Example sentences of "be [verb] [art] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half an hour after the finish the stewards disqualified the Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes on the grounds that it had been given a tenth of a litre more than its 246-litre fuel allowance . |
| 2 | And another I noticed erm Simon 's been bringing a few of his friends home from school and erm I mean he 's in a class of thirty eight |
| 3 | Talking of scary moments , Manc popsters THE AWESOME THREE are encountering a few of those since releasing their ‘ Possessed ’ single . |
| 4 | I have been driving the best of the best-selling model , the X2 1.5 hatchback , updated at the last Motor Show . |
| 5 | If we are to reach the tens of millions in our nation and the tens of thousands in our communities , how are we to do it if not through church planting ? |
| 6 | Now Gwynedd County Council have announced their intention to commission a comprehensive feasibility study into re-opening the whole line in conjunction with the 1964 Comp[any who have steadfastly maintained their stance of wanting to start reconstruction from the southern end where they are operating a three-quarter of a mile line along former British Rail land beside Porthmadog station . |
| 7 | Now we 're driving a tenth of the speed , so it 's going to be one over one tenth . |
| 8 | You 've had to be like that all the time , otherwise you feel like you ai n't getting there , they 're getting the better of you , like … ’ cos you listen , do n't you , when you 've had the baby they are supposed to help you and advise you , so you take all their … but then you can only take so much , and you think these must be the mad ones , like . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ We 're in the midst of a critical floods situation but from what I hear we 're getting the better of it . |
| 10 | TODAY we are printing the first of two special tokens you 'll need to cash in with our latest EXCLUSIVE offer . |
| 11 | yes , yes , she 'll just have an or orange when I came out , she 's been , I 've been getting a few of those , it seems to help a bit |
| 12 | They have a superior front five , although the Pontypridd lock Mark Rowley had been getting the better of several big names lately and will relish the prospect of testing himself against Tony Copsey . |
| 13 | On the other hand , after seeing what he was doing with his electrified guitar , it is entirely possible that Mr Rossi 's aficionados are of the opinion that they are getting the best of both worlds . |
| 14 | The seeds you 've planted are sprouting the tenderest of young green shoots . |
| 15 | Buyers from all over the country have been attending the first of the annual auctions of holly and mistletoe . |
| 16 | The railway is currently under construction and will be using the trackbed of the long-closed Newbury Railway , previously standard gauge and originally Brunel 's broad gauge . |
| 17 | How many degrees would it be to go a third of the way round the circle ? |
| 18 | Er so I would regard this impo this criterion as critical very er it should be given the greatest of weight and erm must be left in . |
| 19 | I 'm using the both of right ? |
| 20 | It was particularly appropriate , given that the sponsor was the Baptist Missionary Society , that the most moving moments were from Roberts as Peter , lyrically declaring ‘ Repent and be baptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ . ’ |
| 21 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |
| 22 | The second thinks of it as a canvas to be made the most of ; yet another surface to decorate or ornament . |
| 23 | And yet Stewart 's small wandering world could well be thought the richer of the two environments . |
| 24 | Consequently James would be directing The Best of Friends for half the day and Re:Joyce for the other . |
| 25 | Not necessarily all of the them , but most of them , that would leave the straight jurisdictionals and the clear no hopers , maybe the investigators would be getting a few of the ones that otherwise ideally they should n't but |
| 26 | When Speelman seemed to be getting the better of it , Timman suddenly sacrificed two pieces to expose his opponent 's king . |
| 27 | The Germans , he reckoned , were trying to wipe out the docks , yet somehow the city centre seemed to be getting the worst of it — and all the shops and offices and streets of little houses . |
| 28 | Then after lunch I will be giving the first of our seminars on marketing and salesmanship , with particular reference to leisure services and luxury products , to be followed by a discussion and work in groups . ’ |
| 29 | Felt the same way and he said as you can see Ann 's here we wo n't be having no more of that . |
| 30 | If he wants to fondle you , you snap at his hands and say , ‘ I 'm having no more of it ! ’ |