Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | That way , I think that some land might become available , but it would have to be up to the planners to be more flexible . |
| 3 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 4 | They do n't expect the train to be back on the tracks until the turn of the century . |
| 5 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 6 | He seemed more likely to blow a kiss than to throw a punch ; to be at a dinner-table than to be down in the dives ; to be rubbing shoulders than to be shoving or sticking it to the comfortable ( I almost said to the bourgeoisie . ) |
| 7 | They ca n't afford to lose time because they 've got to be out for the bairns . |
| 8 | Smith does n't want to be out of the selectors ' minds at the start of the tour because he is desperate to improve on his overseas record for England . |
| 9 | The walls were bare and whitewashed ; they might be distempered or painted and a few bright prints could be added and hung high enough to be out of the patients reach . |
| 10 | It takes money , determination , and patience to launch a false imprisonment action ; most detainees are happy simply to be out of the police station . |
| 11 | John and Muriella , who was an excellent archer , were eager to be out at the butts . |
| 12 | We have to be out on the streets documenting the revolution and helping to forge our new democracy . |
| 13 | The most common offence was to break the curfew , aliens were not supposed to be out on the streets after eleven . |
| 14 | If the weather was fine and we wanted to be out in the mountains , then we would only work in the evening . |
| 15 | But if you can do , if , if you can do a two hundred thing for sit down you 're gon na be in among the functions . |
| 16 | He should be there every time cos she 's gon na be out with the kids and all . |