Example sentences of "be [prep] the bottom " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notice that , by chance , the N plots tend to be near the top ( ? dry ) end of the field and the K plots are towards the bottom ( ? wet ) end so that we can not be sure that any observed yield difference between N and K is not due to the moisture differential or to natural soil nutrients being washed by rain towards the low end of the field , etc . |
| 2 | Swindon have to fight on in the promotion race … while Oxford have to battle on in the relegation scramble … but things are looking up for United … they 're off the bottom of the table for the first time since November thanks to a win at Brighton |
| 3 | But hopefully er we 're past the bottom of that loop . |
| 4 | they 're in the bottom of mind |
| 5 | We 're in the bottom of the tower so , what do you think that was ? |
| 6 | ’ It does n't help whatever year it is , if you 're in the bottom three or four in the league . |
| 7 | They 're in the bottom |
| 8 | So you 're on the bottom ? |
| 9 | Suppose they 're at the bottom of the sea now . |
| 10 | It 's obviously best that he continues to believe you 're at the bottom of the Danube , or halfway to the Black Sea by now . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ People say to themselves : ‘ If we 're at the bottom , I 'd better get in now ’ ’ . |
| 12 | The last thing you need when you 're at the bottom of the table is to concede an early free kick but today Notts did just that . |
| 13 | but er , I do n't I , I obviously gone have a way of doing this , but erm , it 's difficult , if you , if you 're at the bottom of the |
| 14 | We 're at the bottom . |
| 15 | All we have shown is that ‘ when you 're at the bottom , the only way is up ’ . |
| 16 | There we are , we 're at the bottom . |
| 17 | West Ham take their chances , Oxford do n't , that 's why they 're at the bottom and teams like Sheffield and West Ham and Oldham are at the top . |
| 18 | They 're a bit scattered around — we must have been near the bottom of the pile , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 19 | Only the United Kingdom economy performed as badly during the seventies and it has always been near the bottom of the league . |
| 20 | When the mighty tumble with such alacrity it is a sign we are near the bottom , say optimists . |
| 21 | He says : ‘ I think we are near the bottom and beginning to see the slope up . ’ |
| 22 | shelves spaced too widely apart can waste a lot of space , and it can be difficult to remove clothes which are near the bottom of a high pile . |
| 23 | Whatever division they are near the bottom and lost 5–0 recently . |
| 24 | The caves are near the bottom of the New Dunn shaft , in an old iron ore mine . |
| 25 | ‘ The finest views are from the bottom , and at some places a little above it , but few dare venture to the bottom particularly those females whose pedestrian excursions have chiefly been upon level ground ; nay the male sex are often appalled with a view of the way , and many a Bond-street gentleman , in his stable costume , would rather hazard his neck four-in-hand , than risk it by having his arms precariously supported by the twigs and branches he may find in his way to the gulph below . ’ |
| 26 | As most average families are in the bottom 60 per cent. , does not that show that the Government have given money to the rich at the expense of ordinary families ? |
| 27 | If you worked out a table of the economic prosperity in the towns which have Football League clubs , Hartlepool would probably be in the bottom three . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm I 'm on the bottom . |
| 29 | Yeah I 'm on the bottom . |
| 30 | I 'm on the bottom |