Example sentences of "[that] be [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the more poor little Britain takes a battering , the more bombs that are called down on the wreck of London , the sooner it will be . |
| 2 | If the idea of popping a PC or a printer into your shopping trolley alongside the jam , teabags and toilet paper appeals to you , why not try a day out to one of the PC World superstores that are cropping up on the outskirts of London ? |
| 3 | Well no it 's , it 's the same councillors that 's come to your door that are sitting in on the meeting and saying no , it 's impossible ! |
| 4 | The strategies , and the weapons designed for them , that were acted out on the north German plains bore a marked resemblance to the actual experience of the second world war . |
| 5 | But the one that were carted out on the fields , they were left with the leaves on because the cattle ate the leave as well . |
| 6 | The circulating system wanders a little closer , deepens , is classified under a new title — a moderate tropical storm — and is given a name , Agnes perhaps , or Bob , an innocent , unassuming , rather cosy , old-fashioned sort of name that makes no connection in anybody 's mind with a swirling mass of warm air and piled clouds that is bearing down on the coast , thunder and lightning flickering from its belly , the waves beneath it being whipped up into a fury . |
| 7 | was the bit that 's sticking out on the path . |
| 8 | it was in here it was sort of like , he 'd been niggly all day , he was tired , he sort of like knocked it over with his foot , and of course it went straight over the dry nappy that was laid out on the floor ready to put under him , I said oh that nappy |
| 9 | For the most part , the growth of this dome was accompanied by intermittent Vulcanian activity , responsible for the loud explosions heard in St Pierre and for the ash that was showered down on the town before and after the fateful 8 May . |