Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Nonetheless , the original concept of driving a flight simulator by the flight data recorder can now be considered to be in its first stage of development .
2 A tape recording believed to be of his last words proves he executed his young family then killed himself , according to a newspaper report in America .
3 There 's a flower bed of sorts over by the fence but the flowers look to be on their last legs , as far as I can make out .
4 Erm , so that 's going to be before our next meeting is n't it ?
5 When I faltered as the realization hit me that it was n't Mum who 'd neglected me , but I who 'd neglected Mum , Pyke said gently , ‘ I think you may like to be in my next production . ’
6 ‘ You will be vexed to hear that some of the birds said to be in your last package from Sydney were missing : by what I can gather from your list they formed the whole of one of the smaller packages .
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