Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must have been right out in the sticks . |
| 2 | It 's an aircraft which has been rarely out of the headlines in it 's 25 years with the RAF . |
| 3 | It you are constantly down in the dumps over the price of fleecewear then this may be the answer to your prayers . |
| 4 | Your financial situation can improve , but you may have to wait until next year before you are entirely out of the woods . |
| 5 | There is something very disturbing about a benefit system which will prop up Mr Deaves until he gets back on his business feet , yet is reluctant to help people who are literally out on the streets . |
| 6 | The only championship now open to Falls ' senior side is the PGL Division One title as they are already out of the CIS Irish Senior Cup and the PGL Milk Senior Cup which continues on Wednesday night with the following fixtures . |
| 7 | A goal from Cliftonville striker Ron Manley in the first half was enough to settle this most disappointing affair ; the only consolation for Linfield is that they 're already through to the quarter-finals . |
| 8 | It helps to remind the tourists of our native bush and that they 're now out in the wilds . ’ |
| 9 | I sit on the side of the bed and decide maybe Rachel is right : I 'd be better off between the sheets than listening to this dross . |
| 10 | Some people in the Labour Party seem to believe that Labour will be better off without the unions . |
| 11 | You would be better off in the personnel department . |
| 12 | They could imagine what conditions must be like up in the mountains , having done their stint in the sticks at one time or another . |
| 13 | Ever-changing regulations cause stress both because of the need to become familiar with new rules and because of the sensitivity needed to cope with clients who may be worse off after the changes . |
| 14 | I 'm either up in the clouds or down in the dumps — you ought to know that by now . |
| 15 | I mean increasingly we see that we 're , we get more constables here more constables there , but they do n't ever appear to be actually out on the streets , and until we can get more men on the streets with the deterrent effect that their appearance has , let alone anything else , we are not gon na get much further . |
| 16 | We are then off into the players lounge for a few beers beforehand , then a few more after . |
| 17 | ‘ When I left you last night you were positively down in the dumps ; today you 're — you 're … ’ she made a helpless gesture with her hands , searching for the right adjective ‘ … you 're sizzling ! |
| 18 | The events of the day , trivial and unexciting , or the latest political scandal revealing another name to be added to the black list of those whose lives were made bearable by being well in with the Communists ? |
| 19 | No that 's only on at the weekends darling |
| 20 | ‘ Everyone 's so down in the dumps and poor . |
| 21 | It is largely up to the banks themselves to decide on the ratio that they consider to be ‘ prudent ’ : i.e. the ratio that provides them with enough liquid assets to enable them to meet any demands for cash . |
| 22 | In a sense , the Jury 's still out on the Times cos you 'd have to look at it over say a three of four month period . |
| 23 | Although marketing is done centrally , the success of a franchise is also down to the efforts of the franchisee in drumming up business . |
| 24 | ‘ And it 's straight on at the lights for the Butcher Building , by the way . ’ |
| 25 | As Lloyd points out , ‘ In effect it is now up to the police to exercise their political judgement about our freedom to demonstrate ’ ( 1989:260 ) . |
| 26 | The former English national champion is now out of the singles competition but has reached the semi-finals of the doubles . |
| 27 | The former English national champion is now out of the singles competition but has reached the semi-finals of the doubles . |
| 28 | It 's now up to the players to buck their ideas up and bounce back . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He plays for a mixed side in his spare time and is well up with the rules which is pretty useful because they seem to change every couple of months . ’ |
| 30 | The only place that is well out from the banks on a river is the middle section . |