but it 's down a long tunnel somewhere .
5 So it 's down a bit ?
6 She 's down the cliff . ’
7 Then you follow me and hit me with a driver and drop away quickly because I 'm going to hit it so fast he wo n't know where the ball is until it 's down the fairway . ’
8 I know you were only a junior minister , but one hears about things when one 's down the line , that he was very presidential , that he would n't let them talk much and was very stiff and frozen .
9 ‘ If you ask the staff if you can use the toilets in an emergency they 're quite likely to say ‘ There 's a McDonald 's down the road , why do n't you try there ? ’ ’
10 Despite the extensive sampling during the excavation of the sixth and seventh century settlement at Cowdery 's Down the results prompted the excavator to offer a warning about interpreting the results ; it was concluded that ‘ it is impossible to make any assertions about the economy or waste disposal systems associated with the site ’ ( Green 1983 , p. 261 ) .
11 It 's … it 's down the steps . ’
12 " He 's down the hole , " replied Pipkin .
13 As for the residents , they know just where they like to be and that 's down the local pub .
14 Yeah go back this way ooh the emergency 's over the emergency 's over , everybody .
15 Well , I was at the hospital a month ago and my blood pressure 's up a wee bit .
16 That 's up a third on last year and represents an amazing reward for just 15 miles of special stage driving .
17 It 's up a wee lane so it is , you have to go .
18 Police are now talking to a 30 year old friend of the family , who 's up a tree in the nearby woods , threatening to jump off a branch with a rope round his neck .
19 It 's up the side of the platform — I can just see the light over the door from where I 'm standing .
20 I 'm sure it wo n't be long before she is on the most popular chat shows , telling us of commissions she has undertaken and regaling us with tales of her life when she was actress Delia Abraham , co-starring in the TV version of Nell Dunn 's Up The Junction , and appearing in rep alongside Kate O'Mara .
21 He 's up the earholes i' pamphlets and instructions and information .
22 ‘ You can tell the Queen and all the Royals are there because the flag 's up the pole . ’
23 Then it 's up the M90 , skirting Perth and heading northwards on the A9 with its frustrating mix of dual and single carriageways and its dire-warning signs about unmarked police cars before the fun begins at Dalwhinnie .
24 Larkins Farm at Chiddingstone in Kent is up a narrow , highhedged lane and over two bridges from the Tonbridge road .
25 Mr Honecker is up a pole and all the ladders offered him to climb down would be an admission of failure .
26 Peak power is up a useful 20bhp to 189bhp at 5900rpm while torque receives a similar hike to 177lb ft at 4700rpm .
27 Mr Sylvester is up a gum tree . ’
28 The only way out of this is up a spout .
29 If we compare this stage in the economic cycle with the previous stage , we see that output is up a quarter , investment is up a third , productivity is up a half and exports are up three quarters .
30 If we compare this stage in the economic cycle with the previous stage , we see that output is up a quarter , investment is up a third , productivity is up a half and exports are up three quarters .
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