Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again to quote Mailer 's old Harlot essay : ‘ Facts are wiped out by artifacts ; proof enters the logic of counterproof and we are in the dream ; matter breathes next to anti-matter . ’ |
| 2 | It 's forty mile an hour zone anyway , so he 's in the right and you 're in the wrong anyway . |
| 3 | The company 's main business is in sheet fed offset and it is at the forefront of printing on recycled paper . |
| 4 | The seas are high and grand and you 're in the rushing air all day , surrounded by stars at night , and the whole universe might be yours . |
| 5 | Because Dannii was famous and they were at the same school , Kylie wanted to make a name for herself . |
| 6 | Only one of the many newspapers I read mentioned the fact that the assailant was black and it was with the most extreme difficulty that I was able to ascertain from reporters and policemen , who all refused to be named , that the callous passers-by were also black . |
| 7 | Even if I cast through this gap accurately , the speed of the cast must be faultless too , for the gap between the branches and the roots is a mere two feet : too far and I am in the roots , too near and my bait will not be lying where I want it . |
| 8 | ‘ Ken , of course , was fairly right-wing and I was of the opposite persuasion . ’ |
| 9 | The two have users in common and it was at the request of some large accounts that the relationship was formed . |
| 10 | Sam raises his right leg to the height of the lock , kicks straight forward , blam , and the stuff bursts open and he 's in the room , sideways , holding his gun out rigid , reducing the target area . |
| 11 | The sounds made him go a little faster , but progress was slow and difficult and he was near the point of exhaustion . |
| 12 | That connection was now leaderless and it was in the interests of both the affinity and Gloucester to come to a rapid agreement . |
| 13 | That connection was now leaderless and it was in the interests of both the affinity and Gloucester to come to a rapid agreement . |
| 14 | I smiled in answer to this , and started talking in French to a small , balding man who turned out to be Swiss and who was on the run from the customs in Geneva . |
| 15 | And another time he went quiet and he was in the front room and when I went in he was chewing the leg of the settee |