Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very handy , being so close to town , and as the Lock family are much of an age with our boys we had a very jolly time together . |
| 2 | Previously they have been in with an instructor or parent . |
| 3 | Point-to-point enthusiasts are in for an Easter treat this weekend with two meetings in the area — at Tweseldown on Saturday ( first race 1.30 ) and Hackwood Park , near Basingstoke , on Monday ( first race 2.00 ) . |
| 4 | Although they will grow on successfully when put out into the garden in spring or summer , the flowers you get in future years may well turn pink if you are not on an acid soil . |
| 5 | While you can only rely on issues raised in the statements that you exchange , and you must not mislead the court or the other side , you are not under an obligation to give your opponent notice of any weak points in your case . |
| 6 | Havvie and I are exactly of an age . |
| 7 | Now that you 're down to an average of 68 pages , why not run back up to 84 with the features that made you great . |
| 8 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 9 | We 're just by an inn now — the Half Moon — and I 'll go in and see if they 've got a conveyance of any sort . |
| 10 | ‘ And we 're not in an institution yet . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We 're here on an errand . |
| 12 | Just to get to , and er so we 've , we 're there for an hour or so , then we are going er the Y M C A at Lakeside |
| 13 | Wet brakes are always within an axle ; dry brakes may be internal or external . |
| 14 | ‘ So you are off on an escapade . |
| 15 | The ears are more like an extension of the eye , pointing where the action is , often flicking forwards , backwards , and even sideways , gathering sounds and information for the horse . |
| 16 | The cathedral cities of York and Lincoln are both within an hour 's drive . |
| 17 | We are also at an advantage in having a Data Protection Act , which is more use in practice than a vague bill of rights . |
| 18 | Farming days at Bullpot are also at an end . |
| 19 | One adviser , for instance , protested to Johnson on 28 July 1966 , " In short , we are up against an attitude of mind which , in effect , prefers that we take losses in the free world rather than the risks of confrontation . " |
| 20 | It 's 0700 on the 30 June and my body has already been up for an hour and run four miles . |
| 21 | No , I 've been up for an hour ! |
| 22 | Carl LLewellyn , who rode Party Politics to glory last year , is back in the saddle on Saturday even though he has been out with an injury . |
| 23 | What this means is that Christian Maronite domination of the Lebanese body politic appears to be effectively at an end . |
| 24 | But this access would be only to an interpretation translation at the lower level ( one in which there remains a one — many mapping of commands ) but not to an ( inscrutable ) compilation translation . |
| 25 | ‘ The sun will be down in an hour , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I 'll be along in an hour . ’ |
| 27 | It may be enough for an investment trust to tempt investors by describing the opportunity area in broad terms , and inasmuch as this temptation continues to work then the early investors can sell out at a profit to the later ones . |
| 28 | Moreover , it may not be enough for an employer to say " I 'm a wine merchant and my ex-employee is now working as a wine merchant and so I am entitled to enforce an express restriction " . |
| 29 | The Hancock Half Hours seemed to be finally at an end and both Ken and his public were ready for something in which ‘ Stop messing about ’ would mean something more than an admonition to an actor to concentrate on his script . |
| 30 | Well you might be home within an hour |