Example sentences of "to [be] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once the kids arrive , then everything changes — now I know I want to be around for a very long time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You may as well accept that he 's going to be around for a while — until he finally accepts that the club 's not for sale . |
| 3 | In that case , we want to be around for the big money in the fourth , fifth and sixth records . |
| 4 | But if you were old enough to be around at the time , reactions like ‘ Well , of course , the political circumstances were such that … ’ , and ‘ Yes , I have to admit I took offence to that ’ are more likely , and cause one to take a more considered and less dogmatic view . |
| 5 | In all three areas the mammals that happened to be around at the start fanned out in evolution , and produced a specialist for each trade which , in many cases , came to bear a remarkable resemblance to the corresponding specialist in the other two areas . |
| 6 | MVS is still supreme in IBM 's view and expected to be around through the decade as a leader . |
| 7 | ‘ I plan to be around over the next few weeks while we get this new image launched , and we expect you to be very visible . |
| 8 | That has begun shipping to members , and SAG optimistically expects products complying to the specification to be around by the end of year . |
| 9 | The primitive mammals that happened to be around in the three areas when the dinosaurs more or less simultaneously vacated the great life trades , were all rather small and insignificant , probably nocturnal , previously overshadowed and overpowered by the dinosaurs . |
| 10 | The company seems to be on to a winner — at least in theory . |
| 11 | You sure seem to be on to a good thing with this Walter Machin [ the letter said ] . |
| 12 | I have access to a low-level formatting program , were the drive to be on of the MFM type , but the information on the outside of the casing does n't include the numbers of heads and cylinders . |
| 13 | Dave Sims opened Northampton up and prop Andy Deacon bulldozed through to score what could well turn out to be on of the most important tries of the season … |
| 14 | General Pershing is the one to be on at the big race . |
| 15 | Erm y'know erm it 's also erm perhaps interesting the way things have er have shifted you know in the last decade or so , like that thing that erm used to be on in the seventies , It Ai n't Half Hot Mum , with um a number of people pretending to be Indians and and exhibiting all the stereotypes y'know it ai n't half racist mum is probably more erm er in fact there was a book called It Ai n't Half Racist Mum that er Leicester University library had er y'know going on about exactly that you know the sort of y'know racism of comedy . |
| 16 | That way , I think that some land might become available , but it would have to be up to the planners to be more flexible . |
| 17 | To fit everything in here you have to be up for an early breakfast . |
| 18 | I honestly believe that because they 're certainly not strong enough erm to be up with the top boys , well they 're not going to disgrace themselves having said that , as I said before , the League 's pretty well evened out , but I think they 'll be at the lower part rather than the top part . |
| 19 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 20 | And you had to walk home , go to bed , and set your alarm , and you had to be up at the court at 10 a.m . |
| 21 | For that you have to be up against the real thing . |
| 22 | Reality was to be up against the enemy and the clock , with lives at stake . |
| 23 | ‘ Most of the er , dastardly Huns , I think you call them in this time period , seem to be up by the door to the General 's office which , according to Benny , is also a quicker route out . |
| 24 | It was wonderful to be up in the air and to feel the air swishing past his face . |
| 25 | So far as I can see , unless there are fundamental changes in the British economy , the recession ai n't going to be over for a considerable time because the economy is in such a state . |
| 26 | CHESTER 'S tuberculosis scare appears to be over as the first results of tests on 500 children were released yesterday . |
| 27 | Bush has pledged cooperation until Clinton 's inauguration on January 20 and seemed almost relieved to be through with a vicious campaign . |
| 28 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 29 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 30 | The bond which had drawn them so close before Angel 's birth was strong and sometimes Sarah longed to be back for a brief time in that dilapidated house in Stone Alley , free of the sanctimonious atmosphere of the rectory , until she remembered Maggie was n't there any more either . |