Example sentences of "[vb base] be [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean he 's such a good son in law to me , he really is , I mean he , he , he 'll help Pete with any thing , especially when they lived here , he 'll help Peter with any thing and erm , he 's very , very good to Deb , he get 's in after a days work , he does the shopping and housework , look 's after the cats which he does n't particularly like |
| 2 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 3 | Well the , the er the Guilds I can speak now because I 've been up to a higher level , I 've been on the section and Birmingham is a very big area . |
| 4 | How come the Europeans accept musicians who 've been around for a while , but we British just pour scorn on them as has-beens ? |
| 5 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
| 6 | Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ? |
| 7 | Maybe we 've just misunderstood , even though we 've been around for a long time , my own trades council in Battersea and Wandsworth celebrated its hundredth anniversary this year . |
| 8 | She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom . |
| 9 | Like , say they 've been out on a run and there 's a call , they say they ca n't go out because they 're not in uniform and are all sweaty ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 27 ) . |
| 10 | Well fancy being a like that all that time it 's bad enough when you 've been out on a binge and you get that headache then . |
| 11 | It 's ages since we 've been out for a drink together , ’ Laura enthused . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television . |
| 14 | ‘ In view of your opinion of me , it wo n't surprise you to know that I 've been out with a couple of the other men from the station over the past week , ’ Maria volunteered stormily , halting and then swinging round to face him again . |
| 15 | You 've been off for a while . |
| 16 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 18 | Lowe ball-nuts have been around for a while and they are one of the best devices of this sort that I have used so far . |
| 19 | Pension funds have been around for a century or more , but their modern form was set in 1950 when Charles Wilson , then president of General Motors , set up a fund for his workers . |
| 20 | As W Somerset Maugham once pointed out , short stories have been around for a long time . |
| 21 | 3D spreadsheets have been around for a while , but have tended to be rather cumbersome to use . |
| 22 | They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 . |
| 23 | Artificial pitches have been around for a long time , and this was particularly well illustrated in Holland , where they were rolling out their red shale-type material and putting coconut matting over it 40 years ago . |
| 24 | ‘ Those who have been around for a while and waited on an international chance tend to appreciate it all the more when one arrives , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I have been out with a couple of people , but I ca n't see myself with anybody else but Keith . |
| 26 | Many people who have been out for a number of years have friends and lovers who have died or may die . |
| 27 | My sisters have been along to a couple of events , and Mum and Dad watch my performances on television , as well as videos of my races . |
| 28 | Oh I see , they have been about for a while . |