Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although section 25 , as re-enacted , no longer required the court to attempt to place the parties in the financial position they would have been in had the marriage not broken down , it did not , in her Ladyship 's judgment , circumscribe the court 's discretion so as to limit it to providing for the wife to become self-sufficient . |
| 2 | They will seek to put the innocent party , so far as possible , in the position he would have been in had the contract been performed . |
| 3 | This would put the vendor in a better position than it would have otherwise been in had the sale not taken place . |
| 4 | I mean I have gone to the trouble , I have been in to see the planning officer that 's dealing with it , erm I 've written to every single member of the planning committee , I 've written to the Environmental Health who have written back to me saying they offer no objections and there because the smell wo n't be a problem so I 've written them back another stinking letter and saying well erm |
| 5 | our son had been in to check the house |
| 6 | Tonight Joyce Carey and Graham Payne are in to see the show . |
| 7 | He said , ‘ You 're down to lay the table in a few minutes . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We 're off to see the wizard on a magical mystery tour ! ’ the Doctor announced , and while Benny was trying to untangle the references from mid-twentieth-century popular culture , he strode out of the room . |
| 9 | We 're off to see the wizard ! |
| 10 | We 're off to see the lizard |
| 11 | ‘ We 're out to dispel the myth of cold English houses with poor food , ’ grins Pauline . |
| 12 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
| 13 | They 're about to form the basis of a sofa . |
| 14 | They 're about to form the basis of a sofa . |
| 15 | ‘ Suppose it comes up just when we 're about to sign the Agreement ? |
| 16 | Imagine then you 're out , you 're in Wolverhampton , and you 're about to cross the street , and round the corner comes a big lorry . |
| 17 | In the ‘ apocalyptic discourse ’ of Mark 13 , Jesus promises the disciples that in the coming days when they are out preaching the gospel , they will be put on the spot time and again when arrested and unjustly accused . |
| 18 | Police are out to stop the East Cleveland bike thieves , who stole 500 cycles worth £75,000 last year . |
| 19 | The Echo Memories investigation team has been out scouring the countryside , unearthing hitherto forgotten bridges at Girsby ( built 1870 by Theophanic Blackett , according to a tombstone nearby ) and at Eryholme ( a magnificent span built by one TW in 1909 ) . |
| 20 | Or that London bobbies were too often to be found whispering sweet nothings to kitchen maids , and tucking into pastries in servants ' quarters on foggy nights , when they should have been out walking the beat . |
| 21 | whether the individual will be in to receive the pack . |
| 22 | Mrs Marjorie Yaxlee , cousin on his father 's side , would be in to do the cooking round six . |
| 23 | I 'm off to watch the Battle . |
| 24 | " Actually , I 'm off to join the search party . |
| 25 | I 'm off to get the lorry then . |
| 26 | If it 's fine tomorrow I 'd like to be up to catch the tide . |
| 27 | In ordinary clothes , you feel you should be up running the house again . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm out spreading the word . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm out spreading the word . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll just speak to the bigger ones , then I 'll be back to ring the doctor . ’ |