Example sentences of "be [prep] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody has been through fur twenty-four hours and the telephone to Chilete , the last village before the summit , is out of action . |
| 2 | Such stones , I am told , are worth between two hundred and fifty dollars and three hundred dollars a carat . |
| 3 | Yes Chairer er I think Vince 's report is a very fair summary of the er the the issues which face us erm truth is , is what we 've been as in this proposed consortium which no doubt will go through with it 's most of the reforms of the N H S despite the er consultation mechanism which they 've gone through you know , but largely these are beforehand given the unaccountable of the N H S management ! |
| 4 | So that where we 're at at this point in time . |
| 5 | Wycliffe tried to recall what his own daughter had been like at twenty , which was not so very long ago . |
| 6 | I said you know what she 's been like with this young girl at college you thought |
| 7 | £ But I think to give us perhaps a more vivid idea of what it must have been like for ordinary people , these are 3 houses in St Aldate 's that do n't exist any more , they 're down more-or-less where the police station is , erm and we do know exactly who lived there , and who was actually there during the war . |
| 8 | Anyone who has romantic ideas of what it must have been like for great women and men to be filled with God 's Spirit should think again if the story of Mary is anything to go by . |
| 9 | To be greeted by complete strangers with instant derision was a sobering experience , and it vividly reminded me of what it must have been like for those first black people , in the eighteenth century , walking the streets of England freely . |
| 10 | ‘ And imagine what it must have been like before all those modern office ‘ towers ’ were built to dwarf it — especially if you happened to be a traitor . |
| 11 | It is difficult to say what her speech would have been like in 1960 when she first arrived in London . |
| 12 | In the temple he launched another violent attack , punctuated with the ritual curse , seven times repeated , ‘ Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! ’ , including this devastating metaphor : ‘ for ye are like unto whited sepulchres , which indeed appear beautiful outward , but are within full of dead men 's bones , and of all uncleanness ’ . |
| 13 | Because when he 's in there his wage packets are like minus fifteen pounds when he 's in there ! |
| 14 | It may be important to carry out a preliminary field research exercise to identify : who are the " relevant population " and what they are like in general terms ; what type of research method will prove most cost-effective ; what should be the structure and content of the questionnaire , and how researchers should use it ; how the information collected is to be collated and classified . |
| 15 | Let me see what these eggs are like round this corner . |
| 16 | But do we achieve any understanding of what their two different Gods are like from this conflict ? |
| 17 | ‘ She has n't been in at all this week . ’ |
| 18 | Er children are n't brought up in the same maternal way as they are in in this country , and many other countries . |
| 19 | It 's like the re , most latest ones have been from like six years ago . |
| 20 | Taking the present bullion value of gold as 400 dollars , the ducat or florin would be worth in present British money about £30 . |
| 21 | They then agree with the dealer how much it will be worth in two years ' time , which is the optional final purchase payment . |
| 22 | You will be buying at far less than it will be worth in 1996 or 1997 , when the inevitable upturn means you will see a big capital appreciation . ’ |
| 23 | She could be as in either . |
| 24 | Endotoxin from different organisms although it may be of of different potency has essentially the same biological effects . |
| 25 | I counted only six white workers in the factory , half of which seemed to be of below average intelligence . |
| 26 | The children taught by ‘ Natural Aurilism ’ need to be trained from a very early age and seem to need to be of above average intelligence , have involved parents and trained staff . |
| 27 | You know what I 'm like with those things . ’ |
| 28 | Well you know what I 'm like with those |
| 29 | Talk over the way you feel with your husband ; imagine what life would be like with another child and think about the advantages and disadvantages . |
| 30 | I du n no what I 'll be like at seven o'clock tonight . |