Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [coord] [ex0] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , the carol festivals are on and there 's one at Thaxted , which might be quite nice , actually , erm it 's on the same page , the previous column And someone 's just taken a driving test at ninety one . |
| 2 | Unless you fire a gun from the hip it 's all Outside ; you point and aim and that 's it , unless the sights are out or there 's a really high wind . |
| 3 | I looked into his eyes and they reminded me of the saying ‘ The lights were on but there was nobody home . |
| 4 | The Smith residence was a plush , elderly house set amongst trees and shrubs off the road ; the lights were on and there was to be no deliverance . |
| 5 | The man stopped the car for the fifth and last time , and there , right outside where Boy lived , they kissed , passionately , scandalously , because by now people were up and there was traffic passing , the first buses and freight lorries on the Commercial Road ; people could have seen them . |
| 6 | Stalls were out and there were mummers performing miracle plays . |
| 7 | All this extra work could have been tackled by youngsters but , unfortunately , the Scottish schools were back and there were no children hanging around looking for something to do . |
| 8 | There was a moment of silence , and then the old lady , her tone returning to normal , looked at Grace as she said , ‘ Now , Grace , when the meal is over and there 's all this tosh about the ladies rising so the men can enjoy their port and cigars , here 's one who is staying behind because I 'm dying for a cigarette . |
| 9 | ‘ The roof was on but there was a lot of external brickwork to be done , ’ says Mem . |
| 10 | when Jesus were born ? , any way , this thing clicked on and er , it , I , showed me how to do it and I ai n't got the strength , of course the war was on and there was er people were borrowing cups of sugar and er , probably , any way I could n't clip it , he says oh he said to er mum , oh he says they clip on easily , but I could n't |
| 11 | And but any anyway we got er , I 've probably tell you this before , the Co- op allowed everybody to have er credit until it was over and there was a n there was a a preacher wh who er and I do n't know whether a Baptist or a Wesleyan Preacher , I think he was a Wesleyan , he was a Welshman and his name was . |
| 12 | and er we moved over there because erm the Department was splitting at the seams really , because immediately there was erm , the war was over and there were all sorts of plans for erm for development and that sort of thing and erm as I 've already mentioned there were two , only two graduates in the whole of the Education Department who was Mr and er his Personal Assistant and erm then after the war there were three graduates appointed , all of them from erm , ex service men , there was Arthur who was erm Lieutenant Commander in the Navy , there was erm Bud , I ca n't remember his Christ proper christian name . |
| 13 | A. M. If the road was up and there was a night-watchman with a bit of a fire , you went up to him . |
| 14 | When the ten minutes was up and there was still no sign of Hugh the verderers began to get restive . |
| 15 | Springsteen was out but there were tell-tale signs that he 'd been ruling the roost and no evidence that he was pining for my return . |
| 16 | Now there are times when Jesus actually sat down with his disciples afterwards and explained to them what the parable was about and there was a reason for that , it was because , simply , the folk would not have understood it . |