Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth was someone to be in this situation and Portia is also . |
| 2 | I 'd prefer you to be in that snowdrift , ’ he said in biting tones . |
| 3 | To her astonishment , Sally-Anne , who for two dreadful months had hardly been able to bring herself to be near any man , however young and apparently innocuous , wanted to stroke the corner of his mouth — more , she wanted to smooth the scar away — or , rather , since that was impossible , to run her hand down it and tell him that it did not matter , such a thing could only disturb those who were themselves already disturbed ! |
| 4 | Well do you want me to be at that meeting then ? |
| 5 | As a result with good control of working capital , our cash flow overall was virtually the same as in the previous year in spite of the significant profit collapse and although there may be some further redundancies this year , I do n't expect them to be in any way on the same scale as during nineteen ninety two and the important thing is that we now have costs in line with the lower level of revenue as we look into nineteen ninety three . |
| 6 | I 'm just not persuaded Marcus has it in him to be at that level of intensity ’ |
| 7 | ‘ My feeling was that if this was the last thing I was going to do , I wanted it to be of some value . |
| 8 | Product differentiation is the process by which specific features , characteristics and attributes are built in to the product or service So that the consumer perceives it to be in some way different from ( and preferably superior to ) competing products . |
| 9 | Such optimism was too firmly embedded in the culture of the profession , and too deeply bound up with medical authority and status , for it to be in any way seriously threatened . |
| 10 | If you consider yourself to be in any way progressive , and really want to play your part in demolishing the old legend of natural antagonism between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law , replacing it with the hope of friendship , then this is your chance . |