Example sentences of "[adv] be [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since their lavish £200,000 wedding 14 months ago , they have rarely been out of the headlines — but for all the wrong reasons . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 3 | I 've only been back on the case , in cosmic terms , about two-and-a-half minutes . |
| 4 | ‘ Lenny 's only been out of the jug five , maybe six weeks , ’ said Lloyd . |
| 5 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 6 | ‘ Why did n't my father tell me that you were going to be here ? ’ she asked petulantly , thinking that at least he would only be around during the daytime , and she could avoid him completely without too much trouble . |
| 7 | Oh yes , er he could er he could still have an hour lunchtime , and er only be out of the office , say , an hour and three quarters . |
| 8 | A porter had already been up to the suite with their luggage , she noted , as she observed that off the sitting-room — with French windows to a balcony between — were two other doors . |
| 9 | I 've already been out among the galaxies . ’ |
| 10 | And that 's er that 's a process that we 've just been through with the Harrogate and Knaresborough local plan . |
| 11 | I 've just been up to the Wembley exhibition of word processor , and one of the things I noticed there was the increasing number of processors and packages which I think you would describe as friendly or at least semi-friendly to , to help people . |
| 12 | I 've just been down to the grubber . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 14 | The smaller town of Souvala , and poor Perdika , have not yet got that far ; but in general Aegina will fairly soon be up to the standards those fussy Germans and English expect . |
| 15 | Which means that he should soon be back on the road . |
| 16 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 17 | She would soon be back from the police station and the supermarket with tales to tell , tales of Oriental complexity and splendour , of law and commerce and life on the seething streets . |
| 18 | ‘ Now that I 've left the army , I 'll soon be down in the fields with you again , ’ said Troy lightly . |
| 19 | The ‘ tendentious ’ story would soon be out of the way , making possible a return to what Dostoevsky thought was much more important , the Life of a Great Sinner project . |
| 20 | The day wanes , and if your words are to be believed then I had best be back in the security of your Rorim before nightfall . ’ |
| 21 | In barracks he was where Sims could find him and while he did n't expect much from Sunday dinner in a near-deserted mess , just being back with the Army was sauce enough for the moment . |
| 22 | The harvest I had seen gathered a few kilometres away was back on the stalk . |
| 23 | Crime Squad officers had quickly been on to the address in Wiltshire Lane . |
| 24 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 25 | Now , the reason I called was , that I have always been out of the phone directory ever since my name got well known in showbiz . |
| 26 | My friends who lived nearby were all envious for I was the only one who had ever been down into the depths of the mysterious cellar . |
| 27 | Knighton has hardly been out of the news since announcing his intention to buy United on 18 August , the day before the Football League season began . |
| 28 | GOSPEL singer Michael Card will play the Assembly Hall in Belfast tonight — and still be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow to dash up the Antrim Coast for the North West 200 . |
| 29 | Now erm I think it is and he rang me up and asked me would the strike still be on in the middle of er February . |
| 30 | They will still be around in the year 2000 , ’ he said . |