Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said three flights that I 've been on in the last fortnight . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 3 | ARABELLA ASHLEY ( Portrait painters photographs , page 144 ) and her dog and best friend Clem , have been together for the last four years photographing features for Harpers & Queen . |
| 4 | You are welcome to call me at home on if you want to discuss this , but note that I am away between the 3rd-19th April . |
| 5 | ‘ No one knows what I 've been through in the last 12 months , ’ he said . |
| 6 | What we 've been through in the last few years has brought us a lot closer , and that 's part of the reason I 'm getting out of the rat race of international cricket … certainly for a few years , anyway . |
| 7 | Chairman John McBaine , passing sentence , labelled it a ‘ tragic case ’ , adding it was difficult to realise what suffering Lee had been through in the last few months . |
| 8 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 9 | She 's been away for the last week or so |
| 10 | Football , and Oxford United are through to the second round of the Coca-Cola cup . |
| 11 | Four of our sides are through to the second round … and Hereford have a chance to make a name for themselves here … first division teams do n't play until the third round … |
| 12 | In the Famous Crouse Coronation Foursomes Medal , Mrs. S. Meredith and Mrs. B. Halsey are through to the next round . |
| 13 | Swindon Town are through to the third round of the Coca Cola Cup after a nine-two aggregate win over Torquay … and tonight Oxford United will be trying to join them but they 've got to win at Aston Villa … |
| 14 | Keegan said : ‘ I 've told players that if they are not in the first team here they can always impress somebody else . ’ |
| 15 | We 're on to the next area now are n't we ? |
| 16 | In rugby we 're down to the last eight … in the Pilkington Cup … which means Gloucester are two matches away from Twickenham … they 've got a game on their hands tomorrow though … away to first division leaders Orrell |
| 17 | But you can see , you can see already that the production rate is no where near good enough to meet the programme and if it 's only on the first part of the seventh floor , bearing in mind we 've got to be working on three floors at the same time , we 're only on the first part of the seventh floor and already we 've got overlaps on day Granted , it 's a major problem . |
| 18 | Well they 're just like the first one . |
| 19 | She treats us to her speciality sad gaze to camera , so we can see that rather society 's collapsing or her piles are hurting , and then we 're off to the next item . |
| 20 | And then they 're off to the next one . |
| 21 | ‘ They 're both on the second floor now . |
| 22 | We 're up on the third floor here . |
| 23 | We 're now in the second stage — the establishment of democratic institutions . |
| 24 | I think we 're now in the third phase , where women are expected to have a job , but at the same time to look after the family and keep themselves alluring to men . |
| 25 | Older people are always among the first to be made redundant and to retire prematurely yet there is no evidence to show ‘ that redundancy or early retirement are seriously associated with health or any general tendency for workers to become less productive with age . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
| 27 | Although they are not competing this year , Tatra trucks are usually among the first home in the gruelling Paris-Dakar rally . |
| 28 | ‘ The Four Marys ’ , for example , are still in the 3rd Form of St Elmos , and despite new haircuts for them and their arch enemy Mabel , remain the same . |
| 29 | They are still in the first flush of passion . |
| 30 | If one says that they are both in the second row you will know they are on the two n's of nomen . |