Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Husbands or wives who are away on business tell their other halves which hotel they will be staying at . |
| 2 | We are just in time to tell you that October is ‘ National Hand Knitting Month ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're just in time to give me a hand . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 're just in time to give me a hand . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Mummy 's on stage , you 're just in time to button me up . ’ |
| 6 | You 're here in time to forestall my assailant . ’ |
| 7 | Our knowledgeable staff are always on hand to help you with your requirements , be they large or small , and our prices will pleasantly surprise you ( though not our competitors ! ) . |
| 8 | Amiel is the first reputable dealer to be prosecuted , but more than 100 others as well as auction houses across America are now under subpoena to explain what they thought they were selling . |
| 9 | A programme by which the US military was to have contributed to environmental research has stalled in the face of congressional scepticism , but efforts are now under way to revive it . |
| 10 | But all that would not be enough without Connery to focus it . |
| 11 | ‘ One , ’ he said , ‘ I 'm legally of age to conduct my life as I wish . |
| 12 | I 'm going back with Celia but I shall be here in time to get your breakfast in the morning . ’ |
| 13 | Obviously members are quite at liberty to use their own forms , should they wish . |
| 14 | Only the fact that the streets were also under construction made them passable ; one made one 's way cautiously from one mound of earth to another . |
| 15 | According to natural law , the journos were there in force to see them play , sans ‘ Beefy ’ in The Parks where the scribblers and photo journalists and cameras apparently almost outnumbered the spectators . |
| 16 | Our kits are easy to assemble and our extensive knowledge and experience is always on hand to help you achieve the best possible end result . |
| 17 | The accuser of the brethren is always on hand to accuse them of being a failure or out , of the will of God . |
| 18 | Gillian Mulcare is often very busy breeding Charolais sheep and growing vegetables , but despite this she is always on hand to assist her guests . |
| 19 | The fact that the main course of events is hardly in dispute conceals our ignorance of the real process . |
| 20 | But the cyclist was under no obligation to give the constable his name and address , and although the constable is perfectly at liberty to ask his questions , the citizen is under no obligation to answer them . |
| 21 | An appeal is well under way to buy one for each of the county 's 30 ambulances . |
| 22 | It is well worth while to leave plenty of time to help the children to do all the clearing up themselves . |
| 23 | Sometimes this may feel like a military strategy and it is quite in order to treat it this way : to plot and plan to take the fortress which is your imaginary castle , your silent , fertile abode , despite the background of your everyday tasks and obligations . |
| 24 | It is therefore of importance to establish what will constitute a pecuniary interest . |
| 25 | I am currently in therapy to enable myself to hear the song Schiehallion , Schiehallion without the scent of tomato soup filling my nostrils and the overwhelming urge to murder . |
| 26 | So maybe it was somewhere on mat land me chopper has put down . |
| 27 | Turned back to Ormanroyd who could n't control it first time and that was enough for Forest to win it back . |
| 28 | Tumbling blearily on deck in my pyjamas I was confronted by the huge bulk of a klondyke trawler ramming alongside us , and I was just in time to see her huge fender catch our motor dory and sink her where she was tied to our stern . |
| 29 | It was 03.17 and I was just in time to see him climb into a waiting car and drive off . |
| 30 | Alan , who was still at school taking his ‘ A ’ levels , said that he and other rugby-playing friends used to attend the discos of the Young Liberals . |