Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Friday afternoons were for easing up and winding down . |
2 | The the thing is Yeah , I mean anything Rather than travelling , telephone , because you have to run up an awful lot of telephone calls before it 's worth driving over and doing it |
3 | Music is n't for keeping and treasuring , it 's for cutting up and feeding into a computer . |
4 | Back on the main road , one kilometre out of the village , it is worth turning off and making the short drive up to the Pico da Torre viewpoint which gives a lovely view of Câmara de Lobos . |
5 | So it is worth sitting down and trying to think of a few ideas . |
6 | ‘ So how 's about moving over and letting me get on with it , eh ? |
7 | It 's like looking back and reflecting , with a certain wisdom that maybe the cliché of rock'n'roll does n't address . |
8 | Monica , the nursery nurse , told me : They all know what it 's like to come in and say , " I hate that child , it 's been crying all night " ; whereas they feel reluctant to say that to other people because people are looking at them and their age . |
9 | Brown , who went on a one-day course at T IS before coming back and installing the system at Morgan Grenfell , is now teaching colleagues to use it , including unit manager Karen Goate , ‘ Computers used to frighten me , but not now , ’ she says . |
10 | And we see in a wonderful way how great the compassion of Jesus was , and is in reaching out and rescuing those who are lost . |
11 | I was always a sensitive child , but he beat it out of me , taught me that the only way to make your way in life is by standing up and fighting for what you want . |
12 | Christmas day itself was for sobering up and clearing up the debris from the wild night before , and after lunch the entire regiment was allowed ‘ quartier libre ’ or free time in town . |