Example sentences of "be [adv prt] there [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I mean , these metal strips are down there for the public entertainment license , they were n't gon na give us it because the carpet was lifting .
2 You 're out there in the cold
3 ‘ You 'd have been up there with the best of them by now . ’
4 It is a very different thing when you are out there in the real world beyond the Cages !
5 ‘ You know , ’ said Lesley , busy at the coffee-tray , ‘ I must have been out there about the same time .
6 ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd never have been out there in the first place . ’
7 As far as the build quality is concerned , you 'd expect it to be up there with the best of the Japanese instruments , and you 'll be pleased to know that Jackson have not compromised their reputation here at all ; there 's nothing in the slightest ‘ second rate ’ about the Infinity .
8 Reid said : ‘ Look at David 's total at the end of the season and he 'll be up there with the best .
9 ‘ But the style of rugby I saw in August over there , and that we have seen on their tour of France and England , indicates that before very long the Springboks will be up there with the best .
10 ‘ If we want to be up there with the big boys then let's study and use their tactics . ’
11 I shall want a good start and be up there over the first few fences .
12 I think about the same time as Walter for the war was declared when we were down there on the third of September .
13 And while they were up there in the wide , blue yonder , they jabbered non-stop to each other over the radio .
14 Oh yes , he 's been round there for the new .
15 ‘ We have been round there in the last couple of days and they have moved on now .
16 When it comes to deeds of great valour performed in the cause of king and country , the name of Rune is up there with the best of them .
17 And he is no doubt that Lawrence is up there with the best of them .
18 I was down there in the late fifties
19 As far as teeth flags go , though , it was up there with the best of ‘ em .
20 We used to have a lot of good nights like that and this was up there among the best .
21 Louisa looked away , out of the window — how she wished she was out there in the frosty air , in the simplicity of the Lodge , alone , in the one place where her tarnished star-fire might begin to gleam again .
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