Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | You definitely are on along the right lines . |
2 | ‘ We have been down to the bare bones before . |
3 | It 's nice to have new owners who do n't think we are down among the dead men . ’ |
4 | We are in for the long-term benefits which imply a long-term strategy and involvement ’ . |
5 | Others , of course , are in between the two extremes . |
6 | The players gave En Shao his required speed , demonstrating what fine form they are in despite the financial problems which have clouded the organisation of late . |
7 | Henley rowers Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent are through to the coxless pairs finals in the Olympics . |
8 | Most of these liabilities er inevitably are n't necessarily for pensions payments they 're back to the active members , some of whom wo n't make any actual claim on this possibly for thirty years time , so there could well be a er a a scheme which is arrived at which is a pay as you go , which is n't any great liability o on , on any one pension scheme at any particular moment in time . |
9 | These digital and digitally remastered recordings date from the late ‘ 70s and '80s and information/presentation/quality are up to the usual Chandos high standards , although playing times tend to be short . |
10 | Tabitha Jute , remember , had not yet been up to the other floors of Plenty . |
11 | By now , 1345 hours , the Colonel had been up with the leading Troops for more than because two hours , and as the short Arctic day was drawing to a close he ordered the withdrawal to begin . |
12 | and over in Gloucester tomorrow seconds are out for the western counties schools championships at the Beaufort School in Tuffley |
13 | Had it been out on the public streets he would have been arrested for a breach of the peace . |
14 | For the last three days ten novice sailors have been out in the Western Approaches , sailing in winds of 40 knots or more through occasional sleet showers . |
15 | But for no more than half-a-dozen months — and then they are back on the high seas again , pursuing their trade . |
16 | Although you may get ridiculously low because of pressing on too hard , when , a few minutes later , you are back in the good conditions several thousand feet up , you must forget the wasted time and concentrate on flying normally . |
17 | The fact remains that he was murdered on the night after his father 's funeral and if the two are unconnected we are back in the funny coincidences department . |
18 | CHESTER 'S tuberculosis scare appears to be over as the first results of tests on 500 children were released yesterday . |
19 | After that it would be up to the German socialists to respond , pressing their own Government to adopt positions convergent with the emergent consensus among the Allies . |
20 | This year a bumper crowd is expected to turn out for Northern Ireland 's premier triathlon event at Portaferry in July , and Alastair should be up with the front runners . |
21 | I honestly believe that because they 're certainly not strong enough erm to be up with the top boys , well they 're not going to disgrace themselves having said that , as I said before , the League 's pretty well evened out , but I think they 'll be at the lower part rather than the top part . |
22 | One final boost and he would be up among the true stars , all guidance systems go for a seat in the House of Lords upon retirement . |
23 | Time they get to about sixteen or seventeen you know they can be up in the top players . |
24 | And he cheered up on hearing he could be back before the six months doctors first predicted . |
25 | You wo n't be around for the other sessions |
26 | The primitive mammals that happened to be around in the three areas when the dinosaurs more or less simultaneously vacated the great life trades , were all rather small and insignificant , probably nocturnal , previously overshadowed and overpowered by the dinosaurs . |
27 | Had the paparazzi been around in the early days of his marriage it 's doubtful Philip would have escaped criticism . |
28 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |
29 | We never saw Chilete until suddenly we were in among the grey ghosts of houses , the road rutted now and full of mud . |
30 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |