Example sentences of "be [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a number of nurseries are selling plants derived from these strains and the lustrous , almost eyeless Cowichans are worth looking out for . |
| 2 | We believe that at least partial answers to these questions will emerge later in this book — we shall certainly return to them — but a few brief comments are worth setting down before closing the present chapter . |
| 3 | But some of them they do put on I do n't think are worth putting on at all ! |
| 4 | It is interesting to note that some Muslim schools are considering opting out of local authority control and offering separate provision . |
| 5 | I presume it 's seen from the wards that 're behind looking down into this courtyard . |
| 6 | A vote for Labour is a class vote and a barometer of how confident workers are in fighting back against the system of which Blackburn talks . |
| 7 | National Savings income bonds might just be worth hanging on to at 11.75 per cent if you are a non-taxpayer . |
| 8 | It may be worth pointing out to new customers who prove reluctant to pay on time that the keenly competitive rates being charged on the haulage contract can only be maintained if customers settle promptly . |
| 9 | To be worth singling out for special attention , a semantic relation needs to be at least systematic , in the sense that it recurs in a number of pairs or sets of related lexical units ( it will be recalled that the expression lexical unit is used to refer to a lexical form together with a single distinguished sense ) . |
| 10 | Er , we 've got all packed in for I mean that might be worth putting back on . |
| 11 | One practical point that might be worth talking over during the consultation process is whether there are any alternative posts for which you are suitable . |
| 12 | If you have any doubts about your ability to fix a burst pipe , a storm-damaged roof , or a boiler that does on the blink , it may be worth signing up for Homercare , the new 24-hour emergency repair and assistance service from Europ Assistance . |
| 13 | In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with ! |
| 14 | Mr McLeish said : ‘ At a time of deepening recession , it 's absolute folly to be considering cutting back on key public expenditure . |
| 15 | ‘ At a time of deepening recession , it 's absolute folly to be considering cutting back on key public expenditure . ’ |
| 16 | It must be like looking back through primitive blown glass . |
| 17 | Not wearing a shellsuit at Center Parcs would be like running out on the pitch at Wembley in a dinner jacket . |
| 18 | It 's got to be like cuddling up to a cushion as well as doing that terrible , animal thing . |
| 19 | A Chambers colleague remarked on seeing it that it must be like driving around in a Smartie . |
| 20 | ‘ Quite a few friends were starting families at that time and they were having real problems sorting out childcare , and I decided I 'd like to look at what opportunities there were for setting up in that field . ’ |
| 21 | Intimation had been received during the previous year that they were considering paying over to the Official Trustee of Charitable Funds the sum of £12,000 , the interest on which would be sufficient to maintain their endowment of £300 . |
| 22 | Those next four weeks were like lying out in no-man's-land . |
| 23 | If he gave Lee the torch , he 'd let Jack and everyone else know where they were by mucking around with it , and if he did n't let him have it , he 'd most likely give them both away by having a scene . |
| 24 | See if it 's worth shelling out for ( £3.99 cassette , £5.99 disk ) in the lettuce-chewing ZZAP ! review next ish ! |
| 25 | The path follows the road out of Port Isaac and at the top it 's worth glancing back for a final look at this fascinating place . |
| 26 | It 's worth shopping around for one a few years old , after the initial sharp depreciation ( which can be as much as 70% over three years ) has levelled . |
| 27 | The guide prices indicated are the manufacturers ' recommended retail prices — it 's worth shopping around for the best buy . |
| 28 | Half the stuff on the album is about growing up in Birmingham in the '70s but half of it is about '90s subjects like ‘ Livin' On The Streets ’ and ‘ Fish And Chips ’ , which is about going to clubs . |
| 29 | Will the Secretary of State accept that there are those of us who have never made the point that trust status is about opting out of the national health service , but have said that it is about local accountability and the views of local people ? |
| 30 | This piece is about coming out in Dublin in the early seventies . |