Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main points to think — about are the positioning of the boiler and hot water cylinder , the sizes and running of pipes , the types to be used and the avoidance of airlocks . |
| 2 | Other subtle , country hues to look out for are the Alabaster and Mushroom Duo Signature eyeshadow box in Estée Lauder 's 1990 make-up collection ; Shiseido 's Pearl and Onyx Triple System Eyeshadow shades from the Subtle Contrasts collection ; and for the eyelashes , Guerlain 's new treatment Starcils mascara in shades Brun and Noir . |
| 3 | The areas through are the safe was only built fifteen years ago , right the way through . |
| 4 | Going into another troupe after being a Tiller would have been too much of a comedown . |
| 5 | Another goal by Newcastle completed Arsenal 's fall between the two stools of Cup and League , and gave United the distinction of being the first team to win a Cup final after being a goal down . |
| 6 | Leicester , in front of nearly 10,000 travelling fans , crumbled feebly 2–0 at play-off rivals Charlton , and Boro , managed by ex-Charlton boss Lennie Lawrence , triumphed 2–1 against Rovers after being a goal down . |
| 7 | Blackburn 's first win in eight matches , 2–1 over Millwall after being a goal down , kept them in the play-off hunt but a Swindon win at FA Cup finalists Sunderland tomorrow could see them right back in contention . |
| 8 | Do n't know why she 's got ta sort herself out after being a fortnight away with her husband . |
| 9 | Victims have said that it is a way of acknowledging that they are worth something — a common psychological problem after being a victim of a serious crime , is a feeling of worthlessness . |
| 10 | , Andrew Sydenham Farrar ( 1886–1978 ) , classical scholar , was born 27 August 1886 at 100 Gower Street , London , the eldest of the three sons ( there were no daughters ) of the Revd Dr James Gow , who , after being a fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge , was headmaster of Nottingham High School and later of Westminster School , and his wife Gertrude Sydenham Everett-Green . |
| 11 | He 's everything I wanted after being a gypsy for all those years in Europe . |
| 12 | Malcolm , incidentally , after being the man of the match in Trinidad , took 0 for 188 here , partly at least because he persisted in bowling short whereas before he had pitched the ball up . |
| 13 | After being the man who 'd sell his sister , he was about to become the man who 'd lost his wife . |
| 14 | Another worker — off sick after being the victim of a hit-and-run accident — was also made redundant by the bank , the NatWest , according to the main banking union . |
| 15 | I 've got it here in , in , in black and white , Mao said what we are after is the abolition of feudal ties , to get rid of feudalism . |
| 16 | The most sought after is the silver and golden holly , which is essential for making the most attractive wreaths . |
| 17 | The martel de fer was a type of mace used by both horse and foot soldiers , and was often carried by archers in preference to the sword . |
| 18 | What Lazarsfeld was after was a way of searching for patterns in data , patterns exhibited between variables , and patterns that , if confirmed regularly across studies , could stand as statements of empirical relationships between phenomena . |
| 19 | Pipeline was easy to judge since it was basically a one-manoeuvre event : what everyone was after was the tube . |
| 20 | Could of been a cataract operation , should of been |
| 21 | as a last sort of erm two days of the sale or something , they have their special offer next week or fifty percent off everything or something I feel sorry for these places really , that do you know it 's funny I only saw the car immediately in front of this grey one in there must of been a dip there because there 's two cars in front of me |
| 22 | Neither of them do write , oh here he goes , he must of been a bit cold . |
| 23 | Yeah , it might be , yeah , it could of been a bit overpowering I think . |
| 24 | Small , yes , they should of been a bit |
| 25 | It might of been a man . |
| 26 | Stuart was very happy he 's gon na get a bottle of whisky it could n't of been a bottle of bacardi for me could it ! |
| 27 | Charmwood the house and she was saying when her mum and dad were courting , where they used to do the co courting , like must of been a wood and that I think |
| 28 | Must of been a butcher or a baker . |
| 29 | nothing went round and unplugged every phone out , wedged every one out cos we thought it might of been a station that 's going down , cos er I 'm saying about the mark one , the old |
| 30 | So anyway , we started talking about him , they 're doing a survey and er and suddenly it must of been a quarter of an hour later remember the the drinks , I have n't done any drinks ! |