Example sentences of "be [adv prt] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the five Moroccans had been down the Nfis and verbal information gleaned had been contradictory . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're up the creek because we do n't know where to go from here . ’ |
| 3 | He will have learnt from Iacocca , pursued excellence , been up the organization and spent one minute as a manager . |
| 4 | No and what 's happened is , he 's been up the bank and er the thing has |
| 5 | He 's been out the car and locked me in it . |
| 6 | Well we 'll try and get some erm we 'll look down , the next time I 'm down the library and look and see if they 've got any Enid Blyton because that might just be a way in . |
| 7 | Just as we saw a few weeks ago Zaccheus was , er , between him being up the tree and hitting the ground , that man was converted . |
| 8 | little duck who was out the water and there 's a piece of bread , honest to god this big thing come running over like this and she come running down to me like mummy a big duck 's coming after you , they 're coming |
| 9 | And er the aerial was out the window and up the side of the tower . |