Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the [noun sg] of things " in BNC.
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| 1 | For another thing , the region is one of the edge of things if I may so put it and that 's why I 'm down here I mean as , as I know when we 're up there we 're at the centre of things , but lots of people do n't |
| 2 | You 've been in the centre of things . |
| 3 | His response is to try to see clearly what we are in the scale of things : |
| 4 | I 'm in the middle of things right now , but we should be able to snatch a word in half an hour if that 's OK with you ? |
| 5 | ‘ But you know how she always likes to be in the centre of things . ’ |
| 6 | Ideal if you like to be in the heart of things as the hotel is next to one of Hamburg 's premier shopping areas and the Altona railway station . |
| 7 | Local government is full of excitement and variety ; it is an opportunity to be at the centre of things in the community and an excellent stepping stone to work in private practice as well as commerce and industry . |
| 8 | I adored it — the glamour , the feeling of being in the hub of things which I love — I love clothes — I used to make up every day and make myself look nice and meet people … to me it was n't work , every minute of it was enjoyment … |
| 9 | The feeling of being in the centre of things , of constant activity , of being in charge not only of a vehicle but its VIP occupant — or occupants — and the different venues to and from which she transported them all over southern England , appealed enormously to her restless nature and craving for excitement . |
| 10 | Socially they were on the fringe of things . |
| 11 | There was a sense of importance , of being at the heart of things . |
| 12 | They were at the centre of things . |
| 13 | She thought she would also hint to Miss Potts that Alicia and Daryl were at the bottom of things , but she did n't get very far with this , she had to go and see Miss Potts about some returned homework . |
| 14 | Thinking of Minnie was to think of days long ago when she had been at the centre of things . |
| 15 | that 's about the size of things . |
| 16 | Its abiding concern is with the interconnectedness of things , with all the links in the social chains that bind individuals together as members of a community . |
| 17 | That is in the nature of things . |
| 18 | To disentangle the yeomanry from the middling and lower gentry — and indeed from the richest peasants — is more difficult , but this is in the nature of things since yeomen emerged from the ranks of the husbandmen , while the gentry did not form a closed caste , and in many cases there was little to choose between their respective scales of wealth . |
| 19 | Because the sceptic is in the nature of things , if he 's really consistent and systematic , committed to tolerating , well , all these other opinions , to tolerating all sorts of preposterous absurdities and monstrous attitudes . |
| 20 | It 's at the edge of things . |
| 21 | Today it is at the centre of things . |
| 22 | It was in the nature of things that the trading-manufacturing element should tend to cluster in towns and industrialised villages , although cottage industry was widely dispersed , especially in the north and west , where population was dense and common land extensive . |
| 23 | My marriage failed and I was doing about one job every six months — I was on the fringe of things . |
| 24 | When I bought my first company and began to build up the business , I had to live in the city , so that I was at the centre of things . |