Example sentences of "[adv] be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was was any attempt made by the the experienced men the one who the ones who understood the rock and been in the presumably been in the industry |
| 2 | The situation in the Gulf may now dwarf the Palestinian issue , but no Middle East crisis can be seen in isolation ; a thousand days of protest has assured the plight of Palestinians has rarely been off the world agenda . |
| 3 | Bob Stokes , who was coach of the side when they last won the trophy ( under the guise of Whitburn ) has since been to the final on six occasions ( with Whitburn and Team Scottish Farm ) and lost every time . |
| 4 | The province has since been in the forefront of China 's efforts to reassure foreign businessmen that its door will be staying open for ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 5 | Consequently such services have only been under the administration of health authorities for a short while . |
| 6 | He barely speaks Italian and in fact has only been to the country of his ancestry once — on a school trip . |
| 7 | Well we 've only been to the dentist here . |
| 8 | Oxford Pest Control 's newest technician John Rilby had only been with the company four days but had already made his mark . |
| 9 | Now some of you , if you 've only been with the company a few months or whatever it was , may not have noticed too much of a change , er , but I 've noticed a bit of a ch , I 've noticed a tremendous change in two and half months , two and a half years , and there 's some people in the room who must have noticed tremendous changes . |
| 10 | Both were initiated by Billy , a 16-year-old with a recently acquired impairment who had only been with the group for a year . |
| 11 | He 's only been with the club a few weeks . |
| 12 | Rosenthal , who had only been on the field 15 minutes , made Barlow pay in full for his wastefulness yet Liverpool should not have had to wait so long to get their noses in front . |
| 13 | Payton who had only been on the field for six minutes put Celtic further ahead in the 66th minute when he accepted a left wing pass from Collins to shoot low into the net from six yards . |
| 14 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 15 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 16 | True , he had only been on the periphery , a bit-part player who could usefully be dragooned into secondary roles when a little muscle was required . |
| 17 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 18 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 19 | This showed that he had not only been in the Catalina that had sighted the Bismarck but was actually piloting it and had taken avoiding action when the Bismarck opened fire . |
| 20 | The father had only been in the country six months and had no means of supporting his son . |
| 21 | He 's American and only been in the country two weeks . ’ |
| 22 | I had only been in the force five weeks . |
| 23 | Glancing at the clock on the wall now , Rory realised to her amazement that he 'd only been in the farmhouse for three hours . |
| 24 | It is not the hardest peak in the Alps but it is one of the classics , and we had done it , though we had only been in the area a couple of days and had still been acclimatising . |
| 25 | Christ , I 'd only been in the hospital for about ten minutes before I snuffed it ! ’ |
| 26 | The Upside Down Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank — they 've only been in the tank for five days , so would the nipping be due to the fact that they 're still settling in ? |
| 27 | He had only been in the cellar for about one minute when the ghost appeared and he had had no time to doze . |
| 28 | ‘ He had only been in the house four minutes at the most when he suddenly turned to me and said : ‘ Would you come to dinner with me tonight ? ’ . |
| 29 | I 've only been in the industry , I 've only been with this company for two and half years , and when I joined and had a look at what the industry was about , there were thirty express overnight carriers . |
| 30 | Middlesbrough were portrayed as extravagant young upstarts ( the club had only been in the Football League since 1899 ) , and Sunderland were reproached for daring to ask for such a sum . |