Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [prep] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's pretty boring here and I 've only been at Auntie Jane 's just over a day . |
| 2 | ‘ You can get them in Helsinki now , but at that time … anyway I had only been in New York for a couple of days and I only had the clothes I had taken with me . |
| 3 | It could only be from Mrs Browning . |
| 4 | But the one I like best of all was about Sir Francis Chichester , who circumcised the globe |
| 5 | ‘ The letter your note came in was from Pierre Labone , ’ he said , naming one of France 's top designers . |
| 6 | He was , by one account , " shattered by grief and almost despair " after Vivien 's death and , if it had not been for John Hayward 's help and encouragement , would have retired into complete seclusion . |
| 7 | Voeller might have scored in the 24th minute had it not been for Andy Goram 's fine save from a powerful 20-yard shot , but seven minutes later he set up Marseille 's opener . |
| 8 | But if it had not been for Hillary Clinton 's TV performance and George Bush 's Japanese collapse , neither of them might now be ordering the removal vans . |
| 9 | Rain set up her coffee machine , thinking as she did so that Oliver had probably not been with Linda Finch although he might encourage her to believe that . |
| 10 | The humiliation was worse because it was so public , and it was a good thing that Annabel had not been in New York when the news broke , when gloating gossip writers had jammed Scott and Annabel 's home phones with their venomous questions . |
| 11 | Before the 1991 visit she had not been in Northern Ireland since she spent two days in the province in August 1977 during her national jubilee tour . |
| 12 | Ajeya Singh returned to India and tried to refute the allegations , pointing out numerous flaws in the report , and offered his passport as evidence that he had not been in St Kitts when he was supposed to have signed documents opening the account with the now-defunct bank , the First Trust Corporation . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose , ’ he remarked drily , ‘ you have already been through Sir Ralph 's papers ? ’ |
| 14 | Love reveals that Yorkshire have already been in Cape Town for a week and that their England A captain , Martyn Moxon , will be flying in from Australia to join them this weekend . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've just been with Michael Stein in Immigration . |
| 16 | Otago will soon be without Mike Brewer — he has accepted work with the Canterbury sports wear company and will be based in future in Christchurch . |
| 17 | There 's a warning on local radio that it 'll soon be over Starr Hills as well . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We will soon be in La Spezia , ’ Ludovico said . |
| 19 | I see no reason why I should not be at Kiawah Island in Captain Bernard Gallacher 's team in September . |
| 20 | It may not be from West Yorkshire but it 's very likely that it will be . |
| 21 | Before flying to the conclusion that certain things are ‘ against the rules ’ ( heaven save us , procedures are already erected into RULES ! ) let the neophyte consider that a man can not be in New York and Pekin at the same moment . |
| 22 | Now every opinion poll in er Britain for the last twenty two years has said that they believe that has shown that the people believe that the troops should not be in Northern Ireland . |
| 23 | Cicely apologised for not being at Q.T. Day to thank everyone for supporting this Gala event . |
| 24 | Apologising for not being in Northern Ireland since his first concert three years ago , he added : ‘ I 'm sorry it took me so long to get back . |
| 25 | The one I liked best was against Mike Weaver . |
| 26 | These factors were : ( 1 ) its organisation which acquired the films and the exclusive overseas rights therein was in Hong Kong ; ( 2 ) its sales organisation was in Hong Kong ; ( 3 ) the representatives who were sent abroad were part of the Hong Kong sales organisation ; ( 4 ) the sub-licences were drawn up in Hong Kong , according to Hong Kong law , and were dispatched from Hong Kong ; ( 5 ) the films were either delivered in or dispatched from Hong Kong ; ( 6 ) the films at the expiry of the sub-licence period had to be returned to Hong Kong or were destroyed ; and ( 7 ) payments for the grant of the sub-licences were received in Hong Kong . |
| 27 | The mist , blotting out Wickrithe , seemed to banish her tension and sense of danger ; she and Adam were alone and safe , as they 'd always been on Starr Hills . |
| 28 | The Salvation Army was established in the town in 1881 by Captain and Mrs Preston and has always been in Edward Street . |
| 29 | Have you ever been to Milvain Street , which , for all any of us know , may be a perfectly suitable home for yourself and the issue of the marriage ? " |
| 30 | Have you ever been on Proz have you ever been on Prozac Oliver ? |