Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | This technique has been around as a possibility for these machines for years , dating right back to the very early 1970s and the S42 , or ‘ peg-board ’ machines . |
| 3 | Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form . |
| 4 | Europe has been around for a few thousand years and to be the first European under ten seconds … well ! |
| 5 | The Ox has been around for a couple of months , but the new host of the Tips Clinic is Dr Butcher . |
| 6 | Hypnosis has been around for a long , long time . |
| 7 | Just such a product has been introduced into the UK , although it has been around for a while in the US , under the generic name InteSoft . |
| 8 | the idea of making a boat like this has been around for a lkong time . |
| 9 | litre turbocharged engine , a revamped version of the Ford diesel unit which has been around for a few years . |
| 10 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 11 | Sharpe has been down with a calf strain this week but he trained yesterday and does not look in danger . |
| 12 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 13 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 14 | He thought and then said easily , " She was wondering whether there was a chance he might ask for a transfer now that Howarth has been in post a year . |
| 15 | They claim that employers are unlikely to consider anyone who has been out of a job for so long . |
| 16 | The record has been out for a couple of years , and it 's called ‘ Electric Counterpoint ’ . |
| 17 | The Great Britain half-back has been out for a month with strained stomach muscles . |
| 18 | FX has been out for a while first on Sun Sparc 's and Hewett-Packard Co 9000/400s last December , then on DECstation 5000s and HP 700s in January and finally on IBM 6000s in July . |
| 19 | The sun has been out for a while after straining hard through moody skies and my skin is warming . |
| 20 | The Yorkshire captain has been out with a broken finger since the opening day of the championship season and it was thought he would not be fit until next week . |
| 21 | ORIGINALLY ON the German Rough Mix label and now sensibly picked up by Sheffield 's Warp label , this one 's been around for a while now and has been described as potentially the next Gat Decor . |
| 22 | The current version is 9.0 version 99 , so it 's been around for a while ! |
| 23 | The problem 's been around for a long time , but what 's new is that in an age when women are releasing themselves from stereotypical roles of submission , it 's the men still locked into emotionally repressive macho fantasies who are having all the problems . |
| 24 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
| 25 | I mean surely that is a subject that 's been around for a hundred years ? |
| 26 | Not since he 's been back for a week . |
| 27 | You see , some girl 's been out for a drink , or to a disco , met a fella , the fella invites her back , she goes , and things go a bit further than she intended . |
| 28 | He explains : ‘ It may look like a poor run for a player of Neil 's calibre , but he 's been out with a hamstring problem for much of the time . |
| 29 | It 's been out on a Christmas LP , among lots of other songs , every year for six years running . |
| 30 | and er if Paul has had a phone call from one of these woman then he 's been off like a shot ! |