Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun] ahead [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to sound too flame-eyed and low-blink-rate about it — and , all right , I know I 'm a real simp in many areas — but I 'd say I was way ahead of Tod on this basic question of human difference . |
| 2 | Well by now I 'm sure you 're way ahead of me . |
| 3 | And you — you 're streets ahead of Hoomey — ’ |
| 4 | you can leave anyway because erm we 're way ahead of them . |
| 5 | YET in the ratings they are streets ahead of the new teeny heroines . |
| 6 | They were years ahead of their rivals in the use of political consultants , computers , direct mailing systems and polling techniques . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't remember them as students , but then they were years ahead of us . |
| 8 | Advance tapes suggest that it 's leagues ahead of the rather dull ‘ Thaw ’ Housefrau superstar LYDIA LUNCH meanwhile has been recording with pathological monsters OXBOW for their LP ‘ King Of The Jews ’ , which should be out in January when they 're set to return to the UK for another series of dates . |
| 9 | Advance tapes suggest that it 's leagues ahead of the rather dull ‘ Thaw ’ Housefrau superstar LYDIA LUNCH meanwhile has been recording with pathological monsters OXBOW for their LP ‘ King Of The Jews ’ , which should be out in January when they 're set to return to the UK for another series of dates . |
| 10 | It is streets ahead of the cobbled-together old model . |
| 11 | ‘ He has a cult following among our supporters , and he deserves it because he is streets ahead of any left-back in our division , ’ enthused Keegan . |
| 12 | He is years ahead of you , but he is there . |
| 13 | Proud Mr Fong , 46 , admitted : ‘ He 's way ahead of me at maths . ’ |
| 14 | But this summer the crown should be his … he 's way ahead of the rest with just one race to go … |
| 15 | In 1986 , when Compaq launched the first PC using Intel 's powerful new 80386 chip , it was months ahead of its competitors . |
| 16 | Fogarty was left to move further and further ahead as Joey Dunlop took up the challenge , then Robert Dunlop made up ground rapidly after being seventh at the end of lap one , and by the end of the second lap it was Joey ahead of Robert to initiate a battle which continued until the end of the race when Robert just squeezed ahead . |
| 17 | He was way ahead of the rest of the field and battled on through the afternoon trying to win those valuable championship points . |
| 18 | But he was a brilliant man he was years ahead of his time really . |