Example sentences of "[verb] be [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed . |
| 2 | Skin the turkey breast and lay it what would have been skin-side down on the table . |
| 3 | If he 'd been born an American he 'd have been high up in the CIA — and still informing Moscow … ’ |
| 4 | They must have been high up in the tree , leaves . |
| 5 | The Diadora League minnows could have been three up in the first 20 minutes . |
| 6 | We saw no razorbills , which was a surprise , and the few little auks we saw were all out on the water , but the puffins made up for the loss . |
| 7 | but the point I 'm making is that up to the end of giving you advice it is perfectly free there is no charge on you whatsoever . |
| 8 | It had been successful up to the 1960s , but had latterly declined to being used as a bingo hall . |
| 9 | Interestingly , two of the cases were diagnosed within four days of surgery , and both patients had been mobile up to the day of surgery . |
| 10 | Hoelzer claims the mural was wet and mouldy , and that several shapes had been razor-bladed out of the canvas . |
| 11 | There were two mortar explosions over by the road , then all was fairly quiet except for the sound of firing away in the distance at the other end of the village , where I had been earlier on in the evening . |
| 12 | Well , as I say , I 've been all down through the . |