Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | not been on for ages . |
| 2 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
| 3 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 4 | Durham Cathedral 's restaurant was dubbed : ‘ The noisiest place I have ever been in with chairs falling over and crockery being rattled . ’ |
| 5 | I travelled the country well , I 've been in other authorities both labour controlled , been in to schools , been in old peoples homes , erm seen their roads , or driven over their roads , and I can assure you , that er in Lincolnshire . |
| 6 | And I saw a dear little shed that someone had made into a craft shop , and the woman said no one had been in for ages , and was n't she pleased to see me … ’ |
| 7 | Several dogs have been in for boosters and there 's a bitch to be spayed tomorrow . |
| 8 | Arriving , triumphant , in Ulm in the late afternoon , I had within half an hour found the worst hotel I had been in in years , with the modest staff and a parking ticket to boot . |
| 9 | Somerfield small prawns are down from Pounds 3.65 to £2.89 . |
| 10 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 11 | Ooh can I just mention while we 're while we 're on about tables , well we 're not really on about it , but can I just mention it . |
| 12 | Looking round the table she added , ‘ While we 're on about weddings , Aah might as well say that Aah 'm going ti marry Tobias . |
| 13 | They 're on about Neighbours . |
| 14 | now we 're on to matters arising . |
| 15 | Fireman , we 're on to firemen now , what , why do policemen , what do policemen go to the houses for ? |
| 16 | We have a a weird system how it works , and I 've got my hands tied behind my back erm if you 're on with fasteners you ca n't use Power Tools . |
| 17 | Meantime , of course , we 're down on boarders as a result . ’ |
| 18 | It might be that they 're in under promotions team . |
| 19 | If you 're in for drugs , they pull your clothes off , tell you to turn round and do all sorts of things to you . |
| 20 | When you want to make a call , you just speak your code to wake up the phone , say ‘ Dial ’ , tell it the number you want , say ‘ Send ’ and you 're through in seconds . |
| 21 | If the word , son , there , you the decide , sing child if you feel more comfortable with that , you 're up in arms . |
| 22 | Because they are one of the worst ones if they bought er a Land Rover or any any British make , Oh oh look at the shoddy British , they 're crying they 're up in arms and they 're doing exactly the same thing now . |
| 23 | What do they say , they 're up in arms ? |
| 24 | I have got two children and I 'm hoping to go to college when my youngest daughter is three cos I ca n't get her , ca n't go until she is three cos the creche wo n't take them until they 're out of nappies and three year old . |
| 25 | You 're out of options . |
| 26 | Cos he used to go shooting there and and they went in there and they should n't of done because Michael told them I 'd taken meadows back and he sa , he said when Tony told them , they , they 'd been there shooting he said well they 're , they 're out of bounds ! |
| 27 | Yeah erm they 're out of offices I presume are they ? |
| 28 | But good weather means you 're out of doors , so these quirks do n't matter . |
| 29 | ‘ Roger , you 're out of sorts . ’ |
| 30 | They are up to 3ins ( 7½cms ) long and l½ins ( 4cms ) wide . |