Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 3 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 4 | I think we are on to a loser with this one , but good luck … |
| 5 | All I can say on that is that , as regards the delivery of patient care in the areas from which we have received trust applications , we are on to a winner . |
| 6 | With our high standard of food and a quality presentation , we are on to a winner and the school has been very impressed so far . ’ |
| 7 | If er , scientists and his team works on a , or think they are on to a discovery or something that needs researching , can get , the necessary funding , office , or firms that they benefit , say this in the previous paragraph , that 's fine , but to concentrate on topics which are I do n't think that happens . |
| 8 | No we 're not putting any more films on Aaron cartoons are on in a minute |
| 9 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 10 | Sharpe has been down with a calf strain this week but he trained yesterday and does not look in danger . |
| 11 | I 've never been in on a Friday afternoon because erm |
| 12 | Wassall must have been in with a chance of winning the £10,000 first prize because he was the fifth fastest qualifier , with a time of 11.92sec for the 100 metres . |
| 13 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 14 | But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter . |
| 15 | He thought and then said easily , " She was wondering whether there was a chance he might ask for a transfer now that Howarth has been in post a year . |
| 16 | My sisters have been along to a couple of events , and Mum and Dad watch my performances on television , as well as videos of my races . |
| 17 | They are down to a pair of Bananaramas after the departure of Jacqui O'Sullivan . |
| 18 | If the match at the County Ground is anywhere near as fast and lose as the game at London Road , then the Swindon fans are in for a thriller . |
| 19 | Developers that have yet to see Intel Corp 's P5 microprocessor are in for a shock , because judging by intelligence gleaned by Computer Reseller News in Asia , the new part bears little resemblance to the commodity microprocessors that power tens of millions of personal computers . |
| 20 | HOT-BLOODED men beating a path to the Liverpool Playhouse for the return of the Raving Beauties are in for a shock if they expect Paula Wilcox to reveal all in the adults only show . |
| 21 | WEDDING CAKES AND CULTURAL HISTORY by Simon R. Charsley Routledge , £30 ; £9.99 THOSE of you who could not put down Rites of Marrying : the Wedding Industry in Scotland are in for a treat : now you can have your cake . |
| 22 | Sun lovers are in for a treat , too . |
| 23 | Now Amiga owners are in for a treat with Mindscape 's home computer version of the Nintendo toads . |
| 24 | WHILE SNES players are in for a treat with Super Mario Kart , sadly the same can not be said for NES owners , with their Christmas Mario offering , Mario and Yoshi — a game which takes the form of a puzzle startlingly similar to the classic Tetris . |
| 25 | Maurice Sendak fans are in for a treat . |
| 26 | With Joey , Phillip McCallen , Mike Edwards , Alan Irwin , Ian Simpson , Brian Reid , Ian King and Jim Moodie all on Hondas , the fans are in for a treat . |
| 27 | But fans of his macho Dylan in Beverly Hills , are in for a surprise . |
| 28 | In Britain , archaeology has thrown a great deal of light on the Dark Ages : but British students , when they turn to the ninth-century Continent , are in for a disappointment , for relatively little has been done . |
| 29 | And many people think the Chinese are in for a disappointment . |
| 30 | Some songs were adopted by other clubs — ‘ Aye , aye , Aye , McFaul is better than Yashin , Suddick is better than Eusebio and ( opposing team ) are in for a thrashing ’ springs to mind . |