Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenneth Renton , of Wentworth Investment Services , was yesterday arrested by City of London police at Heathrow Airport after being out of contact since last Friday . |
| 2 | Gavin had been celebrating his first wage packet after being out of work for 9 months . |
| 3 | Popular Welsh jockey Tim Rooney expects to resume at the Llandeilo Farmers after being out of action since a fall with his first ride of the season . |
| 4 | Middlesbrough , though , welcomed back skipper Kernaghan to the heart of their defence after being out since November with a stress fracture . |
| 5 | Anyway coach Olsen actually before this game mentioned that some players was knocking on the door for a place — Fjortoft and Sorloth has kind of been out of form recently . |
| 6 | It 's really confusing , cos kids are they 'll all of been in at play time today wo n't they ? |
| 7 | ‘ QIS has made a very successful job of forming corporate glue ’ across locations between colleagues and now the inevitable fragmentation and the feeling of being up for grabs ’ is destroying links and making people retreat into defending their own area . |
| 8 | ‘ In that house over there , ’ I said , ‘ and I 'm not at all afraid of being out at night . |
| 9 | Now we must ask , what are the dangers of being out of work ? |
| 10 | But they were more interested in telling Mo about their experiences of being out of work . |
| 11 | But when people lose their jobs , they now stand a worse than fifty-fifty chance of being out of work for more than three months ( in July 1978 , 53 per cent of those who were registered as unemployed had been out of work for longer than three months ) . |
| 12 | The poorest people experience the longest periods of being out of work . |
| 13 | You agree that come twelve months er of being out of work |
| 14 | But in even-handedly denouncing ardent Europhiles and Europhobes as ‘ superannuated Sumo wrestlers ’ he was , in effect , accusing Downing Street of being out of date — even on worker participation in industry and the Social Charter . |
| 15 | They were accused of highhandedness , selfaggrandisement , venality , and of being out of touch with the everyday life of Orkney . |
| 16 | On March 20 Sanjaasureniyn Dzorig , co-ordinating secretary of the MDU , addressed a rally of 4,000 , accusing the new MPRP leader Ochirbat of arrogance and of being out of touch with the situation in Mongolia . |
| 17 | These feelings of being out of control can lead to inappropriate behaviour — maybe submissive behaviour . |
| 18 | She never again wanted to experience the feeling of being out of control and dependent on someone else 's approval , at someone else 's mercy . |
| 19 | Trisha says this was an emotional as well as a physical reality : ‘ This feeling of being out of control is like being on a roller coaster — there 's no way out . ’ |
| 20 | Fear of being out of control may mean a fear of appearing uninhibited , or seeming dependent . |
| 21 | This sensation of being out of control was frightening her . |
| 22 | With François Mitterrand 's re-election for a second seven-year term in 1988 , they had to face the demoralising prospect of being out of power for 14 years . |
| 23 | Following inter alia Feige ( 1967 ) and Sharpe ( 1973 ) , we assume that investors pursue a long-run target portfolio S* given by ( 2 ) subject to the costs of being out of equilibrium and adjusting asset holdings . |
| 24 | There are so many other exciting ways of being out in front in innovative housestyles … |
| 25 | If a book you especially wanted to get hold of is out of print , try the Out of Print Book Service on 0222 627703 . |
| 26 | CHRIS Waddle looks like being out of Wednesday 's side for three weeks . |
| 27 | His arms closed round her momentarily , and the feel of rough , male clothing against her was like being back with Isaac . |
| 28 | Queer how it gets us , all women and no men , the way we let off steam , like being back at school again , lifting up people 's skirts in the cloakroom . |
| 29 | Every time I come out with this lot it 's like being back at school . |
| 30 | It was just like being back at school . |