Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had to wait awhile ; the troops there were drilling in preparation for being shipped to some Godforsaken town in the Low Countries to wage one of Fat Henry 's futile , forgotten wars . |
| 2 | So the search for a route through was on . |
| 3 | Well you were just talking about children erm my feeling is that we 're all children , there is no division between being a child and an adult and I think that they can accept a whole lot , but there 's a whole lot of adults that ca n't accept the shocks that are happening today and they put them into their subconscious and unfortunately it comes out in so many other ways — it comes over as a neurosis or as a mental disorder at some later date . |
| 4 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 5 | Whilst he missed his brother 's company , he welcomed the opportunity for being alone with his thoughts . |
| 6 | This should be an excellent opportunity for being with and joining friends for a relaxing evening . |
| 7 | They expound their policy of minimal state interference to find the ‘ least detrimental available alternative ’ — one in which child placement and procedure for child placement ‘ maximises , in accord with the child 's sense of time , the child 's opportunity for being wanted and for maintaining on a continuous , unconditional and permanent basis , a relationship with at least one adult who is or will become the child 's psychological parent ’ ( Goldstein et al. , 1979 , p. 189 ) . |
| 8 | Johnston faulted his defence for being too flat in that , as an outside centre himself , the A team 's coach is quick to focus on the insufficient depth which gives the player in that berth no chance to cover such a thrust by the opposition 's inside centre . |
| 9 | There is a strong theme around autonomy and identity , the struggle between being a person knowing who one is , and then being put in a dependent role through some process of infirmity . |
| 10 | To bolster his case for being given a second term — and to outflank the opposition Labor Party — prime minister Malcolm Fraser has announced new research initiatives in biotechnology , satellite research , industrial R&D and in the Antarctic . |
| 11 | Sotheby 's case for being discharged from this hugely expensive and embarrassing case rested on the argument that it was merely the custodian of the treasure , was unaware that its export licences from the Lebanon had been fraudulently acquired , and that it had no further interest in the treasure . |
| 12 | Another advantage is , and this is another case for being put in one of these hyperbaric oxygen chambers , if you 've got erm an anaerobic infection . |
| 13 | Superpower détente , the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and growing economic interdependence ( especially as a result of the process of introducing a single market within the European Communities — EC ) were " undermining Switzerland 's centuries-old case for being treated as a Sonderfall , an exception " . |
| 14 | Well , anything that you can do there , erm in in the immediate future would obviously be helpful , to support our case for being considered as the er the er European supplier , erm , and likewise with Italy , Spain , and France , not withstanding that at the moment they do n't do a great deal of business , well Spain does a great deal of business , but I do n't suppose is in a position to do much in in the way of technical support , erm , right , |
| 15 | First of all the much talked about third runway proposed for Heathrow , this 'll have a much stronger case for being located there , if there 's already a nice new terminal ready to cater for it . |
| 16 | The Irish republican SDLP and other groups which had had members in it turned on the Wilson government with the utmost ferocity for being weak , cowardly and treacherous . |
| 17 | They have a simply-furnished home , a Volvo estate car and a loathing for being in the limelight . |
| 18 | Well I would n't worry too much about cramming it all together tightly because it 's erm one of the few things we 've still got a budget for is photocopying student questionnaires so you m you know , you might as well take advantage of that , it does n't erm it does n't cost you anything and the actual difference it makes to the university and to erm world resources is very slight indeed I think |
| 19 | It certainly puts him in a different frame of mind , for on hearing it he resolves to beg forgiveness of his mistress for being jealous ( ex.13 ) . |
| 20 | At the far end was St. Giles Church — which meant we never had an excuse for being late anywhere as the bells tolled the hour — and the quarters — right through the night |
| 21 | N. That 's usually an excuse for being crap on ramps . |
| 22 | It is not that the Sergeant really objects to the constable having a legitimate excuse for being late , but it is because he too has to satisfy his superior officers that his omission to visit all the constables regularly is due to efficient Police duty . |
| 23 | There is no excuse for being caught by a marked police vehicle — but there 's not much you can do about unmarked cars or cameras . |
| 24 | She carried her sandwich over to join him , saying : ‘ My excuse for being down here is that I have n't a moment to spare . |
| 25 | It also gave him the excuse for being able to claim a whole series of ‘ expenditures ’ on his taxation forms , such as furnishings , heating , materials and travel . |
| 26 | Eventually I stayed until 1926 as I made the composition of my ‘ Exercise ’ my excuse for being there . |
| 27 | The setting of the novel is the annual ‘ Convention of Prayer for Being ’ held in San Fransisco . |
| 28 | After receiving cases of whisky and champagne for being both top trainer at Hamilton and provider of most runners at the track this year , Berry said : ‘ I 've only a few left to run at Edinburgh on Thursday and Doncaster this weekend , but I could have half a dozen for the all-weather courses . |
| 29 | Perhaps knowing the likely outcome , New Scientist 's editor made a pathetic excuse about being in Canada at the time and dropped one of his old colleagues into — and swiftly out of — the balloon . |
| 30 | Something was wrong she knew though she could not have said what it was and she was not in the least surprised when he made some excuse about being a bit busy next week and unable to see her . |