Example sentences of "to be [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a while there I thought we were going to be up the creek without a paddle . ’ |
| 2 | Because of the political situation , the ferry route had to be up the west coast of Africa . |
| 3 | Normally playing seated amphitheaters , our audience and the Mary Chain 's tend to be up the back on the lawns . |
| 4 | Our last patrol before Christmas was to be up the East coast to Buckie where we would leave the ship and travel home by train . |
| 5 | It was his father , Colin Cauldhame , who got the cordite from the ship-breaking yard there used to be down the coast . |
| 6 | I remember asking on the shop floor of a division , the board of which had been reduced from fifteen to four , what the major difference was This was not because the fifteen previous board members had felt to be down the line , and was told , to my surprise , that the biggest difference was that they now knew what was going on . |