Example sentences of "[vb base] be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A picture as they say is worth a thousand words and so it was that on the afternoon unemployment broke through the three million barrier I chanced a glimpse of the private feelings of John Major . |
| 2 | LET is in a strong position . |
| 3 | B's remedy is against A alone . |
| 4 | Ooh I , I mean being in a right mess |
| 5 | We 've been through a lengthy process of planning in paper , and production of lengthy community care plans , very much fine words and aspirations , we now need to bring er , er , the future means , especially in the context of resource constraint , means actually bringing the money alongside the proposals . |
| 6 | You ca n't help worrying when you 've been through a bad time , but do share your anxieties with your family , and with your doctor , who should be able to reassure you . |
| 7 | Well you 've been through a mad , I mean |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been to a Beamish museum |
| 10 | And you know we 've been to a few caravans |
| 11 | I said so I 've been to a local firm and he said well if you 'd wanted a job we could 've found you one , so I went to the Co-op and I went in the credit , working in the Co-op credit and er went from there to . |
| 12 | Well we 've never been this place before , but we 've been on a similar do . |
| 13 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 14 | Well I , when I come back from Stop Hill when I 've been on a long shift till five o'clock , I 'm whacked because their bungalow is so warm |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , and the reason we 've got no morals is that for a long time ( 150 years ) we 've been at a loose end . ' |
| 16 | we 'll see , they 've been outside a little while , so |
| 17 | There must be armies of males squirming uncomfortably at the breakfast table , feeling they 've been in a similar movie . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been in a dark place , ’ he murmured . |
| 19 | But some times when I when people tell me that they 've been in a certain environment . |
| 20 | What I mean by that is , when you get back to your branches , you will go onto further training programmes in branch training , developing your practice training , so each branch will vary how they sort of co-ordinate this , but let's say , we 've been in a few months now , and twice a week we 've got to go in for training . |
| 21 | For some time we 've been in a false position and our two games against Birmingham have confirmed this . |
| 22 | You 've been in a bad mood all day . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been like a little kid . |
| 24 | In fact , he is one of the best professionals I have ever played with — and I 've been around a few years ! ’ |
| 25 | The rate I require is as a small trader . |
| 26 | With the limited resources available at our disposal we have not been able to build too many expert systems and most of these have been on a small scale . |
| 27 | THE TWO eldest sons of the managing director of Kuwait Shipbuilding and Repairyard Company [ KSRC ] — a joint venture between the Kuwait Oil Company and Wood Group engineering Contractors — have been on a three-week fact-finding visit to Wood Group . |
| 28 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 29 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 30 | Of these four have been on a surgical waiting list for a median f 9.5 months ( range five to 14 ) . |