Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ To be cultured ’ , it is imagined , is to be rather like a pearl , understated , refined and in the best possible taste . |
2 | The shops which they visit most frequently are likely to be within about a mile of their home . |
3 | MIX and Max with Mel and you could be on to a video winner as we give away more than £2,500worth of Gibson tapes . |
4 | The company seems to be on to a winner — at least in theory . |
5 | But , he argued , the Bank would be on to a winner once it started collecting , and selling , 12 tonnes of paper per week . |
6 | Black jeans and white cords , we 'll see if you 're right , it 's gon na be on in a minute . |
7 | Oh it 'll be on in a minute Sue . |
8 | It 'll be on in a bit , Col. |
9 | And this awareness should not be merely as a result of receiving more ideas from others ( although that is important ) ; teachers should not , any more than students , be the objects of a pure " banking " education . |
10 | ‘ Yon lawn in t'front must be all on a couple o' acres , ’ stated Jonadab . |
11 | £82 may not be much to a Cabinet Minister , but it is a fortune to many of our clients . |
12 | Mr Ramsay added ‘ This year it looks as though cereal prices will be much on a par with last year and on top of that farmers will receive the area compensatory payments . |
13 | I mean you would n't wan na pay no be only worth a fiver to cut it , to them it 's not worth |
14 | But it would be only for a time and she had been thinking of asking the queen-dowager for permission to leave sanctuary and visit her mother . |
15 | The proviso , which provides that the grant or provisional grant of a new licence shall be only by a majority vote is difficult to reconcile with s. 17 , which provides that applications for new grants shall be refused if certain grounds are established . |
16 | The place would be less like a fridge by now if you had . ’ |
17 | If you know thre 's somewhere you can stay , that you can be together as a family , it 's the most important thing . |
18 | When the coach started to roll I said , " Well , I guess we 'll be together for a while . " |
19 | To buy a brand new PA system costs a lot of money for a single person , and as a group it is a huge risk as we are still at school ( lower 6th ) and do not wish to spend that sort of money when we can not guarantee we will still be together in a week , let alone a year 's time . |
20 | Now that has come to pass , I think everyone is gearing back down and it will be down for a couple of years before it goes back up ; it just seems to go back and forth . |
21 | Most international staff in Sarajevo would be evacuated because the risks of staying on were too great , Mr Land said , adding : ‘ We 'll be down to a skeleton staff by the weekend . ’ |
22 | Most international staff in Sarajevo would be evacuated because the risks of staying on were too great , Mr Land said , adding : ‘ We 'll be down to a skeleton staff by the weekend . ’ |
23 | Previously I 've written songs about all these other subjects which personally affect me , but now I 'm thirtysomething and it may be down to a need to find out about and rationalise my environment , but these songs about Wales seem to be appearing . ’ |
24 | Business come mid-afternoon will be down to a trickle as people head home to watch the F.A . |
25 | She sa Mick said fetch tape down , so I says alright , I 'll be down in a bit . |
26 | ‘ Tell Isaac I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
27 | ‘ Is that you ? ’ she says drowsily ; then , without waiting for an answer , ‘ I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
28 | I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
29 | ‘ Get on with it , Will , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll be down in a minute , got to see to my mam . ’ |
30 | I 'll be down in a minute . |