Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There is one other point I 'd just like because yo you 've been on about Labour controlled Councils .
2 It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round .
3 New works by her are on at American Fine Arts from 6 to 27 March ) while Michael St John , also smitten with folks from ‘ toon town , paints cartoon characters in the act of doing double takes against vast white backgrounds ( at Amy Lipton until the end of the month ) .
4 After a 1992 high of 181p the shares have been in near constant retreat , hitting a low of 83.5p before recovering to yesterday 's suspension price of 129p .
5 IF charities are concerned because sales of their Christmas cards are down on previous years , they have only themselves to blame .
6 He suggested that in the days before his election Yeltsin had had to clarify and adjust his policy on a number of key issues , but commented : " If he is playing political games , then perhaps we are in for difficult times . "
7 Erm the speakers on the samples are either bilingual or bi-dialectal and erm the dialects listed are in between standard American English and the eastern Kentucky sub-dialect of Appalachian English .
8 Things like , it was us who set up the Benefits Unit in the Town Centre , you know , we , it was considered that you know we as a neutral policy team are in without departmental buyers rather than political buyers , that 's a joke , erm , would be the best people to erm , er set up this unit , we do n't have any less interest , the benefit 's , the benefit 's felt within the housing department with with the introduction of Poll Tax and the Poll Tax benefit , it was n't clear where that could go , so we were the people who had to sort that out .
9 However , this approach was not as successful as that implemented in probeorder , in that where the map and hybridisation data are in in serious conflict the contigs generated will be a poor compromise between the two .
10 Muldoon nervously introduced the plan , saying that as Fred Klepner had been over on special assignment from Detroit to help Mark in the final preparation of the Plan and the presentation , he would hand over to Fred and let him take the committee through the proposals .
11 Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out .
12 ‘ The radio says we 're in for heavy showers , ’ Aunt Becky glooms .
13 ‘ You 're in with young Sunil .
14 WE 'RE OFF TO EURO DISNEY
15 Right , so after twenty seconds they 're up to full speed , and flat out , erm they 're at forty five degrees .
16 We 're up to local radio and television today , if today is as good as yesterday was , I think you 'll all enjoy it .
17 ‘ We 're out of ginger-nut biscuits , ’ she said severely .
18 After supper ( we 're back to normal ) Caliban handed me The Catcher in the Rye and said , I 've read it .
19 And for the disabled , for a short while , you 're back on equal terms with life .
20 Talking of exotic locations , our lucky fashion department have been off to colourful Morocco , to see how they got on turn to page 37 .
21 This year , two further developments are up for environmental honours — Northumberland Village in Whitley Bay and The Paddocks near Hull .
22 The Reptilons plan to take over the Earth , and the bimbos are up for nasty experimental surgery .
23 As always , the Liberals try to have it both ways , but they are up against canny farmers .
24 Barratt had been up to Tilberthwaite to see for himself the likely value of Knott 's sett on the Muncaster estate land there and he considered it to be a worthwhile proposition having seen , as he put it , " good bunches of ore under water " .
25 We have still not been given any kind of direct word , we 've not been back in direct communication with them .
26 Those who are out for good times race but we lesser mortals chat and laugh , banter and encourage .
27 Currently , 130 accounts billing £297m are out for tender .
28 Knives are out for top bosses
29 All 96 staff are out on unofficial strike .
30 His concern is that they are out of political control .
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