Example sentences of "be [prep] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 've been through quite a lot of those and it 's it , the case does n't really stack up . |
| 2 | I 've been through quite a lot . |
| 3 | Once he had ( rightly ) rejected that argument , he treated the matter as one for the unfettered exercise of his discretion , in which W. 's views were merely a relatively unimportant factor , and expressed the view that his real choice was between the conflicting medical views of Dr. M. , the consultant psychiatrist in whose care W. had been for over a year , and Dr. G. , supported in the event by Dr. D. , another consultant psychiatrist with specialist experience in the field of anorexia nervosa . |
| 4 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 5 | Have been for over a week . |
| 6 | Only by now there were n't any more southbound stages and there had n't been for over a week . |
| 7 | There was no details on the vouchers as to how much they are worth just a note saying that vouchers must be redeemed before 12 on the matchday . |
| 8 | He remains a major shareholder , but his shares are worth only a fraction of their '84 value . |
| 9 | Although 20 per cent go out into the country once a week , the study showed that less than half of the population are monthly visitors and 80 per cent of visits are for only a day or less . |
| 10 | The more ambitious you are for how the magazine is to look , the more time-consuming and expensive your enterprise becomes . |
| 11 | The modern scientific debates are about how the changes came about , not about whether or not they happened . |
| 12 | Some of our assumptions are about how the brain is organized but others concern behaviour itself . |
| 13 | There have been times when the Church has persecuted even its own people who have held differing views . |
| 14 | Now I do n't know what they were worth and she was saying they must have been worth quite a bit cos they 're big detached solid houses are n't they ? |
| 15 | ‘ She takes her golf very seriously ; she told me her clubs are a matched set and I imagine they 're worth quite a lot of money . |
| 16 | We travel back and forth all the time between Canada and England , and my husband has been in nearly every country of the world on business . |
| 17 | ‘ I have never seen or heard since my knowledge of things , ’ wrote a British admiral in 1745 , ‘ that one of our ships alone , singly opposed to one of the enemy 's of equal force , has taken her , and I have been in almost every action and skirmish since the year 1718 , and yet we are daily boasting of the prowess of our Fleet . ’ |
| 18 | Jackie 's been in there a while , has she not ? |
| 19 | well its been in there a week |
| 20 | ‘ I am from near the Sukkariya , ’ the boy growled . |
| 21 | The authors are from both the manufacturer and user communities . |
| 22 | All this company background can help the analysts get a ‘ feel ’ for the organisation , particularly if they are from outside the company . |
| 23 | He does n't know any individual apart from the ones that are in there every day . ’ |
| 24 | We are in quite a mess to say the least . ’ |
| 25 | However , entrances and exits must also be dearly recognisable as such by their physical design so that all participants are in absolutely no doubt that different rules apply here for traffic behaviour ( Figure 4.7 ) . |
| 26 | And they say people using the footpath are in absolutely no danger . |
| 27 | My mother hovers on the brink of life , not knowing whether her heroic struggle will be worth even a fraction of the effort she expends . |
| 28 | They must be worth quite a bit — in America . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 're famous all over the Far East , so a story about how you kept a secret concubine in Taipei should be worth quite a bit . ’ |
| 30 | So you 'll be worth quite a bit dead ? |