Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're about half-way down the mugs when we hear the front door go and someone on the stairs . |
| 2 | I 'm so far up the creek myself that when they throw the book at me it 'll be the whole library . |
| 3 | Technology for platforms other than the PowerPC appear to be even further down the line . |
| 4 | The so-called Main Force bombers from 5 and 6 Groups further north were usually later on the scene and were very heavily loaded with high explosives and incendiaries , and they came in for some real pastings . |
| 5 | They were now halfway down the passage . |
| 6 | Mr Bowstead says that location is quite far down the list of priorities for companies choosing a printer and that P&W is well to the fore in providing services such as pass-the-press which allows clients to check the product during the printing process . |
| 7 | Gus Dudgeon : ‘ I was sitting back in my office and the internal phone rang and it was Tony Visconti , whose office was literally just down the hall . |
| 8 | Ann was already half-way up the primitive stairway , a series of flat stones jutting out from the inner surface of the highest section of wall . |
| 9 | He was already half-way down the ladder when he shouted back at me , ‘ Do n't you want to come along , sister ? ’ |
| 10 | He was already halfway down the hall . |
| 11 | Who could say if Margaret was not better off a young widow , able yet to make a humbler and happier match ? |
| 12 | Eventually Neil was interviewed by a customs officer who , he says , ‘ Looked like Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks , but unlike him was as straight on the inside as he appeared on the outside . ’ |