Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In marriages in which only one of the partners has been down the aisle before , the number of divorces has jumped 67 per cent since 1980 . |
| 2 | We went there on Sunday , me and Bella , after we 'd been down the prom . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd been down the prom on my bike , and was riding up the posh part to our street . |
| 4 | I 'd been out the army about three days and I went to this dance with some army mates . |
| 5 | Otherwise he 'd have been down the line after us like a shot . |
| 6 | very pretty and er , it looks as if she ought to have been up the disco having a dance , any way |
| 7 | Anyway it bring 's back the age old question , should we play Batty when he comes back or should we leave well enough alone ? |
| 8 | Most people agreed that Pike had been out the night before working on it with an industrial fan . |
| 9 | None of the five Moroccans had been down the Nfis and verbal information gleaned had been contradictory . |
| 10 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 11 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
| 12 | I 've been up the bath . |
| 13 | after we 've been up the club |
| 14 | I said that 's fuck all right I 've been down the canteen . |
| 15 | I said I think that 's wonderful I said cos do you know how long I 've been out the union now , three months , well I reckon I 've saved thirty pounds , you 've got thirteen quid back |
| 16 | You can always tell when the clippers have been up the back of the neck . |
| 17 | No and what 's happened is , he 's been up the bank and er the thing has |
| 18 | He 's been down the railway station today ! |
| 19 | Cos Dave 's been out the country like ehm , well it 's just under ten years , and if he stays out longer than ten years he loose , he loose his citizenship . |
| 20 | He 's been out the car and locked me in it . |