Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At least you have the advantage of being here on the spot to sweet-talk him . |
| 2 | She could tell by the angle of the light that it would soon be sunset , and the prospect of being here in the dark appalled her . |
| 3 | One danger of taking the downward spiral of self-imposed isolation is agoraphobia , the fear of being away from the security of the home . |
| 4 | The difference from six months before was that The O'Neils were near the end of the first half instead of being just after the opening . |
| 5 | ‘ We believed in the wisdom of being there at the beginning when customers most need financial advice , and we still do , ’ says Mr Foulds . |
| 6 | A perverse testimony to the feeling that most Romanians had of being constantly under the scrutiny of an all-embracing network of human and electronic observers were published by an official Romanian journal in the summer of 1988 . |
| 7 | This in turn causes far more crack-ups than the usual pressures of being constantly in the public eye , a symptom that has now been identified as charity-fatigue . |
| 8 | Only at the end did his voice thicken : otherwise brimming self-confidence , he overcame lack of sleep , the exhaustion that comes from travelling 8,000 miles in 21 days , and the pressure of being constantly in the spotlight . |
| 9 | He obtained his freedom in 1610 , and thereafter built a successful business as printer and publisher , despite being frequently at the centre of political and religious controversy and at odds with the more established members of his company . |
| 10 | Let it be noted that J , head of was actually in the room at the time of this meeting . |
| 11 | This suggests that make expresses antecedent causation , since it evokes a process of causation giving rise to a state of affairs that comes into being only at the end of the process . |
| 12 | Finally , our most recent results have shown that ( 1 ) the differential perspective cues described here also affect the perceived absolute distance to the surface ( such that a surface containing perspective cues appropriate for near viewing is perceived to be closer to the observer ) , and ( 2 ) the shape of the apparent fronto-parallel surface systematically varies with the differential vertical perspective cues generated by surfaces at different absolute distances from the observer , as Helmholtz informally demonstrated over a hundred years ago . |
| 13 | The latter would seem to be closer to the truth . |
| 14 | I have moved the patient in there to be closer to the turret , the better for me to nurse her . |
| 15 | Face crushed face , but even the humiliated ones , the ones pushed away , the third-raters and the defeated ones , even those — from a certain distance imposed by the law of hierarchy , it 's true — still moved toward the front , showing here and there from behind the first-rate , titled ones , if only as fragments : an ear , a piece of temple , a cheek or a jaw … just to be closer to the Emperor 's eye ! |
| 16 | All major religions offer a deepening understanding of spirituality because of the way they enable people to be consciously in the presence of that Mystery . |
| 17 | Since it was impossible to envisage the use of nuclear weapons in any way consistent with the laws of war , and since great and apparently law-abiding Powers possessed and threatened to use them , they must be held to be simply beyond the scope of international law , |
| 18 | Virgin had long ago ceased to be simply in the music business ; it was now in that most Eighties of concepts , the lifestyle business . |
| 19 | Previously his work seemed to be strictly about the inter-relationship of material , colour and shape , but in his new ‘ Shadow Paintings ’ at Rubin Spangle until 18 November tattoos , car explosions and other scenic bits coalesce behind veils of white paint . |
| 20 | The thirty-six-patch leather ball of those days was heavy , and headers had to be strictly from the forehead . |
| 21 | Fenella 's complaints continued to be mostly about the way he treated her on stage . |
| 22 | The damage seemed to be mostly at the back . |
| 23 | But do n't you know whether a solicitor 's going to be here for the committal proceedings today ? |
| 24 | We 're going to be here for the rest of our lives . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm going to be here for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 26 | Well you 'll have to be here for the surveyor |
| 27 | You ca n't go away on holiday , Helen 's got to be here on the day . |
| 28 | How had that fancily-named high-hab brat come to be here at the garrison block ? |
| 29 | What a wonderful privilege to be here at the beginning of it all ! |
| 30 | She told an audience of deaf and hearing people : ‘ I am very happy to be here at the launch of the dictionary and I hope it will help people to greater interaction . ’ |