Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ Trying to talk to you is like trying to charge through a brick wall .
32 Making love to you was like making love to a flame .
33 Talking to her was like hacking a way through a jungle .
34 The family of a schoolboy who died when a derelict building fell on him are considering sueing for compensation .
35 To begin to see how much might be going on it is worth taking a look at some relevant figures .
36 Here we offer a guide to what is worth pushing your way to the front of the crowd for .
37 The simple price structure of Parcelforce Standard ensures it is just as cost-effective to send a parcel 300 miles as it is to sent it 30 miles .
38 to Majorca for a week but it wo n't be to laze around it 's for it 's for walking .
39 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 .
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