Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ignoring the 1 's , the centre pixel was then to be ON if the sum of 2 's exceeded the number of 0's , OFF if it was less . |
| 2 | The other should be on if the image includes a lamp post . |
| 3 | That 's the only way the pressure would be down and the leak with water you know , it had to be a water leak . |
| 4 | This is a very attractive position to be in and the firm would begin to expand very quickly , using more and more investment capital . |
| 5 | They promised her that the reign of terror would be over before the year was out . |
| 6 | It was hoped that , in present circumstances , the drawbridge would not be up nor the portcullis down , with the enemy army camped so close at hand , and its leaders no doubt either in the castle or lodged in houses in the town . |
| 7 | Well I 'd hardly be out if the door was n't locked when it 's dark . |
| 8 | Well , tell them I 'll be back whether the King wants me or not , We said we 'd take this damned city , and we 're going to . ’ |
| 9 | This meant that they would n't be back before the pubs closed , but I also knew that if they knew who I was going out with they would have locked me in . |
| 10 | " So you told her you were sick and now you 're going to sneak out , hoping that you 'll be back before the party is over . " |
| 11 | Jerry likes to be back before the light goes . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I might be back if the Barbarians invite me , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I mean … to be back where the attack happened . ’ |
| 14 | The boom in buying second homes in Europe has ended for the time being — the buyers wo n't be back until the UK economy recovers |
| 15 | The crows skulked away into the mist , chattering among themselves that they would be back when the Man had gone , and I hung there helpless . |
| 16 | I promised Dillon I 'd be around when the architect brings the plans for the new extension . ’ |
| 17 | Let's just consider the political problem though you have still got a problem selling it to a lot of MP s , if they 're listening to this interview and they are concluding , maybe rightly , maybe wrongly , that actually things are n't changing very much , and they may think they 've been sold a pup with these amendments , indeed I hear that some of them have had to be bought off , well , is it true that one of them was sent off to Peru on an on an election er supervision mission in order that he might not be around when the bill came up . |
| 18 | We 're all extending our overdrafts in the hope that we can stay in business long enough to be around when the upturn starts . |
| 19 | You might as well say yes to this , if you 're always going to be around when the machine reboots . |
| 20 | " I still want to be around when the house re-opens . " |
| 21 | ‘ It would be wrong for me to play in the Tests against Scotland and the All Blacks and captain the side and not be around when the guys go on tour . |
| 22 | If you know what the story or feature is to be about and the angle from which the producer or journalist is approaching it you will be able to be much more helpful . |
| 23 | ‘ She 'll be round before the evening 's out . ’ |