Example sentences of "be [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The others went in the car and when I arrived on the bike a little later they 'd been down the 51 steps to the house and found it like the Marie Celeste , everything open , radio playing but no-one around . |
| 2 | Why should we be worried anyhow : the longer it take everyone to realise we 're back the more victories we will pile up . |
| 3 | I did n't know he 'd even been out the first time . |
| 4 | The widow 's suit looked brand-new and Wexford could n't help wondering if she had actually been out the previous afternoon to buy it . |
| 5 | They all seemed to be down the after ballast compartment so I called down something like , " Come on lads , " I 've got my seizure , what about yours ? " |
| 6 | So it means it 's not Ah so it means it 's got to be up the top end . |
| 7 | They know what to write and how to write , and if they do not they will be out the front door before they can pick up their hats and coats . |
| 8 | This is perfectly true and he thought he 'd be back the same day and he was n't . |
| 9 | Léonie and Thérèse were down the other end , putting on their boots . |
| 10 | Did you check their tenancy agreement , because it was a pretty Machiavellian , Dickensian tenancy agreement , if you 're found smoking in bed for example , you were out the next morning , those sort of things , and I think you really ought to look at that very carefully . |
| 11 | When both of us were back the new arrangements would come into full working . |
| 12 | The Swedes were moved out , but were back the following day . |
| 13 | As for the residents , they know just where they like to be and that 's down the local pub . |
| 14 | ‘ Players who whack someone when the play is up the other end of the field are cowards . |
| 15 | So you be up the second division next year ? |
| 16 | Usually , but not always , the ball of the slip indicator is out the other way . |
| 17 | ‘ I hear the constable was down the other day , if you do n't mind me saying so , ’ Mrs Clamp said , and coughed politely . |
| 18 | ‘ Last time I went ter the pictures it was up the Grand picture 'ouse in Grange Road . |
| 19 | One umpire was up the other end , the other was too busy controlling his refractory pony to watch what Randy was up to . |
| 20 | Everything depended on the weather and if your luck was out the hired man 's time could be up and not much hay in . |