Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now we 've covered the basic techniques of sailing , the best way of putting them into practice is by sailing round the triangular course and so I 've laid out these three marks . |
| 32 | Moving together is essential , and the only reliable means of stopping a fall is by jumping to the other side of the ridge . |
| 33 | I 've purely been concerned with the budgets of our own schools here in Oxfordshire and one of the ways that you can compare how efficient Oxfordshire is in terms of its expenditure is by looking at the national figures for recoupment , that 's where a county takes in a child from another county , and look how that compares with the amount of money the Authority spends on educating that child . |
| 34 | Sometimes it is by praying over the sick person . |
| 35 | And the only true way that we can achieve that and that we can deliver that is by adhering to the emerging industry standards . |
| 36 | They were not as obliging as she was about disappearing before the weekly workshop . |
| 37 | Mansell last night admitted he was considering driving in the infamous Indy sports car series in the USA — despite fears about safety . |
| 38 | It was like stepping from the main street into a cobbled alley 's curiosity shop — that shock of surprise to discover again what an intricate and peculiar organ the imagination is , what extravagant uses it has found for time . |
| 39 | There was his friend Barbara Rubin , Andy Warhol , but , most of all , once in touch with the poet himself , observes Miles , ‘ it was like plugging into the main switchboard — he knows everyone ’ . |
| 40 | This is what it was like to live in the pre-scholastic age . |
| 41 | It was like waiting for the Second Coming . |
| 42 | The floor was so uneven that it was like running through the Crazy Cottage in a funfair ; the building itself seemed to pitch around him like a listing boat . |
| 43 | After the Palestinian militancy of Lebanon , it was like staring at the wrong side of a mirror : Palestine through the looking glass . |
| 44 | It was like going to the Holy Land , or being the Knights of the Round Table , Sir Perceval I think it was , and your dad suddenly said he was going to take you to see the Holy Grail . |
| 45 | ‘ It 's a messenger for you , Major Karr , ’ she said , the use of Karr 's rank indicating to them all that the man was within hearing in the next room . |
| 46 | The only way to view the Chancellor was by scrambling through the neighbouring graveyard and looking at the house across a row of tombstones . |