Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt that I needed someone to be with me all day and all night . |
| 2 | ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls . |
| 3 | Men do so long for someone to be in charge . |
| 4 | Elizabeth was someone to be in this situation and Portia is also . |
| 5 | Somebody to be with me . |
| 6 | ‘ James likes everything to be on a personal basis . |
| 7 | He wants everything to be like it was before . |
| 8 | We move in seven hours ago and you expect everything to be in order . ’ |
| 9 | The rain , however , failed to silence the pen of Parsons ( never one to be at a loss for a line or two of copy ! ) . |
| 10 | But er I knew that it was n't poss always possible for one to be at the branch meeting you see . |
| 11 | You 've got hers but is she the only one to be at your 's ? |
| 12 | I mean all that kid do was scream , scream , scream , scream , I mean Ross was n't the best one to be with , cos he was selfish and of course in Julia 's eyes he never did any wrong but Kerry come off worse all the time and I said childminding is fine and it 's necessary but the people , you know that , that people ca n't know people and Julia was a spoilt brat so |
| 13 | Maybe I should n't have , but I felt it was n't good for a little one to be in the same house . |
| 14 | It seemed the IRA had the capacity to bomb more towns , and Mr Mallon called for everyone to be on the alert . |
| 15 | We would ask everyone to be on the look out for potential student teachers and to do all you can to encourage prospective candidates . |
| 16 | My feeling is that two separate matters sometimes get mixed up : the practice and study of connected speech is agreed by everyone to be of great importance , but this can sometimes result in some relatively unimportant aspects of speech ( e.g. assimilation , juncture ) being given more emphasis than they should . |
| 17 | For I love youngsters , and I want everyone to be like |
| 18 | Two hours for the approach march to the enemy 's encampment and everyone to be in position before the first hints of dawn . |
| 19 | Most action was bound to be like this — a span , long or short , in which one did nothing — could do nothing except be at the mercy of one 's nerves — and then the moment , the test … |
| 20 | Since lunch-time I 'd done nothing except be in the company of women , hanging around in pubs or crawling through traffic . |
| 21 | ‘ We would like to warn everybody to be on their guard against unsolicited ‘ tradesmen ’ , ’ he said . |
| 22 | She 'd long dreamed of being desired by a man whose need was so overwhelming that he would do anything to be with her . |
| 23 | I said so to Tom and he said of course this girl is n't all that popular with the men — that 's an important part of a production assistant 's job — and he said ‘ she 'd give anything to be in your place — to be married and have a baby ’ . |