Example sentences of "[noun] be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Follies are in their way heroic , ’ William Feaver has commented on these grand narratives , aligning them with the epic paintings by the vainglorious diarist , Benjamin Robert Haydon . |
| 2 | ‘ How many militiamen are with him ? ’ |
| 3 | Neil and Ian are in their last year at school . |
| 4 | If this is true ( and it is not so far-fetched : if you carry on an intelligent argument with your readers in the columns of a newspaper , you can not expect them to believe that the responsibilities of self-government are beyond them ) , then it would seem a good example of propaganda having the opposite effect to that intended . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , well luckily for me , Cozy Powell and Neil Murray are into it and we will go out in November and do some gigs . |
| 6 | Why do you think it is that that you get erm that you have got quite a few girls that become prostitutes , what do you think the reasons are for it ? |
| 7 | They also insinuate that relatives of the prisoners are on their lists . |
| 8 | And there 's another side to that which is that some people in the statutory provision are in it for the money , for their careers , for empire building and so on . |
| 9 | In principle it is impossible because skills are by their nature totally integrated and interactive so that they can not meaningfully be separated into independent parts . |
| 10 | We have been granted city status , the Polytechnic is to become a university and Sunderland are on their way to Wembley . |
| 11 | but Swindon are on their way … and looking forward to a home tie against Oldham Athletic from the premier league in round three … |
| 12 | All power , all profits , all our sources of livelihood are in their hands — but the one thing they leave behind will destroy them — the hatred of a million coolies ! |
| 13 | No amount of holding hands , kissing in public , or mingling of blood is going to persuade speculators that Mrs Thatcher and Mr Lawson are at one when they are not . |
| 14 | THE WHEELY GREAT CONTESTS ARE IN YOUR RED-HOT MIRROR |
| 15 | Workers are off their notional labour supply function , L s , but employers are on their notional labour demand function , L d . |
| 16 | Gosh , what wags The Shamen are with their record ‘ Take Drugs , They 're Great ’ . |
| 17 | Consignments of his nutty bushwackers are on their way to UK gift shops to compete with fir-cones in frocks and teasel mice . |
| 18 | These ‘ last days ’ have in measure been with us since his crucifixion two thousand years ago . |
| 19 | The glamour adverts are about what they think we want to be , then there are the other kind that are supposedly about reality — you know , the ones where they always have Northern accents . |
| 20 | " The terms of purchase are on your receipt , sir . " |
| 21 | Some cases are beyond our help . |
| 22 | His fingers are in my hair , on my neck , touching and touching me . |
| 23 | I have a card someplace and all their signatures are on it , when they gave me my dinner service [ a wedding present ] . |
| 24 | My health , I am feeling strong and looking confident on the outside , so you must try and feel it on the inside oh dear the planets are on your side this week for love , needless to say |
| 25 | Bakers are numerous , but their ovens are unlike our own and very defective . |
| 26 | David and Gary are in their final years , and playing at Queen 's makes sense from an academic point of view . |
| 27 | our next challenge takes us the length of Britain … two RAF sergeants from Hereford are on their way from John 0 Groats to Lands End … what 's new … they 're running … cycling … and swimming all the way |
| 28 | Because teeth are at their sharpest when the horse is four , five and six years old , the mouth is more prone to ulcers . |
| 29 | These syllables are for me the quintessence of the Beautiful , the Worthy , they are an inspiration , a political confession of faith and a moral and spiritual claim ’ . |
| 30 | The signs are in his new budget , which while characterised as ‘ freezing ’ domestic spending , actually pumps huge new sums into basic research ( New Scientist , 3 February , p 290 ) . |