Example sentences of "[vb infin] be [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Purists might argue he should 've been out in the colds using his sketchbook , instead of a camera , but he disagrees . |
| 2 | Robert might have been up in the house . |
| 3 | At the first , a middle-aged woman with an enormous bosom was digging a fork into a plate of salad with the precision of an accountant jabbing at his calculator , before transferring the accumulated forkful up to her rapidly masticating jaws ; and Morse knew that if he had married her , it would all have been over within the week . |
| 4 | → Sorry to have forgotten about the Pacifica , Graham — although , come to think of it , Charvel/Jackson might also have been in on the act back in the mid-eighties . |
| 5 | Well I know I know is the only one that realised I would 've been more shocked if had yeah I would have been out on the pavement here whistling with a banjo whistling Dixie there you are that one no not yet no . |
| 6 | If he had , my furniture would have been out on the street by now and Springsteen and I would have been queuing down the night shelter . |
| 7 | I may have been out of the arena for a while , but I daresay there are still some who remember the old gladiator . ’ |
| 8 | If Senna had not either won the race or finished second , he would have been out of the championship . |
| 9 | And whereas it might be argued that Granada would have kept a strong news operation in Newcastle , control would have been out of the hands of the region . |
| 10 | If he had been in charge , we would have been out of the Community , because that was the basis of his election campaign . |
| 11 | It was warm and dry and could not possibly have been out in the snow storm . |
| 12 | It would have been down to the Academy to appoint the next ruler of the Seven Planets . |
| 13 | Reuben Boll must have been down to the Canaries or Tenerife . |
| 14 | That must have been down to the policeman . |
| 15 | ‘ She might have been down at the jetty a couple of hours ago . |
| 16 | I would rather have been down at the villa making figgy hedgehogs for Tony but a promise is a promise . |
| 17 | Had she accepted , he might have been back at The priory now , with her as his bride . |
| 18 | I should have been back at the office . |
| 19 | And he could have been back in the locker room even quicker had he served out for the match when he led 5–2 in the second set . |
| 20 | He has to keep these kids in the team because there 's nothing better to replace them — yet even five years ago Jamie Redknapp and Don Hutchison would have been back in the reserves , getting the time they need . |
| 21 | Quakers resorted to long balls , giving Nick Cusack several half chances , but they should have been back in the game after 72 minutes when David Cork jinked round his marker , Martin James , in the six yard box , and was then hauled down . |
| 22 | And also given the nature of the kind of people who want to wield authority over others they ca n't bear being out of the limelight , it gives them one last throw . |