Example sentences of "and [prep] [pers pn] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of support centres are spread around and between them is the support network . |
| 2 | Behind , beneath and about him are the oldest and dearest friends of the cause — whilst a liberated slave , now a delegate , is looking up to Clarkson with deep interest , and the hand of friendship is resting with affection on his arm , in fellowship and protection . |
| 3 | They darted back to their bunk and behind him was the sound of ripping paper . |
| 4 | Jimmy Magilton 's free kick against Derby … a real flyer … it 's night time its winter back with you here it 's summer and the early morning in the Australian outback … this is the stage for the solar challenge … and behind us is the longest racetrack in the world for cars … cars that run on sun power alone … driving for britain driving for a world first are a team of adventurers from Central South … this is their solar challenge … |
| 5 | Then sliding reluctantly over the ocean came a thunderous grey cloud , and under it was the crumpled , dark green lozenge of sulky Dominica . |
| 6 | And to the right and above them were the black floor and lighter awning and sides of the gallery , which contained three nervous men who had already let off their handguns at random . |
| 7 | The statues on the façade are by J. J. Bendl : his St Mary sits above the door , and above her is the Salvator Mundi flanked by Evangelists with SS Francis Xavier and Ignatius Loyola . |
| 8 | and in it was the word appreciation , now , he 'd probably seen the word before , but he did n't know the word |
| 9 | In the middle of the hut was another large flat stone which was used as a table , and on it was the bag the boy had been carrying . |
| 10 | Uncle Bill would perch me on the handlebars of his bicycle and we 'd spin along Lower Granton Road beside the railway lines , with engines and strings of wagons shunting dose to us and the engine-drivers shouting hello to Uncle Bill , and beyond them were the masts and funnels of ships in the harbour . |
| 11 | And beyond it was the darkness of the Clay . |
| 12 | Necessarily some favourites have been left out of the selection and among them are the two larger than life , cast stone sculptures by Wilhelm Lehmbruck — the ‘ Kneeling woman ’ of 1911 and the ‘ Standing youth ’ of 1913 ( two of the museum 's earliest acquisitions , by the way ) — which have always within living memory afforded a moment of tenuous serenity in the same room with Kokoschka 's simmering double portrait of the Tietzes and Max Beckmann 's horrific ‘ Departure ’ . |
| 13 | That there are risks associated with civil disobedience no one would deny , and among them is the risk of anarchy . |