Example sentences of "[be] usually [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We talk of shaking with anger , trembling with fear , glowing with satisfaction — and these expressions are usually to be taken literally ; we do , in fact , display our emotions in such ways . |
| 2 | The large old private houses ( quintas ) are usually to be found behind high stone walls , and an open door in a wall can often reveal a charming old garden with bright flowers and shady paths and , perhaps , even a glimpse of the house itself . |
| 3 | Cash is a road addict whose finest moments are usually to be savoured in live performance . |
| 4 | Turkey vultures are common on Kidney Island and are usually to be seen soaring on two-tone black and translucent wings , peering down at visitors with a calculating look in their beady eye set in a head of bare red skin . |
| 5 | Dictionaries and encyclopedias are usually to be found in this section . |
| 6 | Before television and feminine liberation , when the men were out drinking or at football , the women on their off-duty moments were usually to be seen at the window , where their social life was to be found . |
| 7 | Ulrich 's International Periodicals Directory is usually to be found in large libraries and is the recognized international list of periodicals . |
| 8 | The last is usually to be regretted but there have been occasions when long-standing marital unhappiness was resolved by admission to residential care in the last years . |
| 9 | A brief session morning and evening is usually to be recommended , avoiding the middle of the day in hot weather . |
| 10 | We may say to the diviner ‘ You mean ’ you have learnt that when you have a certain feeling of strain in your hands , then water is usually to be found so many feet under the ground ? ’ |
| 11 | However , in practice , it normally requires very many iterations before convergence is achieved ; moreover , the process of recovering eigenvectors outlined above is apt to be ill-conditioned , and some other procedure is usually to be preferred . |
| 12 | He is usually to be found in his pyjama bottoms , shaving , when she comes through the door . |
| 13 | His finest and most original writing is usually to be found in his prose , rather than his poems . |
| 14 | The real solution to the problem is usually to be found in the system BIOS . |
| 15 | Running a hair-dressing salon or drain clearing service as a franchisee is usually to be running a distinct organisational operation , and a new franchisee is put in control of the same operation when the franchise is transferred or terminated and re-granted . |
| 16 | The third category relates to private transactions , where an equality of bargaining power is usually to be presumed . |
| 17 | When he 's not zapping helmetted contestants in front of a TV camera , he 's usually to be found pumping iron in a gym somewhere . |
| 18 | He narrowly missed what he thought was a lamp post but turned out to be a tree , and reached for where the handle was usually to be found on a front door . |
| 19 | Ajayi was trying to cultivate the seneschal 's acquaintance ( when her sore leg and stiff back let her get down to the basement levels where he was usually to be found ) whereas Quiss had started out trying to intimidate him . |