Example sentences of "[adv] be [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did n't my father tell me that you were going to be here ? ’ she asked petulantly , thinking that at least he would only be around during the daytime , and she could avoid him completely without too much trouble . |
| 2 | This can only be down to the ‘ flocculating ’ of suspended particles , which an efficient filter system can then deal with . |
| 3 | Oh yes , er he could er he could still have an hour lunchtime , and er only be out of the office , say , an hour and three quarters . |
| 4 | We were there on 3rd May 1945 when Rangoon was liberated , and that evening I gave a short broadcast over All-India Radio , telling our friends in India and Burma that we should shortly be back in the liberated city to help with the tremendous task of reconstruction . |
| 5 | The smaller town of Souvala , and poor Perdika , have not yet got that far ; but in general Aegina will fairly soon be up to the standards those fussy Germans and English expect . |
| 6 | Design : Crossed lines over the toytown tram : City transport could soon be back on the right track , says Jonathan Glancey |
| 7 | He never sold his day 's OTC quota , and so his leader would shout : " You 'll soon be back on the fucking training floor . " |
| 8 | Which means that he should soon be back on the road . |
| 9 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 10 | She would soon be back from the police station and the supermarket with tales to tell , tales of Oriental complexity and splendour , of law and commerce and life on the seething streets . |
| 11 | IF THE truth be known , Ian Woosnam would probably just as soon be down at the Golden Lion in Oswestry tomorrow night , having a pint or two with the lads . |
| 12 | ‘ Now that I 've left the army , I 'll soon be down in the fields with you again , ’ said Troy lightly . |
| 13 | The ‘ tendentious ’ story would soon be out of the way , making possible a return to what Dostoevsky thought was much more important , the Life of a Great Sinner project . |
| 14 | The day wanes , and if your words are to be believed then I had best be back in the security of your Rorim before nightfall . ’ |
| 15 | GOSPEL singer Michael Card will play the Assembly Hall in Belfast tonight — and still be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow to dash up the Antrim Coast for the North West 200 . |
| 16 | Now erm I think it is and he rang me up and asked me would the strike still be on in the middle of er February . |
| 17 | They will still be around in the year 2000 , ’ he said . |
| 18 | The ANC subsequently announced the postponement until June 1991 of a national congress initially planned for December , when a new leadership was to have been elected , on the grounds that delays in agreeing the conditions for the return of the exiles meant that a large proportion of ANC membership would still be out of the country at that time . |
| 19 | What infuriated her was that they charged three shillings for afternoon tea , so she decided to forgo it because she knew the men would still be out on the links . ’ |
| 20 | Billing machines and the tabular ledger are used in the preparation of accounts and the work must always be up to the minute , as it should be possible to produce a guest 's bill immediately on request . |
| 21 | If they 're thigh-high the stockmarket , too , will be up ; long , and share prices will also be down near the floor . |
| 22 | The company , which was to have introduced a mid-range , 80486-based TC1000 series of fault-tolerant systems earlier this year ( UX No 378 ) , says they 'll also be out in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 23 | If I 'm not here , I 'll probably be down at the boatyard . |
| 24 | I 'd rather be around at the time |
| 25 | If you 're going to sneak round the place whenever it suits you , I 'd rather be back in the hotel . |
| 26 | It will now be up to the Archbishop of Canterbury to decide if the church should take disciplinary action . |
| 27 | If not he may even be out of the team . |
| 28 | And the ESF , just down the road from the Council of Europe 's building in Strasbourg , may well be in on the planning , particularly in areas in which the Council of Europe does not yet have its own contacts . |
| 29 | They almost , almost be over to the window , saying , look at those minus three cars |
| 30 | It would then be up to the US and Canada to decide whether they want to face towards the Atlantic or Pacific — or be caught between two great trading oceans . |