Example sentences of "be [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I think I 've been through being influenced by people .
2 Our conclusions for what they are worth are set out and we come to a figure of about forty five thousand .
3 Quite what the Vertical and Horizontal line facilities are for is a mystery , they appear completely redundant .
4 I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible .
5 I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible .
6 So they 've been about being erm
7 What she had been after was a specified date and time .
8 ‘ What we are after is consistency , ’ he said .
9 I 've got it here in , in , in black and white , Mao said what we are after is the abolition of feudal ties , to get rid of feudalism .
10 But , however confident you are after being wooed and won by an overseas recruiter , you may feel isolated and vulnerable once you have signed a contract and find that you are on your own .
11 Here all the valued qualities are of being a ‘ real ’ man , a ‘ hard ’ man .
12 Erm I think that that in the same way as if we went down too low , could be considered to be er a change of strategy and I think what we 're about is to try and reflect the currently er approved structure plan strategy .
13 Some of the costs are met by head office — it gets all of the revenue because we sell in this country — but in the case of France where we have a separate legal entity , what we 're after is contribution statements by unit of accommodation for the UK revenues , and one or two other costs with those French locally incurred expenses .
14 Once we have this model , we will not worry too much whether what we 're into is presence , power , proclamation or whatever kind of evangelism .
15 After that you know surprises were n't as big and er it just worked out that you know the particular market that we 're into was neglected here and then apparently it was neglected in Australia because we had Maggie you know a number one hit in Australia before we went out .
16 ‘ But if you do n't know , how can you be sure when you 're really in love and when you just think you are because the person you 're with is so attractive ? ’
17 If the roundabout suggests that the road you 're on is a fairly wide road and the road you 're exiting on is a fairly narrow road it will normally indicate you 're going from probably a duel carriageway , which you know you 're on if you 're already on it , but the road you 're entering might not be .
18 erm Part of the project that we 're on is trying to look at the possibility of tracing timber through from the forest right through to the end user , or at any rate , the sale at the saw-mill , in the same .
19 The recreational vehicles — Vauxhall is sensitive about calling them off-roaders — are familiar ; in Japan and in the US they 're the short-wheelbase Isuzu Amigo and the long-wheelbase five-door Rodeo , but in the UK they 're to be the Vauxhall Frontera Sport and Frontera respectively .
20 ‘ You 'll need a good wig if you 're to be Hedda 's long-haired poet . ’
21 There 's work in plenty if we 're to be finished on time .
22 They 're to be blamed , not pitied . ’
23 The league recently relaxed the overseas-player rules for the Crusaders — before they were allowed only five imports , three more than other teams , now they 're to be allowed 10 .
24 We 're to be guests of Herkimer for tea . ’
25 Please sir , Axl 's doctor said we 're to be nice to him because he comes from a broken home and he has to wear a kilt .
26 ‘ And for that you 're to be pitied Aggie . ’
27 And if you 're to try and fill her shoes , which I very much doubt you 'll ever do , but if you 're to be even half the woman that she was , may God have mercy on her , then you 'll need all the reminding I can give you . ’
28 It 's all one to me but time 's getting on and your Auntie 'll want you back early if you 're to be up at crack of dawn in the morning . ’
29 But this does n't take into account the capital equipment you need if you 're to be self-sufficient .
30 " We 're to be parents . "
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