Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when I went and got him up this morning his legs were out the bottom of the cot again ! |
| 2 | He had all the ladders were out the van , and he were using all George 's tools . |
| 3 | Erm my metabolism was out the window . |
| 4 | ‘ You can tell the Queen and all the Royals are there because the flag 's up the pole . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That bloke must think his petrol consumption is up the spout , ’ Gary remarked , looking at the gauge . |
| 6 | ‘ I hear the constable was down the other day , if you do n't mind me saying so , ’ Mrs Clamp said , and coughed politely . |
| 7 | Such as that I was trying to use the priesthood as an escape from my personal frustration , that I was dramatizing my own situation , that I was proud and vain , that my idea of Catholicism was up the creek . |
| 8 | I always say it will be done in a fortnight ; this gives me more leeway if things go wrong and if I get the garment finished before the two weeks are up the person is usually delighted . |
| 9 | Léonie and Thérèse were down the other end , putting on their boots . |
| 10 | Chairmen of football clubs are only in the papers and on the radio when the team is up the creek . |
| 11 | I would say that three months is about the maximum , and that long before this period is up the confection , like a fresh fruit sorbet stored in the deep freeze , has lost its exquisite flavour and the edge has gone from the sharp scent . |
| 12 | ‘ Thought its bum was out the window so went outside to have a look . ’ |
| 13 | One day Howard came on the set and Brando was down the beach talking to a pretty girl . |
| 14 | Usually , but not always , the ball of the slip indicator is out the other way . |
| 15 | Just a couple of weeks ago Emerson was down the in the dumps and considering pulling out of the Maxol series . |
| 16 | The toilet was up the hall , with a broken window through which the wind whipped directly up your arse . |
| 17 | The village was very isolated in the past , and until the road down into Curral das Freiras was built in 1959 , the only access was down the narrow , twisting , tortuous path which you can still see from the village . |
| 18 | The most impressive wound was down the length of the upper part of his right arm , where the flesh had been sliced away . |
| 19 | On the opposite side of the creek to Down in the Sewer is Up the Creek , HVS 5a which climbs the centre of the steep wall and the grooves above , ascended by A. Thornton & M. Evans . |
| 20 | I 'm sure it wo n't be long before she is on the most popular chat shows , telling us of commissions she has undertaken and regaling us with tales of her life when she was actress Delia Abraham , co-starring in the TV version of Nell Dunn 's Up The Junction , and appearing in rep alongside Kate O'Mara . |
| 21 | Despite the extensive sampling during the excavation of the sixth and seventh century settlement at Cowdery 's Down the results prompted the excavator to offer a warning about interpreting the results ; it was concluded that ‘ it is impossible to make any assertions about the economy or waste disposal systems associated with the site ’ ( Green 1983 , p. 261 ) . |
| 22 | ‘ If the verderers are out the forest is not safe for her . ’ |
| 23 | Th the mower 's out the shed , can you fetch it right the way over here then please ? |
| 24 | Halifax was out the window , yes |
| 25 | One umpire was up the other end , the other was too busy controlling his refractory pony to watch what Randy was up to . |
| 26 | Europe lags some way behind the US in demanding clean diesels , and agriculture is down the timeline from trucks . |
| 27 | ‘ Players who whack someone when the play is up the other end of the field are cowards . |
| 28 | ‘ If you ask the staff if you can use the toilets in an emergency they 're quite likely to say ‘ There 's a McDonald 's down the road , why do n't you try there ? ’ ’ |
| 29 | Yeah go back this way ooh the emergency 's over the emergency 's over , everybody . |
| 30 | Sitting there , above him , watching him slowly keel over and close his eyes , Marie was remembering something else : ‘ Our Mam said Simon 's Dad was up the factory on Friday , did n't she ? |