Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The required accommodation was a residence for a family of five and the new owner requested that the living accommodation should be on the first floor to take advantage of the splendid views to the west over the Cherwell Valley . |
| 2 | Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc . |
| 3 | ‘ This must be about the sixth glass of water you 've asked for . ’ |
| 4 | Since the play is by Shakespeare , the critical policy has been to assume the tragedy must be of the first stature and , therefore , the play would be written to support this revelation of interiority . |
| 5 | If asked to recall a date such a person will proceed by inference rather than by a direct introspective search , e.g. ‘ it can not be next week but it must be within the next month ’ or ‘ this kind of event is always on a Tuesday ’ and so on . |
| 6 | Multiplied together , these give the ( 2 × 4 ) submatrix at the top left in A. The vertical partition in B , after the third column , and the corresponding partition in C , which must be after the third row , merely divide each summation into two parts . |
| 7 | In this greater society " there must be in the first place a certain order of ranks between the chiefs of these particular ones . |
| 8 | It might be for the last time . ’ |
| 9 | In the distance he could hear the sound of water dripping and he kept a look out for puddles , holes , fallen beams or any other dangers that might be around the next corner . |
| 10 | Our Unix bigots initially thought these long-term investments might be among the first to go . |
| 11 | I did n't begin here , with you and Dad , I began with an unknown woman called Elaine , a girl really , and a father who is n't in New Zealand after all , but who might be in the next street , the next house . |
| 12 | I 'll be on the first flight on Sunday . |
| 13 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 14 | He 'll be on the tenth |
| 15 | You foul my pitch and you 'll be on the next plane back to Athens , whether Harry Lawrence was a friend of yours or not , whether that damns your record … |
| 16 | So these are not based , they they are similar , they 're not out of line but erm they I mean I do n't think that you can necessarily pick up from past exam papers what 'll be on the next . |
| 17 | I think I 'll be on the next plane , but erm what about prices because that , again looking from the point of view of the recession , people have been a bit hard pressed for cash . |
| 18 | and that 'll be for the next month |
| 19 | Oxford Cheetahs will be racing next season … the bad news it 'll be in the second division without the stars |
| 20 | Then Eddie said , ‘ You 'll be in the next shot so if you 'll slip into your rags we 'll … ’ |
| 21 | Hopefully that 'll be in the next week … ’ |
| 22 | I 'll be in the sixth form next term ! ’ |
| 23 | High Wycombe and Eccles could be earlier than the latter , as they are datable to before c. 175 A.D. , whereas it could be of the third century . |
| 24 | Consequently , it is not surprising to find that none of these mosaics is assignable , confidently , to a period before 330 ( or that all but no. 16 could be of the third quarter of the fourth century ) . |
| 25 | But Silverstone 's position as one of the world 's premier circuits could be on the last lap … |
| 26 | We could be on the last flight . ’ |
| 27 | But science was a better way to approach this Mystery than any dogmatic religion could be in the nineteenth century : ‘ We claim , and we shall wrest from theology , the entire domain of cosmological theory . ’ |
| 28 | In Nottingham the Hucknall and Robin Hood lines could be among the first to be ear-marked for sharing . |
| 29 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
| 30 | The Unionist fear is that we may be on the last verse of another . |