Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who brought us hits Like Ferry Cross the Mersey and You 'll Never Walk Alone is on a nationwide tour , but stopped off just long enough to talk to Mike Rowbottom . |
| 2 | Landscape here is on a grand scale , and in consequence paintings will become larger . |
| 3 | Well in the fifties , forty years of age was hugely old , I mean my dad at forty when I remember back was like a really old man at forty in those days . |
| 4 | The research company Mintel estimates that the business-to-business incentives and promotions market alone is worth a staggering £1.32 billion , while the Institute of Sales Promotion values overall expenditure at over £7 billion . |
| 5 | I 'VE BEEN A BLOODY FOOL — ALL I ASK NOW IS FOR A SECOND CHANCE … |
| 6 | Secrecy confers power on those who know the secret while those who do not are at a disadvantage . |
| 7 | I 've only been to a couple of lodge meetings it I was invited to go to I always felt slightly ambiguous about that really you know . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've just been through a decade where we watched surface responsibility get peeled away from a lot of people and institutions . ’ |
| 9 | I 've just been at a two day conference at erm not very far from here , at Wisden House in which erm a number of erm top industrialists erm led by the former chairman of I C I have all unanimously been saying how bad they think it is for our future technological development and export development if overseas students get out of the habit of coming here . |
| 10 | Anyway , I 've not been in a black cab in years . |
| 11 | They 've not been in a flat |
| 12 | You 've not been near a phonebox or a letterbox . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've both been through a lot , ’ he began . |
| 14 | ‘ Since I became an officer in the SS , I 've often been in a position to satisfy my craving . ’ |
| 15 | I 've never been with a girl , I do n't know how to react around one . |
| 16 | An unlikely scenario : I 've never been to a desert and the nearest I 've ever got to authentic military action is when Action Man introduced eagle eyes and gripping hands . |
| 17 | " I 've never been to a café . " |
| 18 | ‘ I 've never been to a koliba , ’ she replied . |
| 19 | we 're off grass track racing now … one of the country 's biggest meetings was held in Oxfordshire at the weekend … and if you 've never been to a race before … sit back and watch this … it 's exciting stuff … |
| 20 | Well why not men go to the bleeding , er well it 's like I 've never been to a proper hen night , Gary 's been to a , a stag night , with female strippers , I 'd like to go to a stag , er a hen night |
| 21 | I 've never been on a diet . |
| 22 | Now I 've never been on a camel before and these guys , I mean , they do n't wash ; just roll around in the sand . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've never been on a cruise . |
| 24 | I 've never been on a train before . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've never been on a boat before , ’ he admitted to Tommy , ‘ unless you count the paddle steamer at Brighton . ’ |
| 26 | You 've never been on a big boat ? |
| 27 | I 've never been in a fire in a theatre before — thankfully they 're almost unheard of . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've never been in a helicopter , and now I probably never will . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never been in a war , but in the police we also have a need for comradeship . |
| 30 | ‘ My wife rightly points out that I 've never been in a ladies ' loo in my life . |