Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | been in the garden last week , about |
2 | I am writing direct to say I hope we may meet when you are in the UK next month , and sorry I am you were too busy to manage even a few words on the ‘ phone earlier this week . |
3 | All the powder paints are in the cupboard next to the sink in that room . |
4 | As I 'm in the room next door to your present patient , you 'll appreciate my difficulty . ’ |
5 | ‘ If Ally McCoist , Ian Durrant and Paul McStay had been born bambinos instead of bairns , they would all now be in the Italian first division and commanding the same prices . |
6 | Benin was there , though , always preferring to be in the car first . |
7 | You could not be in the room next to mine , but you were in the same city , coming towards me , turning the corner of the square , entering the same street ! |
8 | It seems that a passer-by had spotted a naked man frolicking on the balcony — who happened to be in the room next door — and somewhere along the line a case of mistaken identity occurred . |
9 | Simpkin will be better able to gauge how good Hong Kong 's chances will be at the September 19th-26th Asian Championship in Seoul by their performance in internationals against the Americans ( April 18th in San Francisco ) and the Russians ( early September ) . |
10 | The menus are on the table next door . ’ |
11 | TWO Northern companies were in the limelight last week as Tyne Tees Television recommended to its shareholders that they accept merger proposals with Yorkshire TV . |
12 | Ron Skates , president and chief executive officer of Data General Corp and senior vice president , Tom West , were in the UK last week to bolster the company 's bid for a share of the UK Home Office 's Unix System Environment — House 2 — contract for open systems hardware , which is worth up to £100m split between three suppliers . |
13 | As yet it has nothing to offer ICL users who want to retain their VMS look and feels , but BBC president , David Pikcilingis , and director of marketing , Edward Gaudet were in the UK last week to try and convince ICL there is a market for VMS emulation software on the company 's Unix-based hardware — and to lend BBC some DRS machines to port to . |
14 | ‘ And you , Master Daunbey , were in the chamber next to him , ’ Lady Carey retorted . |
15 | FOUR remand prisoners were on the run last night after they attacked prison officers and jumped handcuffed through a smashed window of a moving coach . |
16 | FOUR remand prisoners were on the run last night after they attacked prison officers and jumped handcuffed through the smashed window of a moving coach . |
17 | Four men were on the run last night after smashing their way with a sledgehammer into Harper 's jeweller 's shop in Montpelier Parade , Harrogate . |
18 | FIVE prisoners being tried in connection with the Strangeways riot were on the run last night after escaping from a court . |
19 | SHARES in the Savoy Hotel group were on the move last night , fuelled by bid talk . |
20 | ‘ I hear you were on the box last night , ’ said small , cheerful voices in Dyson 's ear . |
21 | Yeah , but you were at the school last year , you had things to do . |
22 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
23 | ‘ But all I needed to do was look at the support I got from the club and the fans when we were at the bottom last season . |
24 | The large swimming pool with extensive sun terraces are across the road next to the lake . |
25 | He should have been at the airport last evening to see Elsa Lawrence and her children off and the casket . |
26 | We ’ ve a Central South girl to follow she 's Lynn Gibson from Oxford who 's off the blocks first in our action round-up |
27 | It 's in the minutes last time . |
28 | It 's very big and cos he 's in the office next door . |
29 | I worked at Butlin 's in the kitchens first . |
30 | And we 're gon na be , he 's on the earlies next week , and the following week . |