Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |
2 | Sexual offences are down on the same period last year by 31pc . |
3 | The Portuguese , Greek and Italians are in on the same thing too . |
4 | erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away . |
5 | ‘ Meanwhile , until we know what the Kamalians are up to the more people we have on the job the better . |
6 | As it is , we are up on the same period last year , but sales through the till are down by nearly 8% . ’ |
7 | DON T BE MISLED , whether Socialists run in their true colours , or in an underhand way as ‘ Labour ’ or ‘ Cooperative ’ , they are out for the same end , and your only remedy is to VOTE THEM DOWN . |
8 | Booze companies fear that tobacco 's closest relation may be in for the same treatment : there have been rumours that a directive is being prepared . |
9 | and my , my , me and my brother are gon na be off at the same time |
10 | We stepped off the plane into warm balmy air , happy to be back amongst the many English and Maltese friends we have made here . |
11 | Erm , first of all , what if the abuser and the abused are around about the same age ? |
12 | No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves . |
13 | We were not alone in our dilemma , for all the other prahus in the fleet around us were up against the same deadline . |
14 | If that 's on at the same time as soccer , we 'll have two sets going . |
15 | Scotland Today is back at the same time on Monday . |
16 | Bear 's The Venging ( £4.99 ) is out at the same time in A format . |
17 | It 's round about it 's round about the same . |
18 | Anyway erm so erm you sometimes also find with family situations , let's suppose in some situations you have some you have a daughter in the household who 's being abused by say the father or step-father , maybe if there 's a brother once he gets old enough to start becoming interested in sex , in some cases , although he 's round about the same age as his sister , can be um as it were inducted into the into the cycle of abuse erm can actually start participating when the dynamic 's already there . |
19 | Oh well Morse was on at the same time . |
20 | Geoffrey Markham , the youngest Cumbermound boy , was up at the same time and they and the Bishop 's son , Thomas , formed something of a set . |
21 | The debtor was prima facie in the wrong and the creditor in the right , and it was up to the former to extricate himself from the charge to which he had laid himself open . |
22 | He even tried sneaking back to the library at night , thinking the Bookman might appear after dark , but had to stop this when he backed into Mr Crangle , who was up to the same thing . |
23 | It was back to the same old theme . |
24 | Here she felt lonely and depressed , as it seemed as if she 'd made no progress and was back in the same vicious circle again . |
25 | Just an hour later he was back in the same court to give evidence against three men accused of trying to murder him . |
26 | Daniele Audetto was out of the same mould as Luca , but his job was now infinitely more delicate and difficult . |
27 | I 'd come across that and used that intravenously and thought well I really enjoy this and at the time the people who I knew were breaking into chemists and things , they used to come across very powerful substances , diamorphine , crystallised cocaine , morphine , that whole range of opiates and also amphetamines , black bombers and all the rest of it and then opium became more available on the streets and it was round about the same price as cannabis was at the time … . |