Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had been down to that one offence , Daine would be in court for ever , kept on life support until the end of the trial , or until the judge ruled that enough medical alterations had been made to render the accused legally another entity entirely . |
| 2 | A quarter of all Japanese bank lending is secured on property , and values are down by some 30 p.c. from their peak . |
| 3 | If he succeeds in stirring up tabloid backing again with ‘ the people 's champion against the gin-and-tonic brigade ’ , the theme of 1984 , then Yorkshire are in for another incendiary winter . |
| 4 | Erm the speakers on the samples are either bilingual or bi-dialectal and erm the dialects listed are in between standard American English and the eastern Kentucky sub-dialect of Appalachian English . |
| 5 | " We 're in for some mysterious trouble , " whispered Fiver , " and it 's not elil . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're off to that stupid squadron . |
| 7 | Some people are worried about eating and here we are off on this whole rock 'n' roll circus . |
| 8 | The problem of the cut-off water supply — it had been off since eight that morning — had made it much worse . |
| 9 | There are up to four million quality control circle participants in Japanese industry and in large companies two in five workers are members . |
| 10 | The Reptilons plan to take over the Earth , and the bimbos are up for nasty experimental surgery . |
| 11 | The teenagers from Cherwell School are up against some stiff competition from 11 other schools in the regional final of a national choral event being held at the Wytham Theatre in Swindon , and although confident they 'll do well , choir mistress , Anna Haxworth is n't assuming her score will win a place in the London final next month . |
| 12 | Anyway , what on earth have you been up to all this time ? ’ |
| 13 | Andrew Hall 's back in the limelight now that the BBC is showing re-runs of Butterflies — but where has he been hiding and what has he been up to all this time ? |
| 14 | ‘ Has he been up to this all night ? ’ |
| 15 | On a fine summer weekend only about 8–10% of berth-holders are out at any one point in time . |
| 16 | Any Which Way You Can ( 1980 ) , BBC1 , 6.55pm Clint Eastwood , Sondra Locke and Clyde the orangutan are back in this fast-moving comedy sequel to Every Which Way But Loose . |
| 17 | Whatever the weather throws up though , I know I 'm in for some good walking . |
| 18 | Spending last year is estimated by the Chemical Industries Association to have fallen by 13 p.c. to £1.86 billion and is likely to be down by another 10 p.c. to £1.76 billion this year . |
| 19 | ‘ Looks like we 're going to be in for some pretty flamboyant fielding from the West Indies ’ |
| 20 | We could be in for some dramatic sea level changes because of climatic change ; volcanic action could have quite a bearing on that . |
| 21 | Simple as that And he always wanted to be in on any underground culture going . |
| 22 | Britain 's biggest Building Society says the worst could be over for hard pressed mortgage payers . |
| 23 | He sometimes thought it would be pleasant to lie in bed with his wife on Sunday mornings , now that there were no children to interrupt them , but Donna reckoned they should be through with all that kind of stupidity , so he was resigned to the sporadic consolation of his Métis up north . |
| 24 | Yeah somebody trustworthy to replace them or erm they will allow so many in actually erm be off at one given time . |
| 25 | I 'm off fer good this time . |
| 26 | He said delicately , ‘ Stock involves quite a lot of ladder work , in the warehouse … ’ as if Anna might not be up to such physical strenuousness . |
| 27 | A recent Department of the Environment report suggested that there could be up to 5,000 old gas works sites throughout the country . |
| 28 | I think a as far as this group is concerned it will be up to each respective union , er I think of who they invited to that seminar . |
| 29 | I would say , ‘ 74D in for refreshments ’ — recorded in a book and in that half hour , I had to make my tea , eat my sandwiches , wash my cup , put on my coat or whatever I was wearing — cape if it was raining — and be out for that half hour . |
| 30 | In fact , I doubted that you 'd be in , thought you 'd be out with that nice doctor friend of yours . ’ |