Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm me and Colin are settling down a lot compared to what we were five year ago . |
| 2 | Another squint through the net curtains showed Cunningham being pushed up a ramp in the direction of the reception area . |
| 3 | SUNDERLAND manager Malcolm Crosby is lining up a late assault on the promotion play-off places in the New Year . |
| 4 | Barcelona-based multimedia developer BSI Multimedia SA is setting up a new division to specialise in Unix and OS/2 products . |
| 5 | Tony Asmar 's lined up a couple of people in Beirut to shoot some pictures for us near the airport . |
| 6 | Here Barnett is opening up a whole store of perceptions , aims , and criticisms which marked out important features of the class relationship in the period ( and which were also relevant to age relations ) , such as the alleged pauperization of self-respect among the poor ; their grasping of excitement ; and the superiority of middle-class culture which made contact between the classes so crucial . |
| 7 | Trimdon Village WMC is putting on a super show with no cover charge on Tuesday March 31 with top comedian Bob Ritchie and award winning duo Inseparable . |
| 8 | Advised by her accountant father and the increasingly influential Terry Blamey , Kylie is mapping out a career path that will ensure that she is no her-today-gone-tomorrow pop package . |
| 9 | EVIL Tom Courtney was thrown down a flight of stairs after being confronted by angry fellow prisoners , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 10 | Corbett was led down a maze of corridors and into a chamber where the Prince of Wales and Gaveston , both white-faced and sober , stood waiting to receive him . |
| 11 | Touchmaster are bringing out a range of software designed specifically for use with their tablet ; games and educational programs in the main but the real proof of success will come if independent software houses decide to support it . |
| 12 | * South Korea and Russia are to carry out a joint survey to assess the damage caused by Soviet dumping of radioactive waste in the Sea of Japan . |
| 13 | Russell Reynolds were to take on a not dissimilar problem when their London office headhunted Ian McGregor for British Steel in 1980 . |
| 14 | A 15-YEAR campaign to have a new civic centre built in Lisburn is taking on a new urgency . |
| 15 | And a Teesside Development Corporation spokeswoman said the UDC is carrying out a traffic study of the problematical Hartington Road interchange . |
| 16 | To pursue that vision Mr Levin is giving up a lot : after Toshiba , ITOCHU and US West , Time Warner is left with just 63% of TWE , which produces more than two-thirds of the group 's cash flow . |
| 17 | Reformist government ministers used the press revelations to support their claims that Khasbulatov was building up a power base . |
| 18 | STRIKER Paul Wilkinson is beating out a message that England boss Graham Taylor may find increasingly difficult to ignore . |
| 19 | SSL is building up a collection of databases on CD-ROM ( compact disc read-only memory ) in business , scientific and technical subjects . |
| 20 | A moment later , having leapt the gate , Samuel Taylor Coleridge was bounding down a pathless field towards them . |
| 21 | When she turned round Penry was holding out a pair of unused white shoelaces . |
| 22 | ‘ In terms of Colosseum , I was required to hold everything in its place , because Jon Hiseman was drumming up a storm , being very busy , as was Gary Moore on guitar and , to an extent , Don Airey on keyboards . |
| 23 | Reaching the end of the main corridor they climbed out of the cart and Endill was led down a shorter corridor where they turned left , then right , along another with squeaky floorboards . |
| 24 | STRASBOURG are sorting out a new deal for Northern Ireland winger Michael Hughes — even though the Larne man has two years of his current contract remaining . |
| 25 | We understand Liverpool and Everton have jumped to the head of the queue and Liverpool are weighing up a 2 million-plus bid . |
| 26 | Down below , in the gallery below him and Hasan , the Husayn twins and Khan were dancing round a case stuffed with priceless porcelain . |
| 27 | The Habitat Directive would seek to improve this situation , but sadly the UK is kicking up a fuss about the depth of the proposal , which simply wishes to preserve our natural heritage . |
| 28 | In the campaign of February 1910 Mr Punch is peering down a well . |
| 29 | And Bechtel is setting up a joint venture with Kiewit that is looking at projects in 15 states and outlays of up to $1 billion . |
| 30 | The distributor Azed Bücher in Basle is setting up a new English-language department , and plans its launch into this area on 1st April . |