Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WALLPAPER king George Carpenter knows this column covers everything : he 's been on about his latest water polo exploits . |
| 2 | I 've been on at my husband to get a fitted carpet in this room because this lino drives me mad . |
| 3 | ‘ It is the greatest up after the lowest down — it is the biggest rollercoaster I have been on in my life . ’ |
| 4 | Lucy , who has 13 grandchildren and two great grandsons , added : ‘ I have already been down to my flat and have had a laugh with my friends . |
| 5 | He made it sound like we 've been our for a , you know , a romantic candle lit dinner and , you know , and we 'd just been down to his study for God 's sake ! |
| 6 | Hereford have been down on their luck . |
| 7 | Hunt had recently been down on his luck and one day , whilst trying to interest publishers in his drawings , had been walking the streets with a portfolio under his arm when a taxi drew up with Francis Bacon inside . |
| 8 | I had been down in my pantry working through the supplies sheets , when I had heard somewhere above my head the unmistakable sounds of motor cars pulling up in the courtyard . |
| 9 | With her enchanting grin , which had , sadly , not been much in evidence of late , she added , ‘ I expect Sheila from down the road had been in with her ‘ Mr Sheen ’ … ’ |
| 10 | In the first place he had been in to his office and delayed their departure until after lunch . |
| 11 | She addressed Lizzie now , saying , ‘ Have you been in to your mother ? ’ |
| 12 | Jackie had had that all done and then I would have been in for my cup of tea . |
| 13 | It was typical of the places she had been in during her Psychopomp days . |
| 14 | It was the most terrible place she had ever been in in her life . |
| 15 | WHAT do post-Empire Maharajahs do when they are down on their luck after a lifetime of strutting around India showing off their public school educations ? |
| 16 | Examples of this are when we are down on our luck , have no money , are sick , misunderstood , in a corner or just feeling old . |
| 17 | My Lords I would like to speak amendments that are down in my name er I 've er got Amendments number seventeen and eighteen and numbers twenty-two er and number a hundred and twenty-five . |
| 18 | Use analysis of the situation you are in as your key tactic : ‘ I 've not been able to make my point . |
| 19 | ‘ Hope that even after all the anger and the pain you 've been through in your life , you 'll still be able to search your heart and realise I could never betray you . |
| 20 | We 're down to our last tumbler … |
| 21 | $3 You 're down to your last two imodium . |
| 22 | We 're down to your gun alone . |
| 23 | You 'll soon begin to feel like a million dollars even if you 're down to your last cent . |
| 24 | You 're not usually in , you 're down at your mum 's . |
| 25 | ‘ So , you 're off on your travels again . |
| 26 | An advanced Stealth Fighter that 's so fast , and deadly , it can be in and out of enemy airspace so fast they barely hear the sonic boom before they 're up to their necks in explosive ordnance . |
| 27 | ‘ They 're up to their eyeballs in balance sheets , especially with Postlethwaite looking over their shoulder , and wo n't even listen to me . ’ |
| 28 | They 're up to their ears in them because the wet summer has produced a glut … and forced prices to rock bottom . |
| 29 | On a bright February morning they 're up to their wellied ankles in mud and water , turning a formerly ignored site on the edge of heavy industry into a nature haven . |
| 30 | They 're up to their eyes in work . |