Example sentences of "be [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | That would be like looking underneath the world to see Atlas ' shoulders holding it up . |
| 32 | It would be like knitting in the middle of a giant car park . |
| 33 | It was supposed to be like going Over the Top , but it felt more like a gang of reluctant schoolboys setting out on a cross-country run with only the prospect of a quick smoke round the back of the bike sheds to sustain them . |
| 34 | For Ryedale York tomorrow it will be like walking into the lions ' den . |
| 35 | ‘ Would that be from lying on the hall floor with yer nose under the door ? ’ |
| 36 | Thank God he does n't know where she lives here cos he 'll be round knocking on the door . |
| 37 | These advisers are more likely to be accountants , rather than lawyers whose principal role in this respect is likely to be in advising on the interpretation of the statutory provisions rather than on the financial state of the companies which the information reveals . |
| 38 | At London & Country Mortgages ( 0800 373300 ) , the mortgage broking subsidiary of Chase de Vere , Philip Cartwright predicts that most mortgage business will continue to be in remortgaging through the winter . |
| 39 | They 're as unique as it is possible to be without splitting at the seams . |
| 40 | Another route to a part-time job might be by looking at the cards in newsagents ' windows , or asking as your local Job Centre or office of Professional and Executive Recruitment , addresses of which will be in your local Yellow Pages . |
| 41 | All shades of opinion are generally represented — some well beyond the pale , others so ‘ colourful ’ that they are beyond inflicting on the magazine 's readers . |
| 42 | Her whole concentration had been on getting to the airport as quickly as possible . |
| 43 | I think er , the good times are over judging by the way the |
| 44 | Now one commentator I believe it was the the foreman mason involved in the building of Skerrymor described the landing on the rock as being like climbing up the side of a bottle . |
| 45 | Do you remember whereabouts in the order you were in getting into the flat ? |
| 46 | The 25 workers at Julie 's company Ranzau were in mourning at the office in Milton Keynes yesterday . |
| 47 | The past few months have proved how effective we are at fighting for the British people . |
| 48 | For a somewhat less biased view of the global scene it 's worth sending for the latest Report on the State of World Population from the UN 's Fund for Population Activities ( 485 , Lexington Ave . |
| 49 | If you 're planning to move house , it 's worth knowing about the Home Arranger service offered by the Leeds Permanent Building Society . |
| 50 | And they know everybody who 's worth knowing in the househunting jungle — which makes them the ideal people to recruit the rest of your team . |
| 51 | then it 's worth looking at the idea . |
| 52 | Er , we have been in er organising these new seats , about the same time as the Labour government took in nineteen seventy eight , er I said that when I intervened upon him and I say it again it 's worth paying on the records , exactly the same pressures have been on us as were as on them . |
| 53 | Convert or sceptic , the philosphy seems to be if it works for you , it 's worth paying for the privilege . |
| 54 | Er now I I would expect , I do n't know whether it 's worth talking about the general principle that we 're talking about different routes here and as i understand , the purpose today was to talk about the need for relief roads and I would expect at some future date , at a public enquiry when er I 'm defending er the outer blue er the outer northern route , to defend why that was chosen as opposed to an inner northern route and not rely upon the key diagram in the structure plan and the stars that are shown on there . |
| 55 | I think it 's worth checking with the company concerned , but where caustic soda has been used , it leaves a whitish residue , and this should be washed off with clean water , then the wood allowed to dry . |
| 56 | Equally , however , it should be recognised that some writing is about communicating with the outside world and having a say in that world . |
| 57 | ‘ Selling is about getting on the telephone , ’ Brown says , ‘ and using a variety of techniques involving charm , bullying and whatever else you can muster . |
| 58 | White Lies … in contrast , is about lying in the daylight . |
| 59 | Friendship is about caring for the other person , respecting the other person , sharing your interests with the other person , enjoying just being with the other person — but not about suffocating the other person with big slobbering kisses ! |
| 60 | That that 's for going in the swimming pool with her |