Example sentences of "be [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am during his absence drawing as many native plants as I can , I mean branches of trees , some of which are very pretty . |
| 2 | She had n't really believed it herself , not all of it anyway ; so when her mother started telling her that what Davy Treffry had said was more or less true , she wanted to put her hands over her ears and not listen ; she did n't want to know about the argument there had been between her father and her Uncle Harry ; she did n't want to hear about how they picked their wives by some silly fishing competition . |
| 3 | Losing at home four two to Swindon , their arch rivals after being two in front , but I 'd just like to make one point clear ; do n't blame manager Brian Horton because all of Oxford 's matches that they 've lost this season has been through their own fault : lack of character out there on the pitch , there 's nothing Brian can do sat on the bench . |
| 4 | Fortunately for Quinn , Sam was a trained agent , and had been through her apprenticeship in stake-out duties , than which nothing is more boring . |
| 5 | I know he 's been through her papers and that , not that there was much . |
| 6 | All of the external verifiers selected to participate in the pilot have been through our induction training and have considerable experience in external verification . |
| 7 | Our library girl has been through our cuttings and there is quite a lot about you . |
| 8 | We 've been through his tax arrangements . |
| 9 | They had been through his things . |
| 10 | How and when his link with Newcastle was established is not clear — it might have been through his employment to complete the London house which Kent had designed for the duke 's brother , Henry Pelham [ q.v. ] , after Kent 's death in 1748 — but there is plentiful evidence of the connection . |
| 11 | He 's already had two anyway through recognising people that have been through his hands in the cell block , an following 'em and finding them climbing through a window . |
| 12 | I 've been through my neighbourhood , where they 've torn down liquor stores and burnt down everything . |
| 13 | Is it possible that bolt in my arm should have been through my heart ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Of course I have been through my brother 's documents , household accounts , memoranda and letters . |
| 15 | We been through your pockets . |
| 16 | When I said to you earlier erm there 's several ways in which you can help me now the main way you can help me is erm is er the way I do , the way I prefer to do business is by personal recommendations and you 've seen the service that I can give you , you 've seen , we 've been through your , your personal situation , your financial situation , have you found that of benefit ? |
| 17 | The presence of Prince Charles , Prince Andrew , Prince Philip , Princess Anne , her new husband Tim Laurence and her son Peter was all to help a BBC Panorama team film how hard done by the royals are during their holidays . |
| 18 | Underlying this simplistic approach is sound reasoning , namely that your audience needs to know at all times where they are during your presentation . |
| 19 | I am sure some of the guys in my workshop think I am off my trolley . |
| 20 | ‘ I shall try to think of some way of showing how grateful I am for your bravery . |
| 21 | ( Or groundsperson , as you quickly modified it to , though let me assure you grateful as I am for your awareness of the issues involved that I have no simplistic sensibilities to be offended in this area . ) |
| 22 | In the course of these policies , one or the other restrictive practice has been singled out as the root cause of our ills — resale price maintenance , clearing banks ' cartel , trade unions — the cry has been for their removal . |
| 23 | If possible , life was harder even for these ragged redskins than it had been for their forefathers after the war with Rope Thrower , when their livelihood had been deliberately burned away from them . |
| 24 | Had it not been for their masks , the Phantasms ' faces must surely have blistered — a gulf of rising furnace-air yawned beyond that hatch . |
| 25 | If it had not been for their long , soul-searching conversations about the Koran and the life of the Prophet , he would probably not , now , be sleeping with her . |
| 26 | Perhaps they 've been for their walk , this one looks as if he 's so old he can hardly ! |
| 27 | She would have welcomed both had it not been for her vow of return . |
| 28 | ‘ If it had n't been for her courage and fortitude in going out there and taking on the role of investigator , private detective and motivator , those files would still be closed and the police would just have an unsolved case of a missing person . ’ |
| 29 | If it had n't been for her fat friend , she would have overslept . |
| 30 | When Aunt Lilian wrote to tell him of my mother 's death — she said she had died from pneumonia — he sent a wreath of lilies and a letter , saying that if it had not been for her tuition , he would not be where he was now . |