Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I must be awa' tae Pack Meeting , ’ she said to Dick and Chuck , ‘ or I 'll be late . ’ |
| 2 | But I 'll be down at dad 's till ti till September . |
| 3 | I think by and large they 're probably running away and do n't want to have much to do with him and they do n't like these people , probably , who use your drop in centre because they might smell a little bit and they might be down at heel and they 're not really people who are going to contribute much to the lives of those other people who are trying to get on and make things better for themselves . |
| 4 | Their eyes locked together for an instant , and Alyssia felt suddenly dizzy , as though the breath had been knocked out of her , then she regained her self-control , and replied politely , ‘ I 'll be down for lunch . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Uncle Jake says we 've to be down for breakfast in a quarter of an hour . ’ |
| 6 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 7 | If you had a face like that you 'd be down for plastic surgery tomorrow would n't you ? |
| 8 | Mm and they should n't be ca n't , rather it ca n't be down to lack of contact I would n't have thought . |
| 9 | Foreign currency sensitivity can of course be unaffected by geographical exposure ; it can be down to commodity prices . |
| 10 | I wonder if Rose will be down to dinner ? ’ |
| 11 | The only surprising thing about Hooker 's hit-single spawning album is that , after all these years , he can render the title track in a fashion that 's unbelievably fresh , though some of the credit for this particular achievement must be down to guitarist Jimmie Vaughan , who delivers an array of licks in a manner that must have Stevie Ray beaming way up in plectrum heaven . |
| 12 | Ooh , I 'll give you a ring if I 'm gon na be in for tea . |
| 13 | You 'll give me a ring if you 're gon na be in for tea ? |
| 14 | Remember I sha n't be in for supper . ’ |
| 15 | Thought I might be in for beri-beri and co . |
| 16 | Now , at the sight of the river , Bigwig 's assurance was leaking again and unless he , Hazel , could restore it in some way , they were likely to be in for trouble . |
| 17 | And we 'd be pouting away and arriving about five minutes past one and then we 'd be in for trouble then . |
| 18 | After that the question of Julia 's lunch was settled and she went straight back to the Campo San Maurizio to warn Annunziata that neither she nor David would be in for dinner . |
| 19 | ‘ Stella wo n't be in for dinner , ’ he said in a low voice . |
| 20 | Well generally he comes up for dinner , but he ai n't today so he 'll be Rhys will come , be in for dinner , he 'll turn up about three , and they sometimes stay , we sometimes play game in the afternoon , board game or something , it depends |
| 21 | ‘ You 'll — hmm — be in to dinner ? ’ his mother enquired lightly . |
| 22 | And it worried her too ( He might have had an accident — should I phone the police ? ) , almost as much as it angered her ( He might have had the decency to let me know he would n't be in to supper ) . |
| 23 | If we belong to the World Church then we must be in with part of this worldwide process and we shall never be ashamed of it . |
| 24 | Oh no because she 'd tell everybody you were used to be in with prat face , prat face ! |
| 25 | Grant 'll be in from school in about |
| 26 | Well let mummy fasten your shoes first and Grant 'll be in from school in a few minutes . |
| 27 | Grant 'll be in from school in a few minutes . |
| 28 | I was afraid to go back home for fear of the trouble I 'd be in from Mum . |
| 29 | ‘ He 'll be along by midday . |
| 30 | They had n't arrived yet , because they had been held up in the traffic , but they would be along in time for an early lunch . |