Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the Prime Minister now tell us whether he accepts that , in addition to the massive number of homes repossessed last year , a further 80,000 families are to lose their homes in the current year ? |
| 2 | ‘ For the first time in ages they are tackling their problems in a sensible , mature manner without hysteria on one side and bloody-mindedness on the other . |
| 3 | He had in fact been told his days in the sport were over . |
| 4 | Sam Keast , assistant commercial manager , said : ‘ We are testing our drivers in a serious way , but it 's also fun . |
| 5 | Your son-in-law has been sleeping with this girl at work for the best part of 11 years and presumably he 's been having his conjugals in the matrimonial bed , too . |
| 6 | Skipper David Graveney said : ‘ We 'll be finalising our plans in the next couple of weeks . ’ |
| 7 | Many top speedway riders will be pitting their skills in the National motor cycle grass track meeting . |
| 8 | Most of the plates bear one or two scratched numbers of the reverse : their meaning has not yet been identified but a research student from the Rijksmuseum has made a detailed survey of them and will be publishing his findings in the journal Print Quarterly at a future date . |
| 9 | Welsh will be publishing his results in the 1 June issue of The Astrophysical Journal . |
| 10 | ‘ To make full use of it we should be publishing our books in the world 's biggest English language market . ’ |
| 11 | Because you are alert to that possibility , you will already be expressing your thoughts in a direct way . |
| 12 | PREMIER LEAGUE football kicks off today and every young fan will be imitating their heroes in the nation 's parks first thing Monday morning . |
| 13 | ‘ He and his friends will be kicking their heels in the Pool till we have a few casualties . |
| 14 | In my dream I was alone on an empty road , trying to remember the director 's name , when a large open-topped car drove up , full of laughing passengers who seemed to be sharing their jokes in a foreign language . |
| 15 | The immediate affect on the clubs will be to forfeit their places in the Castlemaine XXXX competition , while Cumbernauld will also have to forego their Dunbartonshire Cup matches and cancel an Easter weekend visit from the French club , Lyon . |
| 16 | The immediate affect on the clubs will be to forfeit their places in the Castlemaine XXXX competition , while Cumbernauld will also have to forego their Dunbartonshire Cup matches and cancel an Easter weekend visit from the French club , Lyon . |
| 17 | Talk to our experts from around the world who will be demonstrating their skills in the beauty of working with wood . |
| 18 | Apart from the fact that the breakfast was bad and the service worse and that one or two police constables appeared to be taking their holidays in the hotel , they had picked up nothing of interest . |
| 19 | You know , so that , that 's a bit of a nightmare and they erm , sort of never tell their children off , so you know , you 're s some ghastly little child can be floating your CDs in the bath |
| 20 | If we pursue this , we could very well be placing our heads in a noose . |
| 21 | In La Route des Flandres , the fluctuations between first and third person mean that it is not possible to contend that the novel 's discourse is organized entirely around the consciousness of the central character Georges , who otherwise seems to be re-creating his experiences in the course of a night in bed with the widow of his commanding officer , some time after the wartime conflict . |
| 22 | On the two biggest international issues confronting the UK — the resurgence of German power and the ecological threat — there is equally little that any party is prepared to do : the former is the basis for a future stability of the EC , the latter has already reached such ominous proportions that , as is evident in the evasions preceding the Rio summit , governments the world over are hiding their heads in the sand . |
| 23 | Having won a libel case against British Airways over the much publicized dirty tricks , it 's set to announce losses exceeding fourteen million pounds for nineteen ninety two , and all airlines have been tightening their belts in the recession . |
| 24 | We are introducing our proposals in the other place . |
| 25 | Certain tracks and off-course bookmakers must realise that they are rubbing our noses in the dirt . |
| 26 | When White and Davies were building their castles in the Midlands , the game was still mostly amateur . |
| 27 | People were turning their cars in the driveway to leave the party and caught us in their headlights . |
| 28 | Some half-dozen of the girls were having their elevenses in the sunshine in between lessons , and drinking their coffee with a great deal of laughter and chattering . |
| 29 | Singing was intended to enhance the bond between us , for by reciting verses and lines about the Legion , past and present , we were reinforcing our beliefs in the traditions we stood for . |
| 30 | Afterwards I met two of these gentlemen who were exercising their elbows in a nearby hostelry and exercising their right to disagree on conscientious grounds with the Wesleyan distaste for alcoholic beverages . |