Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the trick of a successful television documentary is to make each comment delivered within it sound spontaneous : they are rarely anything of the sort . |
| 2 | I am not one for the bright lights . |
| 3 | It is one of many ancient Egyptian obelisks to be found all over the civilised world : in Paris and Istanbul as well as London — Rome has a dozen of them — although there are still plenty on the banks of the Nile . |
| 4 | It 's probably just as well I have n't been near you for the last week . |
| 5 | He then goes on to declare that ‘ as the pain and sickness caused by manna are confessedly nothing but the effects of its operation on the stomach ’ , so sweetness and whiteness are ‘ but the effects of the operations of manna by the motion , size , and figure of its particles on the eyes and palate ’ . |
| 6 | Well it certainly is , and we think that we 've had an examin of our co , examination of the constitution , we 've made a number of changes , but the task for Labour now is to press on with the issues of looking at our policies , and making sure that our economic policy and our social policy a actually meets the changes that are out their in the world . |
| 7 | I 'm not someone with the gift of the gab , though , and I do n't have that sort of charm . |
| 8 | Its a pity we ca n't get any body else , er , to be here what with the flu and , in it ? |
| 9 | Right , things are on hold though with assessments are n't they at the moment , cos they |
| 10 | Aye , cos they 're quite high are n't they at the back , them Fords ai n't they ? |
| 11 | ‘ Why are n't we with the rest of the craft ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why are n't we on the train ? ’ |
| 13 | are n't we at the moment ? |
| 14 | Why are n't you at the Wharfmaster 's office ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why — why are n't you at the party ? ’ she asked tremulously , her thought processes shattered by shock , as she registered the formal pale grey suit he was wearing , the immaculate white shirt and grey and maroon tie . |
| 16 | ‘ Why are n't you at the Brooksby plant ? ’ she demanded to know . |
| 17 | we 're talking about three six are n't you at the end of the day that 's what they 're trying to apply for . |
| 18 | ‘ Are n't you on the council-house waiting list then ? ’ |
| 19 | I doubt Mr can be included in that because he 's on the A C C , are n't you on the A C C committee for this ? |
| 20 | Erm then for of our administration well Celia really you should report Well you are saying it later on in your report are n't you about the administration skills course ? |
| 21 | ‘ But … are n't you from the Ex-Prisoners ’ Assistance ? |
| 22 | Jack said to me , ‘ Are n't you in the Bobby Burns Club ? ’ |
| 23 | Do people obvi obviously there are virtually everyone at the flats , was in a is in a poor situation |
| 24 | They were not themselves in the dock . |
| 25 | What about Liverpool the other night , they were lucky were n't they in the |
| 26 | Probably a British businessman with enough money to go romping off to America on some tax-deductible crusade — heavens you were n't anybody in the Sixties if you could n't to that twice a year . ’ |
| 27 | Were n't you at the village concert ? " |
| 28 | ‘ Why were n't you in the corridor with the door open , waiting ? ’ he asked . |
| 29 | During the last year I have played in several fun competitions most of these were what was called Texas scrambles they are where everybody in the team hits a ball off the tee then where the best shot lands everybody plays their shot from that position this happens until the ball is in the hole the winning team is the team in with the lowest score . |
| 30 | There 's only one in the bloody phone book ! |