Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Body and neck are held together by four screws through a neckplate , and I 'd suggest it might be worth Vox looking at using one of these screws to hold the strap button , which at the moment is screwed to the body about half way along the top of the plate . |
| 2 | As a final thought , I think it would be worth Leeds 's while to have a scout looking over the US collegiate system . |
| 3 | The need for an element of surprise is also glaring , and it would be worth Cox 's monitoring the John Sheridan situation at Forest . |
| 4 | Supposition is a dangerous practice , but the song ‘ Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft ’ could easily be about Gedge losing Rigby 's love to Duane . |
| 5 | The initial , halting conversation would be about Masai bravery and the importance of showing no pain . |
| 6 | Wired purports to be about America not just Belushi , but this is trite stuff about decadence in Tinseltown ; what it has to say about the nation is nugatory , unless you count a depressing scene in which an audience collapses in laughter while the Voice of its Generation ( as Bluto in Animal House ) stuffs a sandwich down his pants . |
| 7 | ‘ Wired purports to be about America not just Belushi , but this is trite stuff about decadence in Tinseltown ; what it has to say about the nation is nugatory . ’ |
| 8 | It must be about Boyd . |
| 9 | It will be about October time and probably be held in Abingdon . |
| 10 | I 've still got another week to come though , that might be about January the third onwards , for a week . |
| 11 | It would be about Scotland , ( or India , or an ‘ Erewhon ? ? ? ’ ) and the Working Class and Exploitation and Action , and there would be characters in the work who would represent all of these things , and the working out of the story would itself prove the Subjectivity of Truth . |
| 12 | But if the asserted proposition is about Ruritania , then surely it must be false , for in that case the subject term has a reference , i.e. there is something for the proposition to be true about If , on the other hand , the proposition is true , then by the same token it can not be about Ruritania , for Ruritania does not exist ; it is fiction . |
| 13 | If I had married and had a son , I reasoned to myself , that boy would be about Tom 's age . |
| 14 | It might be about Uncle Walter . |
| 15 | Whatever doubts there may be about Edward 's commitment to crusade , none can be entertained of John XXII's , for he did all that he could to bring England to a state of peace and Edward to the point of departure . |
| 16 | The scandal 's single and notorious poem , read out by Owen as his last word at the hearings , was supposed to be about Nicaragua , but again this was no real country . |
| 17 | If he was still alive , he would be about Mr Hobbs 's age . |
| 18 | When he introduced his national health service , a wonderful scheme , everything was free , it was paid of the taxes you know , as it should be as Beveridge envisaged you see ? |
| 19 | No one with half an eye on current trends is mentioning that his main claim to fame used to be as Susan Sarandon 's toy boy . |
| 20 | The Development Steering Group will be represented when we know the date of our interview which should be during October/November . |
| 21 | And when he would not be persuaded that Rain had no more for him , she mentioned Georgie and Joey and wished she could be aboard Perfidia when Berg cornered them , as he surely would . |
| 22 | I should be off Tuesday , Wednesday |
| 23 | Because Labour was once against Europe , it can not now be for Europe . |
| 24 | One option would be for Europe to fund some of NOAA 's satellite activities . |
| 25 | All her concern seemed to be for Terry 's family , especially his mother , and Anne was even more surprised when Sarah refused to go back to the house with her . |
| 26 | Hopefully , Denny 's next fight will be for Terry Magee 's Irish 11 stone title . |
| 27 | It 'd be a difficult situation that will be for Chris then wo n't it I mean |
| 28 | David Jacques and Dean Crumpton are looking sturdy as the full-backs , but the biggest test will be for Peter Reed and Wayne Hannigan , ball-winners asked to be more creative in midfield . |
| 29 | But a £1 billion Eurobond would be the biggest the market has ever had to digest and capital markets experts were yesterday sceptical about how easy it would be for Lloyd 's to make such an issue without hefty costs . |
| 30 | From the very first entry at the top of the list it is clear that this discussion was to be for Darwin revelatory . |