Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [be] without " in BNC.

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1 Thank God for people who are naturally astute , as well , I do n't know where I 'd be without my husband whose precise , unfailing , streetwise insight into people knocks spots off my long-winded shots at psycho-analysing them .
2 Her answer machine er she 's got two answer machines cos she so when the other wo she kept having a lot of trouble with it , kept breaking down and it 'd go away for three weeks and she 'd be without it
3 So you will be without your deposit money for a month at least .
4 If you 're simply replacing the old cistern — and not putting in a new system alongside the old you will be without water for some considerable time while the job is done .
5 The job will take some hours and you will be without hot water while you are doing it , so you need to have everything to hand before starting .
6 Had Germany taken the ‘ purist ’ line after the war , we should be without the wonders of Bruchsal and the Residenz at Wurzburg , and the great churches of Nurnberg would look like the clean , well-designed — but totally anaemic - interiors of those in Kassel and Stuttgart .
7 ‘ I do n't know where we should be without people like him . ’
8 ‘ We know that , ’ said Pooley , ‘ and we 've been as thorough as we could be without much hope of finding anything . ’
9 So when she asked me where we 'd be without him , my urge was to reply , ‘ Rich . ’
10 " Exactly where we 'd be without them .
11 But er we shall be without him for the next fortnight erm so somebody 'll have to come in and score a few goals for us but often you know , you discover things that erm you never knew were there when you have to fill in gaps that have suddenly arisen .
12 I knew we would be without them for the return so there 's no point talking about it we have other players who can score . ’
13 ‘ We were happy to replay the tie during the evening , but this way we will be without at least three or four players .
14 ‘ We were happy to replay the tie during the evening , but this way we will be without at least three or four players .
15 On top of that , if the FA see the Davis case as a precedent , they could be without their England striker for a long spell , while Wright could find his international claims weakened .
16 They will be without Durie , who has a twisted ankle and Bergsson , who will be on international duty with Iceland in Israel .
17 Arsenal have slipped to sixth after three successive Premier League defeats , and they will be without England full-back Lee Dixon for at least a month after he was carried off with a knee injury .
18 They will be without top striker Ridvan Dilmen who has a leg injury .
19 But they will be without skipper Mark Wright , who picked up a ‘ dead leg ’ against Wimbledon on Saturday .
20 This comes when they will be without their main man , Roberto Mancini , suspended after being sent off in Udine last Sunday .
21 Orrell have an attractive home game with Leicester although they will be without several star players .
22 In supporting the Bill at its Second Reading in the House of Commons , the Minister of State at the Home Office , Mr Alexander Lyon , explained the Bill 's overall purpose thus : ‘ If a man has committed an indiscretion that brings him before the courts and results in his being convicted and penalised , it must be right that after he has served the penalty and lived it down by a substantial period of good conduct thereafter , it should be without meaning for most people of good will . ’
23 Because of difficulties with his squad getting time off work , Kelly fears he could be without as many as five players .
24 ‘ And he is generous to the point where he would be without money himself to help someone .
25 Furthermore , my own analysis of the Technics arrangement suggest that it is sensitive to loudspeaker impedance variations ; under some conditions the performance is worse with the subsidiary amplifier than it would be without it .
26 * A companion horse nearby will keep the horse calmer than it would be without it .
27 The grains will be chewy , much as pasta should be al dente ; it will be without lumps ; and it will be fragrant .
28 For most of them it will be without doubt the most taxing year they can remember .
29 And he will be without the services of Martin Offiah , who suffered a dislocated shoulder while playing for Aussie club Eastern Suburbs earlier this month .
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