Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I think erm there is some dispute as to erm what size the new settlement must be to become what 's termed an integrated and balanced community , and given the importance of this issue , and it has been with us for the last three years , ever since the new settlement was first proposed , erm I find it very surprising that North Yorkshire County Council have not undertaken any work of their own on this subject area , and have relied instead on a a residual approach to find the new settlement size , and I must say I find that very unsatisfactory , what North Yorkshire County Council are inviting you , erm , to accept is whatever size the residual for Greater York is , you know , has been in the past I should say , proposals from the public , from the private sector have come forward , an and the County Council have used those proposals as confirmation that the new settlement of that particular size was viable , it 's a sort of self fulfilling prophecy , now I think that 's unacceptable , what they have n't done is the second part of the technical exercise , which is to look at the thresholds of the various services and facilities required in the new settlement . |
| 32 | CFCs — the main problem — have been with us since the 1930s , a valued invention because they are non-toxic , non-flammable and cheaper to make than any known substitute . |
| 33 | … atmospheric pollution has been with us since the creation ; it became much worse … with the Garden of Eden and infinitely worse following the mechanical ingenuity of James Watt . |
| 34 | Apples have been with us since the dawn of time , in countless varieties of colour , shape and size . |
| 35 | I suspect that tensions concerning rights , freedoms and responsibilities have been with us since the earliest days of humanity . |
| 36 | ‘ I further assert that these spores have been with us since the birth of mankind . |
| 37 | I have been with you since the start of the magazine in 1978 and have every issue published , as well as the two Year Books . |
| 38 | It is good work , this , Angus , it is bringing the thing home to plenty folk who have only been in it for the furore so far , for the chance to squeeze their girls in the crowd and all that kind of thing . |
| 39 | Primarily though it 's how you are in yourself at the time which determines whether you are going to get up the mountain and get back down . |
| 40 | And there 's another side to that which is that some people in the statutory provision are in it for the money , for their careers , for empire building and so on . |
| 41 | Sunderland wanted £4,000 and their manager , Bob Kyle , said it would be worth it for the twenty goals Buchan was bound to score in his first season at Highbury . |
| 42 | The risk would certainly not be worth it to the little ex-scribe . |
| 43 | Meanwhile , persevere with the psychotherapy — it will be worth it in the end . |
| 44 | Sullivan , the parish priest says : ‘ It will be worth it in the end , though I hope there will be an end before too long ’ . |
| 45 | It would be worth it in the end . |
| 46 | He could not see Dhani but calculated that he might by now be opposite him in the north transept . |
| 47 | She wanted , as the strands of trees drew out , to be beneath him in the bare and leafless brown of a wood . |
| 48 | I tell them to take their time ; it is hoped that the dog will be with them for the next ten years or more — what are a few minutes ? |
| 49 | We 'll be with them in the Fire Court by nightfall . |
| 50 | ‘ It means the women can come in then still go home to pick the kids up from school , or be with them in the evening . ’ |
| 51 | It dawned on him that he had not had a date for weeks , and his first one would be with her at the Edwardian Ball . |
| 52 | You may also need to help her to transfer to the list of your own general practitioner , if she and he are both agreeable to this ; and of course she must be assured that you , or some other member of the family will be with her on the actual day of the move or , if she wishes , take the responsibility of it off her shoulders completely . |
| 53 | Modigliani moved in to be with her for the last few days and at the end of November Jeanne entered the Nice Maternity Hospital . |
| 54 | Promised her he would be in touch , and to be with her for the birth of their baby . |
| 55 | If only he knew that no man could give her what he had — thirteen frantic days of excitement and sensuality that would be with her for the rest of her life . |
| 56 | She did not believe that she could bring Scathach back to life , but he could at least be with her in the fortress as she made her journey into the first forest , as she went in search of whatever it was that had ensnared Harry , made him a prisoner in Old Forbidden Place . |
| 57 | This whole thing was a nightmare , a sea monster inextricably wrapped around her limbs which would be with her until the day she died . |
| 58 | ‘ He had three years with John Edwards , but we bought him back for 5,600gns a year last June and he will be with me for the rest of his days . ’ |
| 59 | I remembered the monster 's promise to be with me on the night of my wedding . |
| 60 | I have a deep affection for you , a yearning that will be with me till the day I die . ’ |