Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Some minerals seem to survive more or less unaltered even after being subject to prolonged weathering , whereas others decompose very rapidly . |
| 32 | Never done any work at all after being married no , never , no . |
| 33 | NEIL RUDDOCK leads out Spurs at champions Leeds tonight and will not be fined after being sent-off against Crystal Palace on Saturday . |
| 34 | AFTER being ill-served for many years by the investment industry , the small investor at last has a choice of funds which follow share indices . |
| 35 | However , Schillaci , Italy 's sensation of the 1990 World Cup missed a penalty two minutes from time , after being foul by goalkeeper Giovanni Galli . |
| 36 | Lyons flies out to Brunei this week to take charge of the national team less than six months after being surplus to requirements at Huddersfield Town . |
| 37 | They see the practice of taking a bath , which is cold , after being hot and sweaty from work , as being harmful . |
| 38 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 39 | Meanwhile , Scarborough have sacked groundsman John Carter after being unhappy with the state of the McCain Stadium pitch . |
| 40 | The race has been won in the past two years by a Gold Cup winner-The Thinker 12 months ago after being successful at Cheltenham the previous season , while the 1985 Gold Cup hero Forgive ‘ N ’ Forget won here in 1987 . |
| 41 | The race has been won in the past two years by a Gold Cup winner-The Thinker 12 months ago after being successful at Cheltenham the previous season , while the 1985 Gold Cup hero Forgive ‘ N ’ Forget won here in 1987 . |
| 42 | First , all the wood for the body was finished and machined in the Sawmill , and transported to the relevant positions for assembly , as follows : No 1 stage was the fitting of the floor , No 2 stage , the ends moving , to No 3 stage when the sides were temporarily fitted , after being job-built . |
| 43 | At a stroke our artistic patrimony has been increased by a treasure which is about to go on display after being unseen for seventy years . |
| 44 | A woman police constable who reported him has since had to be transferred ‘ after being cold-shouldered ’ . |
| 45 | After being stuck in traffic behind trailer upon trailer carrying ‘ The Doors ’ logo , I eventually found myself with director Oliver Stone watching a drunk and disorderly Morrison recording ‘ Touch Me ’ . |
| 46 | ‘ The idea came from speaking to businessmen who had missed important meetings after being stuck in a cab in heavy traffic , ’ says Cave . |
| 47 | He eventually fell , seven short of a century , ‘ gated ’ by the offspinner after being stuck fast for 25 minutes , but Dermot Reeve , in his first Test , and watched by his mother Monica , who had flown halfway around the world to see him play , and Lewis , who unfurled drives and cuts of genuine quality , ensured progress was maintained as the weather closed in . |
| 48 | ‘ When he took me into the lead I did n't want to be there that soon — so many horses have been caught after being clear , ’ he said . |
| 49 | HOW silly of comedy writer Carla Lane to try to save a pit bull terrier which faces an automatic destruction order after being unmuzzled in public . |
| 50 | ‘ For all we know dying may be a delicious experience , like dropping into a warm bath after being cold all day . |
| 51 | After being whacked six nil at Crewe Hereford needed a pick me up … the tonic was the first goal against Colchester an absolute gem … |
| 52 | At best , a family might be given two shillings weekly if , after being willing to submit to a very strict investigation into their financial position ( this was called a ‘ Means Test ’ ) they were found to be at starvation level . |
| 53 | These outbursts marked the end of the entire eruption , for at 2.30 p.m. on the twenty-eighth , after being active for a hundred days , the last , mild explosion echoed out over Krakatoa , and silence returned . |
| 54 | In 1990 , however , the illegal People 's United Democratic Front ( PUDEMO ) re-emerged after being dormant for several years [ see below ] . |
| 55 | After being responsible for your pet 's welfare for many years you may feel that you are repaying your pet 's love and loyalty by arranging for their death . |
| 56 | ‘ The Lucy Ring was disbanded in 1943 , after being responsible for some invaluable work . |
| 57 | The volatile Scot , currently on a month 's loan to Birmingham City after being transfer-listed by Southampton , lines up against Newcastle with an eye on a move back into the Premier League . |
| 58 | Northallerton surprisingly crashed 52 at home to Easington , after being level at half time . |
| 59 | I was n't Marti Caine at that stage , I was Zoe Bond , but only after being Sunny Smith for three weeks . |
| 60 | The samples go back over 30 000 years , and they show that after being constant for most of that time the methane concentration began to increase in 1580 ( Geophysical Research Letters , vol 9. p 1221 ) At the end of the 16th century , the methane concentration began increasing at a rate of 0.114 ppmv per century ( parts per million by volume ) and around 1915 the rate accelerated to the present figure of 2.5 ppmv per century — if the data can be taken at face value . |