Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Someone 's up to naughties .
2 The leaf-blade , which is up to 12ins ( 30cms ) long and 4ins ( 10cms ) wide , is borne on a very long , robust stalk , which often reaches a length of up to 20ins ( 60cms ) .
3 As the debate intensifies over the BBC 's Charter — virtually its right to broadcast — which is up for renewal in 1996 , a younger chairman is needed to take the corporation into the next century , critics say , but Mr Hussey was tightlipped as he flew in from Hong Kong .
4 But profits continued to fall in the troubled consultancy division which is up for sale .
5 But profits continued to fall in the troubled consultancy division which is up for sale .
6 Similarly it would be stated in the estate agents ' particulars whether permission had been granted for a house which is up for sale to be sold to someone who wanted to use it as a second home .
7 A lift which is out of order is a frequent and frustrating sight .
8 It is also worth noting that Lawton claims that the HMIs may be pushing a model of curriculum planning ( based upon statements of aims and objectives ) which is out of date an issue we return to later in the chapter , and in Chapter 8 .
9 erm now those sort of villages , there 's one at Botton Village near Danby , which is out near Scarborough .
10 THE mansion where an oil tycoon battered his wife to death before killing himself is up for sale .
11 Paul Warhurst is fighting to shrug off a thigh strain to join him while David Johnson has recovered from a cartilage operation and Francis himself is back in contention after a groin strain .
12 Summat 's up with Marie — I can tell .
13 you know , the way she does n't like it then she 's up in arms
14 Oh she 's , so she 's up in Sheffield ?
15 in Rochet , now she 's up in Pentrybrogan , and that 's when the accident happened
16 She 's out of work , and I do n't suppose Dave makes a fortune … ’
17 She 's out of control ! ’
18 And also we had our own adaptation of the phrase ‘ She 's out to lunch ’ ; in such extreme cases as Boy 's , we would say , Darling , she 's gone to the Opera .
19 she 's out to lunch .
20 She 's out in front .
21 I see oh er fireworks winner Mrs from Eastwood heard the firework noise just then so she 's off to Alton Towers with the family to see the fireworks stop calling for that now .
22 She 's off to Scotland .
23 Yeah , she , she 's down at Bath .
24 I want a physio for a kid with cystic fibrosis , but she 's down in ITU and wo n't be free for half an hour . ’
25 She 's running the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme for Wales , she 's down in Brecon
26 Jo 's feeling OK now , going out with Maggie , she 's back to teasing .
27 Of course , being down to earth is one of Pam 's greatest strengths , and it 's good to know she 's back on track and that we 'll still be able to laugh with her for a while yet .
28 She 's back at work two days a week now .
29 She 's back at work . ’
30 Today she 's back at school .
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