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Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [be] [prep] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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	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 .
4	I 'VE BEEN A BLOODY FOOL — ALL I ASK NOW IS FOR A SECOND CHANCE …
5	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 .
6	‘ We 've just been through a decade where we watched surface responsibility get peeled away from a lot of people and institutions . ’
7	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 .
8	So in some states it 's sixteen , in some states it 's eighteen , in some states twenty one er and Reagan thought it would be quite a good idea if they had uniformity across America er in which , you know , that they would raise the drinking age to twenty one er and this would then er reduce the incidence of teenage drunk driving and if you 've ever been in an American bar you will know you 're very often funnily enough they do n't ask me so much these days but you 're very often asked to prove your age , you know , er and you have to produce your driver 's licence and all the rest of it erm and so he increasing
9	‘ We 've both been through a lot , ’ he began .
10	‘ Since I became an officer in the SS , I 've often been in a position to satisfy my craving . ’
11	I 've never been with a girl , I do n't know how to react around one .
12	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 .
13	" I 've never been to a café . "
14	‘ I 've never been to a koliba , ’ she replied .
15	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 …
16	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
17	If you 've never been to an ice hockey game , it 's more than a game — it 's a night out .
18	I 've never been on a diet .
19	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 .
20	‘ We 've never been on a cruise .
21	I 've never been on a train before . ’
22	‘ I 've never been on a boat before , ’ he admitted to Tommy , ‘ unless you count the paddle steamer at Brighton . ’
23	You 've never been on a big boat ?
24	I 've never been in a fire in a theatre before — thankfully they 're almost unheard of .
25	‘ I 've never been in a helicopter , and now I probably never will .
26	‘ I 've never been in a war , but in the police we also have a need for comradeship .
27	‘ My wife rightly points out that I 've never been in a ladies ' loo in my life .
28	Granted , he 'd say to himself , I 've never been in a situation where an abortion has been necessary .
29	Paul 's dad , but I 've never been in a bus with Paul 's dad .
30	Slim women — or those who have successfully been on a diet — often feel deeply disheartened by the fact that diet and exercise alone do not seem to improve these problem areas .