Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have n't been in for quite a while . |
| 2 | He 's been out for nearly a week . |
| 3 | The first time you use your Steamatic in the bathroom you could be in for quite a surprise . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , those officials in the finance ministry and the Bank of Japan who still equate a strong yen with a strong economy may be in for quite a shock . |
| 5 | ‘ She 'll be in for quite a shock on her wedding night , poor little kid . ’ |
| 6 | In fact , the new long player has already been perched at number one in the UK album charts , and it could be around for quite a while . |
| 7 | I 'm sure that Rex Bellamy wo n't mind me saying that in tennis terms at least , he 's been around for quite a while . |
| 8 | UTOPIA : It 's been around for quite a time . |
| 9 | Yeah , oh , it 's down to about a quarter of normal it is |
| 10 | Compared with 10 years ago , at the same point in the economic cycle , output is up by nearly a quarter , investment is up by a third , manufacturing productivity is up by more than a half and manufacturing exports are up by nearly three quarters . |
| 11 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 12 | Well a couple of weeks and I was off on embarkation leave , and then I was back for about a week and we were gone . |
| 13 | Crawford had been ordered to take a few days ' rest after pulling a leg muscle , but he was back after only a day , filming at the Piazzale del Faro . |
| 14 | He was back in just a couple of minutes , and his face was set into dark , angry lines . |