Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hear the constable was down the other day , if you do n't mind me saying so , ’ Mrs Clamp said , and coughed politely . |
| 2 | Léonie and Thérèse were down the other end , putting on their boots . |
| 3 | Usually , but not always , the ball of the slip indicator is out the other way . |
| 4 | The village was very isolated in the past , and until the road down into Curral das Freiras was built in 1959 , the only access was down the narrow , twisting , tortuous path which you can still see from the village . |
| 5 | One umpire was up the other end , the other was too busy controlling his refractory pony to watch what Randy was up to . |
| 6 | ‘ Players who whack someone when the play is up the other end of the field are cowards . |
| 7 | Everything depended on the weather and if your luck was out the hired man 's time could be up and not much hay in . |