Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] be [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came down to be warmed by the fire . ’ |
| 2 | Was he drowned in an accident and his canoe washed further down to be buried in the silting up of the marshes ? |
| 3 | Their readers could not get enough of Diana ; her face was on every magazine cover , every aspect of her life attracted comment and anyone who had ever known her was tracked down to be interviewed by the voracious media . |
| 4 | When Nichols brought Dustin along to be introduced to the mogul in his imposing New York office , Levine , after greeting Nichols , turned to Dustin and said , ‘ The windows are over there . ’ |
| 5 | Veronica Hanson describes the stages that the PPA proposal had to go through to be accepted by the Welsh Office and she goes on to describe how the county schemes are supported , managed and run now that they are in operation . |
| 6 | No one could be sure where lay the Terra Australis Incognita which Ptolemy had postulated , and which Mercator had argued was a necessary balance for a spherical world , without which the whole planet might simply topple over to be lost among the stars . |
| 7 | As the mandroids calmly gassed the beaked exter and carted them both off to be flung into the street , I slid on to one of the unstained seats at the table and cheerfully looked around for a servaton . |
| 8 | Then , just when you think you 've got the gameplan sussed , the ‘ Empire ’ banner is slid off to be replaced by the ‘ Mindcrime ’ logo . |
| 9 | Then , just when you think you 've got the gameplan sussed , the ‘ Empire ’ banner is slid off to be replaced by the ‘ Mindcrime ’ logo . |
| 10 | He sent them off to be analysed by the Department of Agriculture 's Zoology Department . |
| 11 | The window was to high up to be reached by the captive , though the could poke her head out to be fed . |
| 12 | Letters were then drawn up to be enrolled at the Court of Chancery so we would have the necessary licence to trade . |
| 13 | Amazingly , the referee waved play on , only for Steve Gaughan 's follow up to be cleared off the line . |
| 14 | Did he stand up to be counted in the old days ? |
| 15 | Again then , knowing these people somewhat , I feel they would follow the apparent winner and South Korea would be gobbled up to be added to the rest of Red Asia . |
| 16 | John Coles , Bryony Orme , and members of the Somerset Levels Project have estimated that this must have involved the exploitation of extensive woodland from which materials were taken out to be fitted into the track planks from the same tree occur in different parts of the track . |
| 17 | It 's based on the short story by Henry James ; a young Governness arrives at a remote country house to look after 2 young children who turn out to be possessed by the ghosts of two dead servants . |
| 18 | There are some stunning views and unique vantage points just crying out to be exploited by the imaginative photographer . |
| 19 | For these people , the last word in radical chic is Brut Soap-on-a-Rope ; they dress as though they have stepped straight from the pages of a Seventies mail-order catalogue ; they consider a good night out to be crowding into the only working public telephone box , and , hyperventilating in their over-excitement , taking it in turns to listen to the talking clock . |
| 20 | It may be that a gene 's effects , as a matter of fact , turn out to be confined to the succession of bodies in which the gene sits . |
| 21 | Windeler said , ‘ What if he turns out to be working for the Americans ? ’ |
| 22 | He was sent back to be shot by the Red Army . ’ |
| 23 | Canned Draught Guinness , selected to represent Ireland at the SIAL ( Salon International de l'Alimentation ) exhibition in Paris , went on to be selected as the overall international winner in the alcoholic drinks category . |
| 24 | Material which starts out at regional may also go on to be used on the national networks . |
| 25 | ‘ Jeopardy ’ will be established when , for example , execution is about to be levied against the company . |
| 26 | A national curriculum centrally determined is about to be imposed on the schools , and this is bound to encapsulate a philosophy of education , its nature and purpose , that arises directly out of the discontents of the last twenty years . |
| 27 | The editor knew nothing of the story of Boyd 's promotion , about to be featured in the financial section , and she said firmly that it was Henry she wanted . |
| 28 | PLANS to reduce chronic delays in paying compensation for criminal injuries are about to be announced by the Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , after criticism that some victims are having to wait more than two years for an award . |
| 29 | Banks ' long-term prime-lending rate is about to be raised for the second month in a row , to 5.4% ( up from 4.9% two months ago ) , which will trigger a similar increase in mortgage rates . |
| 30 | But he took such duties seriously ; he often had to give his opinion on the work of young poets who were about to be dispatched into the war : and he knew that his comments might be the last they ever received . |