Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Am I on the right line there ? |
2 | ‘ Why am I on the wrong side of this stone ? ’ she whispered . |
3 | ‘ Am I in the same room ? ’ she asked . |
4 | My thoughts this evening are much centred on Bishop Harris as he prepares to lay down the ministry which has been his for the past 14 years . |
5 | One friend has explained how , in a conversation in which she was lamenting the cost of electricity , Eliot asked her in a confidential manner , " Are you on the domestic tariff ? " |
6 | Are you in the warm woods in the south ? |
7 | How certain are you in the first place that it 's a scentmaker ? ’ |
8 | ‘ I said to the grave digger , in conversation with him , ‘ Look , are you in the right plot ? ’ and his answer was the priest told him to dig the grave opposite Patrick 's but when he came along he 'd seen there was already a burial there , who was the sister Annie , but had seen this vacant plot next door , so he had dug the vacant one . |
9 | 16th ( last in series ) , Life in the Balance : How removed are we from the natural world ? |
10 | Are we in the right area ? |
11 | Are we in the wrong jobs ? |
12 | The nameplate Preston Guild which can be yours for the highest bid . |
13 | Upon arrival at Aberdeen Airport your COMPLIMENTARY CAR will be awaiting you … and will be yours for the entire weekend to use as you please . |
14 | One day it could be you in the same position ’ . |
15 | Shifting this sense of entitlement , making distinctions between parents suspected of abuse and parents who are not , are crucial issues for feminists — be they in the voluntary or statutory sectors . |
16 | I used to help with sticking the the er money onto the well this used to take about , you know , an hour all these kids did n't know what two pence was , did n't know what twenty pence was and ten pence and fifty pence and then we , they were in go about groups of seven and we get all this done then it would be assembly , then it 'll be games and then that 'll be it for the whole morning ! |
17 | It wo n't be us at the next E I P , but are n't you inventing the same problem |
18 | Finally , chalet holidays , and in particular upmarket ones : are they worth the extra cost ? |
19 | Are they on the next aisle ? |
20 | How satisfied are they with the various parts of the criminal justice process ( policing , trial , and sentence ) and why do they feel this way ? |
21 | Penny Kiley discovers some unusual Fab Four tracks one of which is barking mad Exotic Beatles but are they in the wrong groove ? … |
22 | Are they in the top oven ? |
23 | ‘ How long were you at the High School ? ’ |
24 | Where were you for the first eight ? |
25 | And there were you in the next bedroom , you and Arthur . |
26 | Were we on the right track at all ? |
27 | ‘ Were they on the same side of the path as the moor gate ? ’ 'Yes . |
28 | Donna chewed her lip contemplatively as she read , forced to run her index finger beneath the words , so jumbled and irregularly formed were they on the faded page . |
29 | Other signalmen had similar stories to tell and some refused to work the box , so frightened were they of the strange events . |
30 | What were they like the two the maids , were they young girls ? |