Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No problem Mr Prospect , I 'm glad you feel that way however I am seeing you in a fortnight 's time , have a chat with him between then and now and when I see you next week I 'll ta or whenever the time 'll be , I 'll take his telephone number from you then . |
| 2 | This seems , this seems a worthwhile thing to do to me , Chairman , this may reflect that , this position that we are in the business cycle that er , you know , with a slightly optimistic outlook , a lot of firms are seeing themselves in a position to expand and , and need this to help them do so . |
| 3 | The item may be faulty , or the wrong size/colour , or the customer may have been given it as a present . |
| 4 | Busily he scribbled in a scratchy copperplate hand that had been taught him by a schoolmistress from the hills of Brecon his thoughts and directives in the margins of the typed sheets . |
| 5 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 6 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 7 | The majority have simply been using it as a solvent . |
| 8 | Well kids stay all the time but they 've been using it as a doss house , you know , |
| 9 | We 'd been using it for a while since we had to leave Riverside Studios , trying out a couple of new singers . |
| 10 | DJs are whipping them into a frenzy of anticipation from a stage perched above the masses . |
| 11 | Twin humbucker guitars are enjoying something of a rebirth at present , thanks mainly to the players who are treading that particular path ( I 'm thinking of Nuno , Satriani & co ) and having played Strat derivatives for so long , it 's easy to forget just how good a neck humbucker sounds at full throttle . |
| 12 | His rousing address finished with the exciting claim that ‘ IBM has been transforming itself into a solutions company ’ . |
| 13 | But the Conservatives are bracing themselves for a map of somewhat different complexion on Friday morning , if the opinion polls ’ verdicts prove true , with most of the changes wrought by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 14 | Tulip Computers NV is scheduled to announce 1992 figures tomorrow , and Amsterdam analysts are bracing themselves for a flood of red ink . |
| 15 | COUNSELLORS are bracing themselves for a flood of inquiries when a TV drama is screened exposing a child migration scheme which shamed Britain . |
| 16 | Sometimes we are to treat it as a drawing of a box , sometimes as one of wire frames . |
| 17 | People who do n't have a real understanding of vibe are adopting it as a pose . ’ |
| 18 | Erm Eric in , in Manchester from where he comes is extremely well known obviously within the G M B but his record he 's one of the individuals in the trade union movement that I think are becoming somewhat of a rarity these days I know that many of us when we first started in the movement were very easily able , and , and very relaxed about combining trade union and political activities together but of course as time goes on and , you do tend to become more involved in the one and the other , because of course it 's all time-consuming but I can honestly say that in Eric 's case he 's never deviated one iota from his commitment both to the trade union , this union in particular , and to the Party never deviated at all . |
| 19 | This suggested they had been attacked one at a time , and taken by surprise , which reinforced the verdict that two and not four men were involved . |
| 20 | I 'm not surprised your Julidochromis have n't bred and have fallen out if you are keeping them in a community tank ! |
| 21 | I am opening myself as a channel to the Light . ’ |
| 22 | Many solicitors , in writing a letter for a client , will misrepresent the law , even though they are addressing themselves to a layman , and will lend themselves to various abuses and suppressions ( not involving a breach of law ) in order to obstruct a just claim . |
| 23 | The well-known argument is that the woman 's refusal to concede to sexual intercourse is totally unjustified , since the two bodies have in fact already been made one by a flea , who has been sucking blood from them both . |
| 24 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 25 | Miami 's new-born Murk label that has been causing something of a stir on these shores of late , enough at least for Network to wet their oars and row straight for a licensing deal that sees three of the label 's best tracks to date brought together for a sampler EP . |
| 26 | This is a similar sort of thing to passing current through , but this time we 're using it as a battery . |
| 27 | You 're becoming nothing but a delinquent ! ’ |
| 28 | We 're keeping it as a monument to its origins during the war |
| 29 | You 're eliminating one at a time . |
| 30 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |