Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the animals that live along the hedgerows unfortunately only come out at night and the best way to see them is in the light of a car 's headlamp . |
| 2 | But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those ‘ super-apostles ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ They must think I 'm on the way out . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't think I was on the same wavelength as the Prime Minister almost from the start , although I did work for her beforehand and try to pull together some of the policies . |
| 5 | ‘ Why do you think I was in the Mafia ? ’ |
| 6 | You 'd think I was round the twist if I told you . |
| 7 | ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’ |
| 8 | No , I I mean I was on the phone and th , there was a knock at the door and this woman came round and said she was from from the |
| 9 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 10 | like you just , they just went , oh and but I think it 's finally , I mean I was in the |
| 11 | But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area |
| 12 | She just had to turn out , and there was nothing coming down , foot down , opened up , got I was at the top of the hill and she was nowhere in sight . |
| 13 | The most extreme way of protecting them is for the mother to carry them around within her own body . |
| 14 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 15 | ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’ |
| 16 | How did you know I was in the garden ? ’ |
| 17 | But I do know I was in the presence of a very dangerous man . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I would do a work-out on the pitch before the match but when the games starts I 'm on the sidelines , ’ he says . |
| 19 | ‘ Say I 'm from the Ministry of Justice . ’ |
| 20 | I found I was outside the tent , standing up with my jacket clutched to me , the better to see them . |
| 21 | ‘ how do you know you 're on the side |
| 22 | ‘ Take your hat off , you silly bugger , ’ he yelled across the pews , ‘ do n't you know you 're in the 'ouse of God ? ’ |
| 23 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't know you were in the hotel ’ |
| 25 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
| 26 | Where has she been for the last decade ? |
| 27 | He 'd called her Rory earlier in the evening — when they 'd been dancing , when he 'd kissed her and made her completely forget she was in the middle of a crowd of people . |
| 28 | Like you say you 're at the mercy . |
| 29 | because you 've past it so it that 's it , so , when you were here , when you , when you , say you 're in the ship , |
| 30 | ‘ Last night , when you say you were on the Wheel with him ? ’ |