Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggers ' biggest worry was that he might make a fool of himself bowling at Gooch after being out of the game for two years . |
| 2 | And , after being out in the sunshine with the children most of the day , she 'd lost her pale , city complexion , becoming as brown as a berry and looking much younger . |
| 3 | Seemed a bit daft to me though you 'd think they , mind you they 'd , they 'd supposed to of had erm er sub contractors down there , in that , that is disgusting , some of these should of been out of the door the . |
| 4 | he said in all that , we got two he said the other one cut itself badly this morning on er a piece of glass obvious he said managed to come back to me you know being on a lead all his leg was cut so he sort of been down to the vet and had two stitches |
| 5 | That he did not depart of his own free will is abundantly evidenced by the fact that he left behind all his belongings and expressed the intention of being back within the period of four hours . |
| 6 | It is bad to lapse into the jargon without conveying its meaning and its connotations , because that is lazy ; and unforgivable to use it just to give the impression of being in with the chaps . |
| 7 | Its main problem is that it can cause psychological dissociation , resulting in hallucinations and phenomena which may include subjective experiences of being out of the body or states similar to the near death experience . |
| 8 | Back in the warm , silken night air , beneath the massive arc of bright stars , she breathed in greedily , revelling in the blessed contrast , the giddy relief of being out of the cave . |
| 9 | It was all question of being out on the track at the right moment close to the end of the session when it was drying . |
| 10 | The nip of alcohol causes the blood vessels to dilate and so warm the skin and make us comfortable in spite of being out in the cold . |
| 11 | I mean even I understand you were talking about the children sort of being out in the dark on their own erm even just something as simple as that . |
| 12 | She had had enough of being out among the crowd , enough excitement . |
| 13 | It 's just like being back in the dorm . ) |
| 14 | But if you were old enough to be around at the time , reactions like ‘ Well , of course , the political circumstances were such that … ’ , and ‘ Yes , I have to admit I took offence to that ’ are more likely , and cause one to take a more considered and less dogmatic view . |
| 15 | In all three areas the mammals that happened to be around at the start fanned out in evolution , and produced a specialist for each trade which , in many cases , came to bear a remarkable resemblance to the corresponding specialist in the other two areas . |
| 16 | MVS is still supreme in IBM 's view and expected to be around through the decade as a leader . |
| 17 | That has begun shipping to members , and SAG optimistically expects products complying to the specification to be around by the end of year . |
| 18 | I have access to a low-level formatting program , were the drive to be on of the MFM type , but the information on the outside of the casing does n't include the numbers of heads and cylinders . |
| 19 | That way , I think that some land might become available , but it would have to be up to the planners to be more flexible . |
| 20 | And you had to walk home , go to bed , and set your alarm , and you had to be up at the court at 10 a.m . |
| 21 | Reality was to be up against the enemy and the clock , with lives at stake . |
| 22 | ‘ Most of the er , dastardly Huns , I think you call them in this time period , seem to be up by the door to the General 's office which , according to Benny , is also a quicker route out . |
| 23 | It was wonderful to be up in the air and to feel the air swishing past his face . |
| 24 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 25 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 26 | He hopes to be back for the play offs . |
| 27 | Although he enjoyed ARP work my husband was really fretting to be back with the Navy . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've got three hours to be back with the money . ’ |
| 29 | They had hoped to be back at the beginning of next season but it now looks unlikely to be until half-way through it . |
| 30 | What a feeling of power to be back at the wheel again ! |