Example sentences of "[verb] be [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it might 've been to a Royal Garden Party |
| 2 | Its pleasingness rests purely within the intrinsic aesthetic since the similarities intended are of a purely visual nature . |
| 3 | The amounts given are for a tank : |
| 4 | So our National Anthem has been about a bit , particularly when you think that it came , probably came from , or was used in , erm a piece of music simply by Haydn . |
| 5 | So as I say , ours has been about a bit , it 's been borrowed by various people . |
| 6 | Part of today 's debate has been about an increase in unemployment which has hit this country like so many others . |
| 7 | The trend through evolution , however , has been towards an increase in size and complexity . |
| 8 | He has been under a lot of pressure and he came out and played superbly . ’ |
| 9 | Professor Brighouse has no idea why Mr Patten singled him out for attack , but says the Secretary of State has been under a lot of pressure |
| 10 | I 'm very hopeful because er , Vietnam since nineteen eighty six has been under a process of economic and political reform , and they have released er a large amount of prisoners over this time , and there are still a number of prisoners , such as poets er religious people that are still in prison , who are hoping that , with their renewed effort and attention from the media , this 'll er be changed . |
| 11 | She has been through a marriage , a divorce , and a serious love affair ; learnt Russian , written regularly for a local paper and taught a young child disabled by a stroke to read again . |
| 12 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ I am not a psychiatrist , but if someone has been through a traumatic experience I have to consider that it could happen . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ If anyone has been through a traumatic experience , it takes a long time to unwind . |
| 14 | A spokeswoman there said last night : ‘ She has been through a terrible ordeal . |
| 15 | Another means of keeping contemporary teachers better informed and less parochial in outlook has been through a range of central and local government books and reports . |
| 16 | Rather hoary for a start-up , Mentalix has been through a couple of iterations beginning as a consultant and going on to develop scanner interfaces for the old Apollo workstation . |
| 17 | Next Computer Inc , which has been through a tidy sum already , has gotten further financing : this time a $55m credit line from Canon Inc and another $10m from Steve Jobs himself — both are former investors already . |
| 18 | A 32 year old manager may be full of vigour , enthusiasm and malleable but a 52 year old manager has been through a couple of recessions , knows the ropes and cap pull a few more rabbits out of the hat . |
| 19 | That poor girl has been through a terrible ordeal , and if I know anything of gipsies , it 's not over for her yet . ’ |
| 20 | Everyone in the Administration Centre has been through a very steep learning curve . |
| 21 | Ian Gilmour , deputy social work director , said : ‘ He has been through a very bewildering experience in the past 36 hours , and he is not aware of all that has happened , including the tragedy of his mother 's death . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ She has been through an awful lot , ’ says Ann . |
| 23 | The new educational framework , which has been through an extensive consultation process with practice committees and the Regions , will replace the current Member Part 1 and 11 examinations and will be phased in from September next year . |
| 24 | I associate myself with the remarks made by hon. Members in all parts of the House about the hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) , who has been through an ordeal that none of us would wish to share . |
| 25 | John has been without a father for one year ( line 3 ) . |
| 26 | Since late 1989 , when Steinlager 's three-year contract was not renewed , U.S. rugby has been without a principal sponsor . |
| 27 | The CFTC has been without a chairman since January , when Wendy Gramm left . |
| 28 | Dataquest Corp , which has been without a president for some months , has recruited Judith Hamilton for the job : she was formerly a senior vice president and general manager at Locus Computing Corp . |
| 29 | Middleton-St-George , near Darlington , has been without a rector since Martin King left last summer to become rural dean of Sedgefield . |
| 30 | The class has been without a regular teacher for eight weeks and now parents are demanding extra help . |