Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since their lavish £200,000 wedding 14 months ago , they have rarely been out of the headlines — but for all the wrong reasons . |
| 2 | I mean there were only been about at the most ten who were suffering from burns . |
| 3 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 4 | I 've only been back on the case , in cosmic terms , about two-and-a-half minutes . |
| 5 | ‘ Lenny 's only been out of the jug five , maybe six weeks , ’ said Lloyd . |
| 6 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 7 | ‘ Why did n't my father tell me that you were going to be here ? ’ she asked petulantly , thinking that at least he would only be around during the daytime , and she could avoid him completely without too much trouble . |
| 8 | This can only be down to the ‘ flocculating ’ of suspended particles , which an efficient filter system can then deal with . |
| 9 | Oh yes , er he could er he could still have an hour lunchtime , and er only be out of the office , say , an hour and three quarters . |
| 10 | Some students may need only to make good on areas where their performance has not been up to the Compact mark , others may need to negotiate the complete range of Compact goals at this level . |
| 11 | It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag . |
| 12 | Provided they 've not been out of the job all that long , I think , cos things change , do n't they ? |
| 13 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 14 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |
| 15 | A porter had already been up to the suite with their luggage , she noted , as she observed that off the sitting-room — with French windows to a balcony between — were two other doors . |
| 16 | I 've already been out among the galaxies . ’ |
| 17 | And that 's er that 's a process that we 've just been through with the Harrogate and Knaresborough local plan . |
| 18 | I 've just been up to the Wembley exhibition of word processor , and one of the things I noticed there was the increasing number of processors and packages which I think you would describe as friendly or at least semi-friendly to , to help people . |
| 19 | It 's a new one that 's only just been around for the last fifty years . |
| 20 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 22 | I 've just been down to the grubber . |
| 23 | We were there on 3rd May 1945 when Rangoon was liberated , and that evening I gave a short broadcast over All-India Radio , telling our friends in India and Burma that we should shortly be back in the liberated city to help with the tremendous task of reconstruction . |
| 24 | The smaller town of Souvala , and poor Perdika , have not yet got that far ; but in general Aegina will fairly soon be up to the standards those fussy Germans and English expect . |
| 25 | Design : Crossed lines over the toytown tram : City transport could soon be back on the right track , says Jonathan Glancey |
| 26 | He never sold his day 's OTC quota , and so his leader would shout : " You 'll soon be back on the fucking training floor . " |
| 27 | Which means that he should soon be back on the road . |
| 28 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 29 | She would soon be back from the police station and the supermarket with tales to tell , tales of Oriental complexity and splendour , of law and commerce and life on the seething streets . |
| 30 | IF THE truth be known , Ian Woosnam would probably just as soon be down at the Golden Lion in Oswestry tomorrow night , having a pint or two with the lads . |