Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun sg] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandy McGlashan — why had he been off work that Tuesday ? |
| 2 | There are of course many approaches and variants on approaches to the Gettier problem which I have not discussed , including Shope 's own . |
| 3 | So far as I know , however , there have not been any comprehensive studies of the rise and fall of various economic groups in more recent times , nor has there been an attempt to provide , on a broad scale , an economic interpretation of political events in the twentieth century , although there are of course many elements of such an interpretation in recent Marxist debates about modes of production , in the analyses of development and underdevelopment , and in the theories of industrial and post-industrial societies . |
| 4 | There are of course many incest taboos , that is to say , prohibitions on sexual relations between persons of various degrees of familial relation , and some of these are hardly even candidates for biological explanation . |
| 5 | There are of course many questions which have not been addressed about such experiences . |
| 6 | For instance , one could have a form in which special interludes have a natural place such as : There are of course many variants of such schemes , suitable for use in single-movement works of 20-minute duration down to short movements of only a few minutes . |
| 7 | There are of course many cases where there is a necessary either/or in that if something is inherently contradictory , then choice has to be made . |
| 8 | There are of course many aspects of language usage that depend on these relations ( see e.g. Brown & Levinson , 1978 , 1979 ) , but these usages are only relevant to the topic of social deixis in so far as they are grammaticalized Obvious examples of such grammaticalizations are " polite " pronouns and titles of address , but there are many other manifestations of social deixis ( see Brown & Levinson , 1978 : 183-92 , 281-5 ; Levinson , 1977 , 1979b ) . |
| 9 | Only ‘ cause looking at your first question : do you use public transport or do you promote it — there are of course all sorts of arguments sort of for and against that sort of scheme that people have to use their cars . |
| 10 | There are of course all kinds of truths that are not of this sort ; but they lie on a lower level altogether . |
| 11 | There are of course some cases in which the treatment of civil-law and trust dispositions can not be parallel , since the civil law wholly fails to recognize dispositions of that type . |
| 12 | Also if you 're into music another offer with them , the C Ds . |
| 13 | All those people who 've never done it before and if you 're in bed at the moment I 'll perhaps have a chat with you while you 're in bed this morning . |
| 14 | I 'd rather , well you do n't see not if you 're in car all time , do you ? |
| 15 | We 'll have to think about it this week while they 're away , they 're on holiday this week . |
| 16 | No they 're at work all day |
| 17 | Anyway , you 're at home all day . ’ |
| 18 | You lose your job , you 're at home all day , you heat the house to stay warm , get cut off because you fall behind with the bill . |
| 19 | There is a similarity to the investment in new products ( for a food company ) for the odds are against success each time . |
| 20 | Not after you have n't been in school all week . |
| 21 | A child will not have been in school many days before he is made aware of individual differences among his classmates . |
| 22 | He had not been in court that morning after all ? |
| 23 | From the hospital foyer he tried to telephone the Substitute who had been in court all afternoon and wanted to hear how things had gone . |
| 24 | I 've been in bed all day . |
| 25 | I have been in action some days . |
| 26 | Desi Grew has been in jail several times for terrorist offences , and Martin McCoffey has left Dungannon Council just a few weeks ago . |
| 27 | You been in town all day ? |
| 28 | Been in town all afternoon , I have . |
| 29 | It was I thought you 'd of been in town all morning , no . |
| 30 | Desi Grew had been in prison several times for terrorist offences , Martin McCoffey had left Dungannon Council only a few weeks ago . |