Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case , we want to be around for the big money in the fourth , fifth and sixth records . |
| 2 | But if you were old enough to be around at the time , reactions like ‘ Well , of course , the political circumstances were such that … ’ , and ‘ Yes , I have to admit I took offence to that ’ are more likely , and cause one to take a more considered and less dogmatic view . |
| 3 | In all three areas the mammals that happened to be around at the start fanned out in evolution , and produced a specialist for each trade which , in many cases , came to bear a remarkable resemblance to the corresponding specialist in the other two areas . |
| 4 | MVS is still supreme in IBM 's view and expected to be around through the decade as a leader . |
| 5 | ‘ I plan to be around over the next few weeks while we get this new image launched , and we expect you to be very visible . |
| 6 | That has begun shipping to members , and SAG optimistically expects products complying to the specification to be around by the end of year . |
| 7 | The primitive mammals that happened to be around in the three areas when the dinosaurs more or less simultaneously vacated the great life trades , were all rather small and insignificant , probably nocturnal , previously overshadowed and overpowered by the dinosaurs . |
| 8 | I have access to a low-level formatting program , were the drive to be on of the MFM type , but the information on the outside of the casing does n't include the numbers of heads and cylinders . |
| 9 | Dave Sims opened Northampton up and prop Andy Deacon bulldozed through to score what could well turn out to be on of the most important tries of the season … |
| 10 | General Pershing is the one to be on at the big race . |
| 11 | Erm y'know erm it 's also erm perhaps interesting the way things have er have shifted you know in the last decade or so , like that thing that erm used to be on in the seventies , It Ai n't Half Hot Mum , with um a number of people pretending to be Indians and and exhibiting all the stereotypes y'know it ai n't half racist mum is probably more erm er in fact there was a book called It Ai n't Half Racist Mum that er Leicester University library had er y'know going on about exactly that you know the sort of y'know racism of comedy . |
| 12 | That way , I think that some land might become available , but it would have to be up to the planners to be more flexible . |
| 13 | I honestly believe that because they 're certainly not strong enough erm to be up with the top boys , well they 're not going to disgrace themselves having said that , as I said before , the League 's pretty well evened out , but I think they 'll be at the lower part rather than the top part . |
| 14 | And you had to walk home , go to bed , and set your alarm , and you had to be up at the court at 10 a.m . |
| 15 | For that you have to be up against the real thing . |
| 16 | Reality was to be up against the enemy and the clock , with lives at stake . |
| 17 | ‘ Most of the er , dastardly Huns , I think you call them in this time period , seem to be up by the door to the General 's office which , according to Benny , is also a quicker route out . |
| 18 | It was wonderful to be up in the air and to feel the air swishing past his face . |
| 19 | CHESTER 'S tuberculosis scare appears to be over as the first results of tests on 500 children were released yesterday . |
| 20 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 21 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 22 | Crowther , 59 , hopes to be back for the new series next year , but wo n't be well enough for the show on January 2 . |
| 23 | He hopes to be back for the play offs . |
| 24 | I hope to be back for the first leg with Manchester United . |
| 25 | Although he enjoyed ARP work my husband was really fretting to be back with the Navy . |
| 26 | ‘ You 've got three hours to be back with the money . ’ |
| 27 | They had hoped to be back at the beginning of next season but it now looks unlikely to be until half-way through it . |
| 28 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 29 | What a feeling of power to be back at the wheel again ! |
| 30 | Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City . |