Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
| 2 | I suspect , though , there can be no doubt about which side she would have been on in the public debate about fox-hunting prompted by last week 's Private Member 's Bill . |
| 3 | You definitely are on along the right lines . |
| 4 | ‘ We have been down to the bare bones before . |
| 5 | Could they have been in with the real Communist underground ? ’ |
| 6 | The British emerged from their wars against Louis XIV in a calmer flame of mind than they had been in during the disturbed and excited seventeenth century . |
| 7 | I 'm trying to find out what sort of emotional state your daughter has been in over the past six months . |
| 8 | A third are down to the thermal imaging capability . |
| 9 | All that has long since changed and , while talent can still win the day , both fields are down to the hard graft of making money . |
| 10 | At the time of this Report , knitters ' order intake volumes for Autumn 1993 are down on the previous year , in part as retailers delay ordering and in part reflecting recessionary conditions in key export markets in Europe and Japan . |
| 11 | Instead of presenting a strong , clear answer to this misconception , many Christians show that their defences are down at the very place where modern unbelief is most devastating . |
| 12 | Although members are down in the senior section a greatly improved atmosphere now exists . |
| 13 | Although members are down in the senior section a greatly improved atmosphere now exists . |
| 14 | It 's nice to have new owners who do n't think we are down among the dead men . ’ |
| 15 | We are in for the long-term benefits which imply a long-term strategy and involvement ’ . |
| 16 | The players gave En Shao his required speed , demonstrating what fine form they are in despite the financial problems which have clouded the organisation of late . |
| 17 | That is correct , and the privatised noses are in among the privatised silver , getting the benefit . |
| 18 | I am over at the big house within a couple of minutes , kilt on , best sporran and carrying the bagpipes , and prepared for anything . |
| 19 | She knew that her presence and unwavering support was as important to the outcome as all the physical and psychological preparation that Lennox had been through in the past few months . |
| 20 | But mostly it was directed towards herself , and whatever it was in her that seemed to respond to some call given out by the least suitable of men ; despite what she 'd been through in the past couple of years she appeared to have learned precisely nothing . |
| 21 | Henley rowers Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent are through to the coxless pairs finals in the Olympics . |
| 22 | You 're on about the old King George ! |
| 23 | Erm investment banking and fine china in the market circumstances er performed well , erm although they 're down on the previous year . |
| 24 | And most of us do that , and that is the situation that we 're in at the present time . |
| 25 | Well , that 's good if it 's working well , it 's working well , but here , if you 're here , say for a late afternoon meeting or something , and you 're wondering what these screaming bells are , they 're the night bells , and you can pick them up by picking up your handset and pressing 8 and that is it , and you 're through to the outside world . |
| 26 | Today we 're off to the charming isle of St Lucia where our winner and a friend will enjoy seven nights at the Le Sport Hotel , full board in a private air-conditioned room . |
| 27 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 28 | Where are you then , yeah , but , you 're up in the high |
| 29 | where are one , we 're up in the high are n't we ? |
| 30 | We 've got a number of good pension funds that ordinary working people can join , but the issue that has come about since compulsory competitive tendering privatization is those members that 've been in pension funds for maybe twenty , twenty five years now they 're out on the open job market with the wonderful privatized world that we live in , with a free market , and they ca n't afford to make adequate pension provision for themselves . |