Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv prt] [prep] [art] [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 | If you knew him to be a criminal , you suspected him of being up to no good . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He had virtually lived his entire life in a stable as he was ‘ far too valuable to run the risk of being out in a yard ! ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She had had enough of being out among the crowd , enough excitement . |
| 15 | It 's just like being back in the dorm . ) |
| 16 | The second sense emerges as we follow his explanation of how the civil state would come into being out of a state of nature , by the making of contracts . |
| 17 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 18 | I bet that has n't got ta be in for a week ! |
| 19 | ‘ You may as well accept that he 's going to be around for a while — until he finally accepts that the club 's not for sale . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | MVS is still supreme in IBM 's view and expected to be around through the decade as a leader . |
| 23 | That has begun shipping to members , and SAG optimistically expects products complying to the specification to be around by the end of year . |
| 24 | The company seems to be on to a winner — at least in theory . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | That way , I think that some land might become available , but it would have to be up to the planners to be more flexible . |
| 27 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Reality was to be up against the enemy and the clock , with lives at stake . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |