Example sentences of "be [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 31 | Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together . |
| 32 | And I do n't think they have been for this last |
| 33 | It may have been during this period that he was supported by a canonry in St Peter 's , to which he later referred as pope . |
| 34 | It also gives the information that Rolle was " accustomed to show himself very familiar to recluses , and to those who needed spiritual consolation " and it must have been during this period of his life that he met his disciple Margaret de Kirkeby . |
| 35 | If I had my way you 'd have been off this boat days ago . |
| 36 | The ruins are for this man . |
| 37 | To watch such animals biting their own bodies as a way of providing novel stimulation is to see just how inadequate even the most modern zoos are for this type of species . |
| 38 | The very old and the young have a weaker mind than those in their prime and are for this reason more vulnerable to spirit attack . |
| 39 | Present plans are for this to be executed in January and February next year , and the bridge will provide the final link of roadways in this area . |
| 40 | There you are for this er gent 's singles stone diamond ring this time . |
| 41 | These encounters are for this reason accompanied by a great deal of laughing , smiling and verbal exchanges . |
| 42 | My orders are for this skeleton to be taken to the Natural History Museum in London , where scientific tests will reveal more about its true nature . |
| 43 | Since these payments are for this purpose they are quite separate from , and are not dependent upon , any right to compensation or the ‘ Disturbance Payment ’ which is described below . |
| 44 | And if somehow or other the , the , the whole of that er , erm , number nine , including the can be deferred , and I believe it should be , then that is what I would wish to happen , I would wish Mr to continue to have the freedom to see what the options are for this county council . |
| 45 | Please send contributions direct to the office at Epsom , clearly stating that they are for this fund . |
| 46 | If celibacy and the life of professed religious women are about anything at all , they are about this hidden strand both within the Christian tradition in particular and in women 's lives in general . |
| 47 | Cos I think these meeting logs are a pain in the neck cos they 've got the you know the boxes are about this big and you need to be a spider to write in them . |
| 48 | ‘ Incidentally , Daddy , I have n't said how delighted we all are about this West End play . |
| 49 | It is it 's disgusting , I mean it could be a nice pub that really the gardens are about this high in weeds . |
| 50 | When would that have been about this were they in the second division then or |
| 51 | Though he survived and prospered , there have been times this season when the chances of Mr Stringer lasting as Norwich manager until FA Cup semi-final day seemed remote . |
| 52 | … ’ bit once the sun and beer has gone to the head and we 're talking as we are after this weekend severe overcooking . |
| 53 | ‘ IT 'S NOT the number of winners I am after this year . |
| 54 | ‘ I am as sure of it as I am of this water . ’ |
| 55 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |
| 56 | It seems odd at first sight that Celsus senior should have been of this view , and odder that he managed to persuade Ducenius Varus ( consul in AD 95 ) and his colleagues that it was the correct one . |
| 57 | The rich picture should include all the important hard ‘ facts ’ of the organisational situation , and the examples given have been of this nature . |
| 58 | Many of the tasks of soldiers of the UN battalion are of this humanitarian nature , rather than purely operational . |
| 59 | However , only about twenty per cent of residential homes in Flanders are of this type ( Hellinckx and Munter , 1990 ) . |
| 60 | Yeasts ( which are fungi ) are of this kind , and many bacteria . |