Example sentences of "be [prep] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos we 're onto number thirty one now |
| 2 | We 're on number six now are n't we ? |
| 3 | Mm We 're on number three she 's not allowed to go home till she 's done at least seven ! |
| 4 | You 're at number two ? |
| 5 | So are you omitting to say what exactly has been in numbers . |
| 6 | The glasses are in number four , they 've all been provided but they just Whether they do n't know that they 're there . |
| 7 | Peter Forbes on why words should not be like numbers |
| 8 | In an elegant series of experiments Conrad ( 1964 ) demonstrated that in transposing visually presented data the errors are more likely to be in numbers or letters of similar sound rather than those which are of similar appearance . |
| 9 | Final thoughts : great pity that Neil and Glenys wo n't be in Number Ten — never have a couple been more made for that job . |
| 10 | I 'm on number two quack , quack , one little duck came swimming back , one little duck went swimming one day over the hills and far away one duck said quack |
| 11 | w well I think we 'd still be on number three or four . |
| 12 | A song may be at number one , but if it does n't ‘ feel ’ right for Radio 1 , it wo n't be playlisted . |
| 13 | Neil Kinnock , according to both ITN and the BBC , could still be at Number 10 tomorrow . |
| 14 | I am on number six , I s I thought I were . |
| 15 | Yet despite selling more than 100,000 copies in its first week of release , ‘ God Save the Queen ’ reached only number two in the pop charts — Rod Stewart being at number one . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought you rather liked him when you were at Number 10 ? ’ |
| 17 | You were at Number 10 ? |
| 18 | The foursome , whose single End Of The Road has been at number one in the States for the last three weeks , were barred from entering New Orleans to do their live satellite link-up with the Beeb show . |
| 19 | I suspect the answer to my first question is about numbers of jobs , by virtue of what you 've just said as long as a piece of string . |
| 20 | Thank you sir , it 's yours for one twenty and that 's for number eight four eight , thank you . |
| 21 | Thank you sir , it 's yours for three twenty and that 's for number six O nine . |
| 22 | Thank you sir , it 's yours for ninety pounds and that 's for number two one three thank you . |
| 23 | Thank you , two hundred and forty pounds , that 's for number six O six . |
| 24 | Thank you , that 's a commission bid and that 's for number one eight eight . |
| 25 | That 's in the aisle at one hundred pounds , thank you , and that 's for number two one two , thank you . |
| 26 | One seventy against you , any more at one , one eighty one ninety two hundred two twenty two hundred and twenty still against you , at two hundred and twenty pounds I 'm offered thank you , two hundred and twenty for the lady and that 's for number nine one eight , thank you . |
| 27 | Gentleman in the centre , three eighty and that 's for number eight three six Lot number forty four Lot forty four is the Japanese hand-warmer there 's the hand-warmer for fifty pounds , at fifty , fifty five pounds , at fifty five pounds at fifty five , any more at fifty five , all done ? |
| 28 | Two fifty here in the centre now two fifty I 've got and I shall sell , two eighty two hundred and eighty , three hundred pounds three twenty three fifty three eighty four hundred four hundred by the post , at four hundred and selling for four hundred , if you 're all finished at four hundred pounds yours sir , thank you , four hundred and that 's for number six O nine , six O nine thank you . |
| 29 | Thank you , two thousand six hundred pounds and that 's for number two eleven . |
| 30 | Ninety five in time , one hundred pounds at one hundr and ten , twenty one thirty in front I 'm bid a hundred and thirty and I shall sell for one hundred and thirty pounds thank you , the lady 's offer , one thirty , front row and for that 's for number six one two . |