Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [noun] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the uninitiated this may seem surprising and unfair , but to those who have been through the mill the situation is very familiar . |
| 2 | He was a huge man in his early thirties who had been for a time a heavyweight boxer . |
| 3 | ’ Anybody could 've gone outside and pulled a plug out of the wall and the show would 've been off the air A lot of people probably wish they had . ’ |
| 4 | For the reasons given above , I am of the opinion the judge 's answer to the question posed was correct and I would dismiss this appeal . |
| 5 | The Parish Council are of the opinion the satellite dish requires planning approval and it appears that no application has been made . |
| 6 | of getting i the some sort of a working a relationship a at a more detailed where in between , we 're between the staff the teaching staff and the tutor , the form tutors help the teaching staff , especially and say in your department where you you 're gon na have to give them more homework . |
| 7 | When they 're outside the window every morning ? ’ 'It 's all worth it , ’ the Perm replied . |
| 8 | But while we 're on the subject a dose of hard living might do you the world of good . ’ |
| 9 | But I 've been up the road every day this week , not shopping but just out for a walk , you know ? |
| 10 | Despite the fact no-one doubts that popular opinions on crime and its containment are extensively and deeply held , whenever Criminal Justice Bills are before the Commons the atmosphere seems detached and wary , with few MPs participating and a majority keeping the subject at arms length . |
| 11 | I can tell you now it 's going to have some of that salty humour to it , that salty talk , but I am in no way a misogynist . |
| 12 | He 's been in the wars a bit since his racing career . |
| 13 | While she had been in the shower the bedroom door had drifted open a few more inches , and if Carson were to cross the lounge on the far side of the hallway he 'd probably be able to see her ; but there was still something wrong , and it was obvious that an analysis of her appearance would be pointless . |
| 14 | She had hardly been in the country a month when she had the privilege of speaking on TV during a midnight service from George Square , Glasgow , on Christmas Eve . |
| 15 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
| 16 | Showing one 's been in the sun a lot |
| 17 | The Defence Secretary also said that now he had been in the post a year , he was reviewing defence spending priorities to see if they were correct . |
| 18 | Publicans whose premises backed on the harbour were interviewed and , over local radio , people were being asked to come forward if they had been in the neighbourhood the night before , especially those who had used the car-park . |
| 19 | McCallan said : ‘ I may not have been in the game a lot until I got my goal , but that made it up for it . ’ |
| 20 | It is not the hardest peak in the Alps but it is one of the classics , and we had done it , though we had only been in the area a couple of days and had still been acclimatising . |
| 21 | Well I 'll let my son answer that , he 's actually been in the plant a couple of times and What 's your impression of the place ? |
| 22 | A fourth cherry had been in the slice the Councillor had just removed and eaten . |
| 23 | O K so I thought that was useful because it might actually , is something that , because it 's been in the news a lot this year , has n't it ? |
| 24 | So , I had not been in the house an hour when he sent three of the Six to me . |
| 25 | These figures are in no way a projection of the likely maturity benefits . |
| 26 | Does the Secretary of State recognise that the access funds are in no sense a substitute for student eligibility for social security and for vacation hardship allowance and that mature students in particular have been plunged into severe hardship by the Government 's policies ? |
| 27 | Dobbs flight was headed for Birmingham airport , but police are in no doubt the cocaine was intended for the streets of Gloucester . |
| 28 | Elliot Bernerd of Chelsfield says : ‘ One of the psychological problems is people who work in the institutions and banks are in the City every day and they see these monster empty buildings such as MEPC 's Alban Gate . |
| 29 | The WVS ladies are in the tube every night making tea when the sirens go . |
| 30 | BORINGLY familiar it may be as a measure the rise in the price of cigarettes in the latest budget gives me open , honest pleasure , though its smallness causes me disappointment . |