Example sentences of "the knives [be] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles Anson , the Queen 's press secretary , tells a reporter ‘ the knives are out for Fergie ’ . |
| 2 | We 're just five weeks into the season and the knives are out for Laughton after just one win in four championship games plus a second round exit from the Yorkshire Cup . |
| 3 | The service is in ferment at the moment , the knives are out . |
| 4 | She has the whip-hand for the first time since the cock-up over the separation when they had to apologise for making it known that the knives were out for the Duchess . |
| 5 | For one critic , the finale of Scriabin 's Fourth Sonata becomes in Gavrilov 's hands ‘ like foaming sunlight ’ and Ravel 's Gaspard takes on an altogether new drama and menace : ‘ suddenly ‘ Ondine ’ has claws , and in ‘ Scarbo ’ the knives were out ’ . |
| 6 | On one occasion , for instance , a lunch between a journalist and a Minister resulted in a front page story suggesting the knives were out for Mr Kenneth Baker . |
| 7 | Ironically , on the day when the knives were out for Taylor , his main support came not just from the man he took over from in July 1990 but also from Terry Venables , a potential successor . |