Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |
| 2 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 3 | Sexual offences are down on the same period last year by 31pc . |
| 4 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 5 | The Portuguese , Greek and Italians are in on the same thing too . |
| 6 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
| 7 | You 're in for a few surprises . |
| 8 | erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away . |
| 9 | ‘ Meanwhile , until we know what the Kamalians are up to the more people we have on the job the better . |
| 10 | As it is , we are up on the same period last year , but sales through the till are down by nearly 8% . ’ |
| 11 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 12 | DON T BE MISLED , whether Socialists run in their true colours , or in an underhand way as ‘ Labour ’ or ‘ Cooperative ’ , they are out for the same end , and your only remedy is to VOTE THEM DOWN . |
| 13 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |
| 14 | After the mixed card on St Patrick 's Day we are back to an all National Hunt affair and the main race , the Sportsman Hunter Chase , may go to Bajan Blues who almost brought off the shock defeat of Matt Reid at the last meeting . |
| 15 | Gesner would be on in a few moments and then the thing would lift off . |
| 16 | Booze companies fear that tobacco 's closest relation may be in for the same treatment : there have been rumours that a directive is being prepared . |
| 17 | Coun Scott , who is also a Tory member of Darlington Council , said : ‘ The plans for the unit are proceeding as expected and we would expect the tender documents to be in within a few days . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Parkinson is with Sir Ewen in the big house , but he 'll be along in a few minutes , ’ Bob informed them after Maggie explained why she was there . |
| 19 | Wars had been fought before by the regular Army , and this one , it was supposed , would be the same : it would be over in a few months , it not weeks . |
| 20 | I just thought that the war would be fought far away , like the one in Abyssinia , and that it would be over in a few days , or weeks at the most . |
| 21 | and my , my , me and my brother are gon na be off at the same time |
| 22 | Can I please because I have to be off in a few minutes . |
| 23 | I 'm off for a few days again so i 'll be a bit quiet . |
| 24 | Recession has hit some towns harder than others , and Bookland branches reflected this in sales over the Christmas period ranging from 20% up to declines of 15%l ‘ Overall takings will be up by a few points , but volume will be very slightly down . ’ |
| 25 | According to Swayne , it is the creature 's habit to be out for no more than half an hour at night . ’ |
| 26 | The sweet williams would n't be out for a few days . |
| 27 | He was also ensuring that their first record , The Bride of Christ , would be out in a few weeks . |
| 28 | He 'll be out in a few years time . |
| 29 | We stepped off the plane into warm balmy air , happy to be back amongst the many English and Maltese friends we have made here . |
| 30 | I 'll be back in a few minutes . ’ |