Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman Geoffrey Richmond said ‘ We are considering going completely against the current trend in the league and significantly increasing the amount of the players ’ budget , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Stopping would 've been like looking away from a hypnotist 's swinging silver watch . |
| 3 | A vote for Labour is a class vote and a barometer of how confident workers are in fighting back against the system of which Blackburn talks . |
| 4 | Burton shares ( 36p ) may be worth buying again after the horrors and management upheavals . |
| 5 | One practical point that might be worth talking over during the consultation process is whether there are any alternative posts for which you are suitable . |
| 6 | I had no interest in what this house should be like wishing only for a place and quickly to lay my head and could hardly rouse myself to inspect it . |
| 7 | Not wearing a shellsuit at Center Parcs would be like running out on the pitch at Wembley in a dinner jacket . |
| 8 | One of Einstein 's ways of working things out was to take the laws of nature as they were understood at the time and imagine them in unusual fictitious situations — such as , for instance , trying to imagine what it would be like to catch up with a light beam . |
| 9 | It 's got to be like cuddling up to a cushion as well as doing that terrible , animal thing . |
| 10 | A Chambers colleague remarked on seeing it that it must be like driving around in a Smartie . |
| 11 | Sundays were for sitting silently with a bible in front of you . |
| 12 | Intimation had been received during the previous year that they were considering paying over to the Official Trustee of Charitable Funds the sum of £12,000 , the interest on which would be sufficient to maintain their endowment of £300 . |
| 13 | A majority believed that UNTCOK should supervise elections in the south but Australia , Canada and India were against doing so on the grounds that it would perpetuate and not eliminate the division in Korea . |
| 14 | But when the snow melts in spring this crossing is essential , so it 's worth trying just for the fun of it . |
| 15 | The path follows the road out of Port Isaac and at the top it 's worth glancing back for a final look at this fascinating place . |
| 16 | Last month I tried to convince you that it 's worth knowing more about the Windows INI ( initialization ) files . |
| 17 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |
| 18 | The guide prices indicated are the manufacturers ' recommended retail prices — it 's worth shopping around for the best buy . |
| 19 | I ca n't say I blame them — for many of us walking is about getting away from the crowds , and summer in the Lakes is not quite the time to do that . |
| 20 | Will the Secretary of State accept that there are those of us who have never made the point that trust status is about opting out of the national health service , but have said that it is about local accountability and the views of local people ? |
| 21 | That 's for going round with the tape |
| 22 | It is worth looking carefully at the lettering cut deep into stone in Canberra 's vast war memorial : Australia , 8,709 ; New Zealand , 2,701 ; India , 7,597 ; France , 9,874 ; Britain , 21,255 . |
| 23 | Papers are not necessarily priced according to their surfaces , Rough , Not or HP and it is worth looking carefully at the various makes and their qualities , as two papers may have similar characteristics but be quite different in price . |
| 24 | It is worth pausing here for a moment to reflect on the weight of traditional thinking that McDowell is seeking to shift : |
| 25 | It is worth pointing out to the group that the first session is always the most anxiety-provoking , after which future sessions become progressively easier . |
| 26 | The walk follows a winding road out of Ballycastle for a short while , but it is worth branching off at the sign for Kinbane Castle . |
| 27 | Pelota is a confusing and various game , and before going to watch it being played it is worth reading up on the technique and the scoring , if you want to follow it . |
| 28 | It is worth quoting here from a speech made by Gladstone when he opened St Martin-in-the-Fields public library a hundred years ago , and a few words in answer by W.H. Smith who , incidentally , was of the opposite political persuasion : party politics were not involved in these vital matters then . |
| 29 | This is worth clearing up on the list now , before anything is sent , so what d'y'all think ? |
| 30 | If you have time , it is worth climbing on to the observation terrace on the site of the tiny Chapel of Holy Mary of Einsiedel which was part of the Theatine Monastery below . |