Example sentences of "[adv] be [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since their lavish £200,000 wedding 14 months ago , they have rarely been out of the headlines — but for all the wrong reasons . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 3 | I 've only been back on the case , in cosmic terms , about two-and-a-half minutes . |
| 4 | ‘ Lenny 's only been out of the jug five , maybe six weeks , ’ said Lloyd . |
| 5 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 6 | ‘ Why did n't my father tell me that you were going to be here ? ’ she asked petulantly , thinking that at least he would only be around during the daytime , and she could avoid him completely without too much trouble . |
| 7 | Oh yes , er he could er he could still have an hour lunchtime , and er only be out of the office , say , an hour and three quarters . |
| 8 | Provided they 've not been out of the job all that long , I think , cos things change , do n't they ? |
| 9 | It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag . |
| 10 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |
| 11 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 12 | A porter had already been up to the suite with their luggage , she noted , as she observed that off the sitting-room — with French windows to a balcony between — were two other doors . |
| 13 | I 've already been out among the galaxies . ’ |
| 14 | And that 's er that 's a process that we 've just been through with the Harrogate and Knaresborough local plan . |
| 15 | I 've just been up to the Wembley exhibition of word processor , and one of the things I noticed there was the increasing number of processors and packages which I think you would describe as friendly or at least semi-friendly to , to help people . |
| 16 | I 've just been down to the grubber . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 18 | The smaller town of Souvala , and poor Perdika , have not yet got that far ; but in general Aegina will fairly soon be up to the standards those fussy Germans and English expect . |
| 19 | Which means that he should soon be back on the road . |
| 20 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 21 | She would soon be back from the police station and the supermarket with tales to tell , tales of Oriental complexity and splendour , of law and commerce and life on the seething streets . |
| 22 | ‘ Now that I 've left the army , I 'll soon be down in the fields with you again , ’ said Troy lightly . |
| 23 | The ‘ tendentious ’ story would soon be out of the way , making possible a return to what Dostoevsky thought was much more important , the Life of a Great Sinner project . |
| 24 | The day wanes , and if your words are to be believed then I had best be back in the security of your Rorim before nightfall . ’ |
| 25 | The change has been a major exercise , and while the civil war may not be over in the eyes of the excise collectors , the next issue of Guinness Today will carry the story of the people behind the massive change to End Product Duty . |
| 26 | Unlike the present law , it will not be up to the defendant to prove his belief , the burden of proof will rest on the prosecution . |
| 27 | She told us that the priest would not be back until the afternoon . |
| 28 | To his delight , Davis 's secretary informed him in clipped tones that : ‘ Mr Davis has been called out urgently and will not be back in the office until Friday . ’ |
| 29 | The observer will need to be there observing , but possibly behind a hidden camera or watching through a one-way vision screen — he or she need not be in among the action . |
| 30 | There is not a golfer among us who would not be out on the green every day if the weather and our partners would allow . |