Example sentences of "and be [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another remarked that once one had seen the ostriches ( he meant the ospreys at Loch Garten ) , the Aviemore Centre , and been up in the chair lift to Cairn Gorm there ‘ was n't anything else to do ’ . |
| 2 | If he 'd gone right down , he 'd have stuck in the mud , and been out of the tide . |
| 3 | ‘ The country is less broken farther on , so we should make better time tomorrow and be out of the hills the day after that . ’ |
| 4 | With luck Vic and Emily should be gone several hours , giving him ample time to search for evidence and be back at the white house long before they returned . |
| 5 | Somehow or other , she must get the cards to Mr Miller and be back to the surgery by two o'clock . |
| 6 | It was already nearly six o'clock , and I would n't be able to find a one-hour photo lab open anywhere that evening ; and I had to return to the Sheraton to collect my bag , and be back on the train by seven-thirty or soon after . |
| 7 | She thought perhaps that Eve might like to serve the breakfast in the refectory and clear away , and that she should also leave classes ten minutes before lunch and be back in the refectory to serve soup to the other students when they came in . |
| 8 | His plan was to wait until Pearman had left , and then creep up on the baker 's young wife , knock her unconscious with the cudgel , and be off with the takings . |
| 9 | So she went with the architect and he was wanting to show us this kind of and we were like , were cold and were back to the hotel , we did n't even go into the house . |
| 10 | and , who work in Risley 's Effluent Plant Projects Office , were quick off the mark in the second race and were back in the boat house long before the second boat , crewed by and , had completed the required four laps . |
| 11 | Matt is competing in Germany in the European Cup and is up with the leaders … |
| 12 | Simon Brain broke his leg for the second time in the welsh cup on wednesday and is out for the rest of the season … local youngster Paul Eversham will be given a chance to prove himself … |
| 13 | Nathan is now experienced enough to know that wet feet and the Arctic are a poor mix and is out of the hole like a rabbit . |
| 14 | Wasps hooker Kevin Dunn has not recovered from a bruised shoulder and is out of the tie at Rosslyn Park . |
| 15 | LIVERPOOL midfield star Ronnie Whelan has had a thigh operation and is out of the Republic of Ireland squad for the World Cup qualifying tie against European champions Denmark in Copenhagen on October 14 . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll say , ’ Ven snarled , and was over by the door , blocking out the light from the sitting-room when , ‘ I never did like my women that clinging ! ’ he barked brutally . |
| 17 | Looking round for Blackberry , he saw that he had left them and was up at the top of the pool , where the narrow beach tailed away into a gravel spit . |
| 18 | And with that he reined the mare 's head about and was off down the lane , brandishing the crop , significantly , above his shoulder . |
| 19 | He did a sprightly two-step , twirled , and was off across the lawn , shouting , ‘ Come on , Darken . |
| 20 | By the time he told her he must go , and was off to the Republic for a day or two , she was placated . |
| 21 | But when I needed a breath of air , or wished to explore Reine , and was out of the attic for an hour or so , leaving him alone there , he became depressed and even a little disagreeable . |
| 22 | She would n't speak to him and was out of the door in an instant . |
| 23 | Gus halted the Aston Martin at the doorway instead of driving straight on to the garage , and was out of the driving-seat like a greyhound out of a trap , to dart round to the passenger side and hand Charlotte out . |
| 24 | Dr Neil dropped her hand smartly , picked up his bags , and was out of the room in a flash . |
| 25 | He wrenched open the front door , and was out of the flat before Loretta could speak . |
| 26 | She put four mince pies in a little basket she 'd decorated earlier when she made the other table decorations , put on her coat and was out of the back door in a flash . |
| 27 | Then , on the eve of the second Test in Madras , Gooch had his infamous encounter with a poisonous prawn that laid him low for several days and was out of the match with diarrhoea and sickness that laid him low for several days . |
| 28 | Donald had forgotten to reset his alarm clock for Daylight Savings Time , and was out in the street at 5.30am : prime drug-dealing time . |
| 29 | I left school one day and was out in the fields muckspreading the next . |
| 30 | The pound lost over two cents against the dollar at $1.52 and was down against the mark . |