Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words tumbled over each other in her eagerness. ‘ 'T WOULD only be for a day or so while I try to get a message to the Queen . |
| 2 | It would , after all , only be for a week or so , after that they were due back at Purley . |
| 3 | And it was Alec that was driving and Will Will , he said mind where your about Alec , you 'll er you 'll soon be in a ditch but good 's sake he said it 's not me So they were both |
| 4 | Have you ever been on a motorway when somebody has pushed their way in front of you and caused you inconvenience , made you brake ? |
| 5 | Or have you ( if you are very , very unfortunate ) ever been into a pub that for some reason does not even stock the stuff ? |
| 6 | ‘ Have you ever been in a group and somebody gets pointed at with that awful expression : ‘ She does very well for 79 . ’ |
| 7 | It 's erm when you start a car , have you ever been in a car when someone 's started it up in gear and the car moves forward ? |
| 8 | ‘ If Harry had n't been rushed off to the hospital with chest pains today , ’ he continued , ‘ then I 'd still be at a loss as to know what my only daughter gets up to when my back is turned . ’ |
| 9 | Erm one of the things that I like to emphasize er at this stage is that although it 's self employed it is as close to being employed as you can possibly be with a company but then but still destined by your own efforts to earn earn the money . |
| 10 | They should also be of a type that has simple and quickly altered bridle trimming . |
| 11 | Er it 'll probably be about a fortnight before we get it back , okay ? |
| 12 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 13 | He also sent us out to a dhow in the harbour to fish ; we had never before been on a vessel that rode so close to the water . |
| 14 | I 'd never even been on a train until I was past thirty and if you recall that was no joy-ride , simply a mercy dash to get Renée out of one of her scrapes . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd never even been in a car until I was twenty … |
| 16 | The metaphor of the gem here is like a filter or a screen through which Lucy can be seen in a fresh light , and as such the metaphor has the " power to inform and enlighten " which a literal paraphrase would not have — it would fail " to give the insight that the metaphor did " ( Black 1971 : 186f ) . |
| 17 | Now he 's there it should almost be like a holiday because he is required only to do what he is good at — getting tight on the opposition and setting up England 's creative players . |
| 18 | Even with a collection of travellers cheques , Eurocheques and cash , one of the best ways to settle bills when abroad is with a debit or credit card , with a distinct advantage if you use the credit card : up to 56 days free credit if you time your purchases efficiently . |
| 19 | Scotland had papers like the The Scotsman and Glasgow Herald that were too Scottish to be ‘ national ’ yet were of a quality that depressed the Scottish sales of papers such as The Times and The Daily Telegraph . |
| 20 | Seeing that our law refuses to contemplate the possibility of any person either being without a domicile or having more than one domicile , the rules on this subject are not only intricate but highly artificial . |
| 21 | You may find that older dogs are nervous under these circumstances , if they have never been on a train or bus before , and you should always try to reassure them with your tone of voice . |
| 22 | An unlikely scenario : I 've never been to a desert and the nearest I 've ever got to authentic military action is when Action Man introduced eagle eyes and gripping hands . |
| 23 | Those who have never been up a mountain when temperature inversion is at work have missed the most splendid sight . |
| 24 | Baroness Seear , a leader of the Liberal peers for several years , remarks that ‘ I can honestly say that I have never been in a place that treats you better on male-female equality . |
| 25 | She said : ‘ I have never been in an aeroplane and I am a little bit nervous . ’ |
| 26 | Even to this day , many who have never been inside a church since their baptism expect to be buried in consecrated ground after some form of religious service . |
| 27 | His damp hair was slicked back as if he 'd recently been for a swim or taken a shower . |
| 28 | yeah , er , design I can never be to a boiler or storage heater for the winter also the heater would activate the till the heat |
| 29 | ‘ My dear , ’ she said , ‘ I will never be in a hospital or an old people 's home . |
| 30 | This too is worth a try if it 's not obvious what else might be amiss , but you have to be very careful when dusting off the components . |