Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he could find someone who had been through the mill as he had and then collaborate with them , great things were possible . |
| 2 | An example is the 1975 pay award in BR , which had already been through the RSNT when the Prime Minister Harold Wilson intervened to press management to resume negotiations and make a higher offer ( see ch. 9 ) . |
| 3 | Fifty thousand Palestinians have been through the prisons since the intifada began ; scores of Arab children have been shot dead . |
| 4 | Fifty thousand Palestinians have been through the prisons since the intifada began ; scores of Arab children have been shot dead . |
| 5 | It is interesting to speculate what the consequences would have been for the curriculum if his view had prevailed . |
| 6 | Could n't have been for the sex if Rose is to be believed , so must have wanted you for dinner . ’ |
| 7 | High-end drawing packages ( which cost hundreds of pounds ) are worth the expense if you work regularly with images and need to create complex or technical drawings . |
| 8 | Mountain Crash has been off the course since his Cottenham run , but may reappear in the Ladies ' Open , in which recent winners Easy Over , Royal Sting , Shedid and Takeover Bid are among a good entry . |
| 9 | Trainer Peter Beaumont is keen to get a run into the seven-year-old who has been off the track since narrowly going down to 40-1 shock winner Sibton Abbey last month . |
| 10 | Granville Again , an unlucky faller when poised to deliver his challenge in the race 12 months ago , has been off the track since he finished eight lengths third behind Mighty Mogul at Kempton over Christmas . |
| 11 | The illustrations are for the case when the game is played with the eight neighbouring sites ( the cells corresponding to the chess king 's move ) , and with one 's own site ( which is reasonable if the players are thought of as organized groups occupying territory ) . |
| 12 | Expressed one way , as we generally shall , they are of the form If a occurred , then even if any events or conditions logically consistent with a and b had also occurred , in place of those which did , b would still have occurred . |
| 13 | The point is instructive , but it would certainly be mistaken to suppose that all ordinary conditionals are of the form If P then Q and all other " if " statements of the form If P , Q. |
| 14 | ‘ You 're past the age when you can be forgiven for not holding your liquor . |
| 15 | ‘ They 're like The Eagles while we 're like Eddie & The Hot Rods … ‘ |
| 16 | Yeah , erm when we 're up the farm when er , after a few days we put the feed in them they smell . |
| 17 | They 're in the congregation so they naturally think of using the network . |
| 18 | You 're over the hill once you 're 20/30/40/50/60/70 . |
| 19 | ‘ Which means , ’ Trish said patiently , ‘ that we 're on the books until the party ends . |
| 20 | Well it is n't a lot , really , but I suppose it is when you 're on the gear 'cos you never get round to paying it off . |
| 21 | A. G. Griffith , Professor of Public Law , University of London , may have been near the mark when he wrote , ‘ In both capitalist and communist societies , the judiciary has naturally served the prevailing political and economic forces . |
| 22 | I told them in the club bar that it was all down to my carefully structured pre-season training programme , but after last season 's relegation I have n't been near the ground since April ! |
| 23 | After the hearing in the court Alison Draper , who lives near the station , said : ‘ Nearly all the people here are against the festival because of the trouble we had to put up with last year . |
| 24 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
| 25 | I have n't been into the room since Adolph died . |
| 26 | Ann says someone will tell us when she comes back , some are with the church cos I know there is a service on today and them ones downstairs from but Ann says they 're going away just later on so there 's no point in going down , mm , now is there ? |
| 27 | NOTHING more clearly illustrates how out of step the politicians are with the people than the latest survey on Europe . |
| 28 | He told the man that one woman had been with the nurse when she died , and had heard some secret from her . |
| 29 | ‘ Ian 's been with the Inspector since quarter past ten , ’ said Julia . |
| 30 | Colin Calderwood has been with the club since their fourth division days , but has yet to sign a new contract for next season . |