Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the animals that live along the hedgerows unfortunately only come out at night and the best way to see them is in the light of a car 's headlamp . |
| 2 | ‘ They must think I 'm on the way out . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why do you think I was in the Mafia ? ’ |
| 4 | You 'd think I was round the twist if I told you . |
| 5 | ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’ |
| 6 | No , I I mean I was on the phone and th , there was a knock at the door and this woman came round and said she was from from the |
| 7 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 8 | She just had to turn out , and there was nothing coming down , foot down , opened up , got I was at the top of the hill and she was nowhere in sight . |
| 9 | The most extreme way of protecting them is for the mother to carry them around within her own body . |
| 10 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 11 | ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’ |
| 12 | But I do know I was in the presence of a very dangerous man . ’ |
| 13 | How did you know I was in the garden ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Say I 'm from the Ministry of Justice . ’ |
| 15 | I found I was outside the tent , standing up with my jacket clutched to me , the better to see them . |
| 16 | ‘ how do you know you 're on the side |
| 17 | ‘ Take your hat off , you silly bugger , ’ he yelled across the pews , ‘ do n't you know you 're in the 'ouse of God ? ’ |
| 18 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't know you were in the hotel ’ |
| 20 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
| 21 | Erm is almost to go back so that I do n't know who 's on the course but Jayne 's course for example , |
| 22 | I do n't know who 's up the top , who lives up there I mean |
| 23 | Like , right now I want to know who 's on the street , what 's going on . |
| 24 | When we were all seated in our kitchen Frankie wanted to know who was at the graveyard and what had happened . |
| 25 | The BBC refuse comment , except to say : ‘ Prince Charles expressed interest in the show and wanted to know who was on the bill . ’ |
| 26 | He 'd called her Rory earlier in the evening — when they 'd been dancing , when he 'd kissed her and made her completely forget she was in the middle of a crowd of people . |
| 27 | The applicant can contact the Housing Executive or the grant officer to discover who is on the list . |
| 28 | Like you say you 're at the mercy . |
| 29 | because you 've past it so it that 's it , so , when you were here , when you , when you , say you 're in the ship , |
| 30 | ‘ Last night , when you say you were on the Wheel with him ? ’ |