Example sentences of "be [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Had it not been for their masks , the Phantasms ' faces must surely have blistered — a gulf of rising furnace-air yawned beyond that hatch . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Perhaps they 've been for their walk , this one looks as if he 's so old he can hardly ! |
| 8 | Senior management who truly support the right to continuing education for all learners are worth their weight in gold to lecturers who may be struggling to persuade colleagues , in their own department/school/division or otherwise , that students with special needs are entitled to be included in the further education system . |
| 9 | Those assets certainly would cost money to replace and to that extent their existence means they are worth their replacement cost : without them we would have to incur the replacement cost to retain their services . |
| 10 | I think it 's , I think it 's quite likely we will , most solicitors who are worth their salt will be contemplating doing so . |
| 11 | It was a swift , obviously involuntary remark , rather like hers had been during their last fateful argument . |
| 12 | In spite of everything , her mind kept returning to Antoinette — seeing her face as it had been during their last confrontation in Monpazier , twisted with bitterness and hate . |
| 13 | If nothing else these provide the opportunity to share problems , to reassure , and to make the point that modern children 's books are as enjoyable and informative for adults as they are for their intended audience . |
| 14 | Youth , when death has no reality ( she does n't mean fear of death , children can have that ) , and our actions and pleasures are for their own sake , for what they are now and new . |
| 15 | They are as dependent on retaining and winning votes from local electors through winning government contracts as their industrial and military colleagues are for their profits and prestige , respectively . |
| 16 | A POLICEMAN is killed , and the prime minister cuts short his holiday : that is how sensitive the Japanese are about their involvement in foreign wars . |
| 17 | Sometimes disputes are about their own boundaries — such as arguments over fencing — and sometimes they are about land in common ownership , anything from a medieval village green to a modern multi-storey car park . |
| 18 | I take as a second period the ten years thereafter until the parents are about their early seventies . |
| 19 | There 's much that makes sense ; there 's much that is thought-provoking , even if the thought it provokes is often that the authors are off their trolley ( 'be alert to the strange fact that the end of each century divisible by five has witnessed a major transition in Western civilisation ’ ) . |
| 20 | There are three bedrooms which are off their own landing and so are very private . |
| 21 | Workers are off their notional labour supply function , L s , but employers are on their notional labour demand function , L d . |
| 22 | In terms of the simpler partial equilibrium framework illustrated in Figure 8.6 , both firms and households are off their notional labour demand and supply functions . |
| 23 | Stirling was puzzled as to why the place was not a scene of feverish activity , but while they had been about their business Rommel was in the process of retaking Benghazi . |
| 24 | At first , after the normal welcomes and politenesses , the pre-dinner drink , their bitch had been about their little boat . |
| 25 | Many fruits change colour as they reach maturity and this can be a useful indicator , although not in every case : apples will often colour up early if occupied by a burrowing pest , some pear varieties only change colour once in store and marrows are past their best when they turn yellow . |
| 26 | A good stalker only singles out weak animals from a herd , or those that are past their best . |
| 27 | In a fight between men who are past their prime , the most telling factor surely must be motivation . |
| 28 | If yours are past their best , we offer help by taking a look at what 's available in replacement windows . |
| 29 | Even so , being tempted into keeping the flowers until they are past their best will mean that you wo n't have a satisfactory pressed flower picture with which to remember them . |
| 30 | Others stop working completely when they are past their best . |