Example sentences of "[prep] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | It would be unwise to come to any firm conclusion , remembering that the majority of those we know about are amongst the sandhills which are constantly being eroded by the winds which expose them , that the eastern part of the island down to Kildalton is largely deer forest which is rarely visited except by stalkers , that there are probably many more cists to be discovered . |
2 | ‘ He was the best horse I 've trained and was only just getting going again after being off the track for nearly a year . ’ |
3 | Laburnum , just beaten at the last Kempton meeting after being off the course since April , was the big weekend gamble yesterday . |
4 | After being at the Refuge on Saturday she woke early on Sunday morning , head crowded with things that needed thinking about and sorting out . |
5 | He finds it difficult to cope after being at the top as a player through natural talent . |
6 | They drank the Coca-Cola and Timothy consumed the Worthington E , saying it was just what he needed after being on the sauce the night before . |
7 | Bruce Reynolds and Buster Edwards were eventually senetnced after being on the run in Mexico . |
8 | After being on the receiving end of the challenge which brought Marsh 's late dismissal , he allowed Piatnitski to complete a night which showed the strides the home side must make if it is to re-establish itself as a European force . |
9 | After being among the first of the former Soviet republics to fight to free itself from the embrace of Moscow , it has now come full circle with the recognition that it must look East as well as West for its own benefit . |
10 | A new name will appear on the Buckhurst Hill Trophy for the runners up ; after being in the top ten for some time Solihull made a quantum leap to a net total of £27,015 . |
11 | And although the old woman 's premonition was an unhappy one and mention of Daniel caused her an immediate spear of pain , she nevertheless felt purged ; she always felt some elation after being in the company of the story-teller . |
12 | He thought he 'd got too much club for his second shot on the 17th , and he did n't hit it all that hard — a 5-iron — so he came up short of the green , after being in the left-hand semi-rough . |
13 | After being in The Birthday Party , where everybody wanted their part to be as loud as is humanly possible , it 's quite refreshing to find someone who does n't even care if he 's on the record or not ! ’ |
14 | However , after being in the ‘ Rena ’ for a week , I became seriously ill with septicaemia and was moved to St. Peter 's Hospital , where I stayed for three weeks . |
15 | There is plenty of scope for walking or climbing in the Outer Isles and on the mainland , and the exercise is often welcome after being in the cramped quarters of a small boat . |
16 | Whether it would fire after being in the river , I ca n't say . |
17 | After being in the sun for some time , my skin feels like tissue . |
18 | it must of been at the end in the autumn at , at least of fifty one |
19 | Well we 're looking forward to that one because Kings Lynn , who 've sort of been at the bottom of the league for some time , have really put an interesting looking side together . |
20 | I think that as professional drivers we would all w look at that and s and see that Er I mean been out with very many lorry drivers and er that is the way that I 've sort of been with the majority of the guys that I 've been in . |
21 | If it had n't of been for the war I 'd have been a model ! |
22 | House Funnily enough I was going to say to you when we were out at erm Dartington instead of buying that ice cream , we should of had a cup of tea probably would of been about the same price , and so |
23 | The second group , that most of them would of been since the report and each of them . |
24 | That would of been in the fifties |
25 | if , if , if it was three quarters water er human 's must of been in the water to start with |
26 | it 's not sticky and if you get it all over you shows how cold it must of been in the night , the butter wo n't spread |
27 | they must of been in the middle of it . |
28 | Must of been in the side pocket . |
29 | Well there would be , yes , I would imagine or if they certainly would , they would of been in the past , they may have been cut down , but that would indicate to me that there were probably trees |
30 | The earliest general discussions that I know of are in the works of 17th century philosopher , René Descartes , Rules for the Direction of the Mind and Discours de la Méthode . |