Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funny thing was , he thought to himself , as he walked back to his own house , they might not have been after me at all . |
| 2 | and they are like me in that |
| 3 | Their mind is the mind of death They know it and do not know it And they are like me in that ( I know it and do not know it ) |
| 4 | ‘ You are like him in that respect ! ’ |
| 5 | The club and all its supporters send their deepest sympathy to Bobby 's family and friends and our thoughts are with them at this time . |
| 6 | ‘ Our thoughts are with her during this difficult time and we hope she gets better soon , ’ she said . |
| 7 | My thoughts are with you at this painful time , Kelly . |
| 8 | Been with me for many years . |
| 9 | And she 'd already been with me for several years before we met , so you felt that perhaps she knew me better than you did , and you hated that . ’ |
| 10 | To them he gave detailed care now as always : most had been with him for many years . |
| 11 | ‘ And , ’ Claire continued , confirming her misgivings , ‘ his heart is tied up with a woman , one who has been with him for many years now . ’ |
| 12 | Some had been with him on that night . |
| 13 | Ah , said Mr Healey , Enoch had been with him at that seminar in Florence he 'd mentioned . |
| 14 | She had her difficulties , too , or she would have been with him by this ; but she was as much the prisoner of circumstances as he , and could not well take ship until she had established a firm and safe regime for her young son . |
| 15 | Well I like my mum and dad here ( adoptive parents ) 'cause I 've been with them for some years , but there again , I like my own father as well ... we still think of him and would like to go and visit him . |
| 16 | He had been with them for some time ; two or three years before , he had told her that he did n't know where he had been born , or who his parents were . |
| 17 | During the past four years , and it really has only been with us for that long , desktop publishing has managed to get itself a fairly bad name among the professional graphics community . |
| 18 | Mr Chairman , the traffic problem has been with us for many years as our village existed before the motor car . |
| 19 | Well daddy was to have been with us for this was n't he , for this meal ? |
| 20 | ‘ Miss Sowerby , ’ Reid explained , ‘ has been with us for several years . |
| 21 | ‘ Mark , ’ she began , ‘ you 've been with us for some time . ’ |
| 22 | Most of these newer techniques of systems analysis and design have in fact been with us for some time , but were not brought together until the publication of the above texts . |
| 23 | We at Halpern and Woolf believe the recession has been with us for some months already ; the C B I takes the same view and they 're pressing for interest rate reductions now to restore business confidence . |
| 24 | As in all things , you have a team which has been with you for many years ? |
| 25 | ‘ Look , Dr. Briant , I 've been with you on this from the word go , you know I have . |
| 26 | But surely it would be worth it to any corgi worth his or her doggy bone , to be able to play alongside the ultimate corgi-owner — the Queen . |
| 27 | That all should dress as him and be as him in all ways of thought . |
| 28 | Erm I 'm with you on this trick and er treat thing . |
| 29 | Remember in the evening when your ‘ little horror ’ goes off to sleep that tomorrow you will be with them through all the trials and tribulations and can be there to soothe their pains and congratulate their achievements . |
| 30 | Mr McQueen , who would be with them for some weeks , was accompanied by one of the Macleods of Raasay to pilot them , Malcolm Macleod , aged sixty-two . |