Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slim women — or those who have successfully been on a diet — often feel deeply disheartened by the fact that diet and exercise alone do not seem to improve these problem areas . |
| 2 | Was was any attempt made by the the experienced men the one who the ones who understood the rock and been in the presumably been in the industry |
| 3 | The situation in the Gulf may now dwarf the Palestinian issue , but no Middle East crisis can be seen in isolation ; a thousand days of protest has assured the plight of Palestinians has rarely been off the world agenda . |
| 4 | He 's one of the strongest scrummagers in the game yet has rarely been inside a gym in his life , although a few of his international colleagues swear that he must be a closet trainer . |
| 5 | If guests have no credit cards they are usually asked to prepay for their stay at the hotel and all incidentals in bars and restaurants etc. are on a cash basis . |
| 6 | Bob Stokes , who was coach of the side when they last won the trophy ( under the guise of Whitburn ) has since been to the final on six occasions ( with Whitburn and Team Scottish Farm ) and lost every time . |
| 7 | The province has since been in the forefront of China 's efforts to reassure foreign businessmen that its door will be staying open for ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 8 | Why not with Dr Primo Nebiolo , president of the IAAF , who never ceases to eulogise about the greatness of the sport while around him , those attuned to what is really going on are in no doubt that cheating remains rife . |
| 9 | Consequently such services have only been under the administration of health authorities for a short while . |
| 10 | I 've only been to a couple of lodge meetings it I was invited to go to I always felt slightly ambiguous about that really you know . |
| 11 | He barely speaks Italian and in fact has only been to the country of his ancestry once — on a school trip . |
| 12 | Well we 've only been to the dentist here . |
| 13 | She had consulted an astrologer once before , even if it had only been for a lark , so why not consult another one now ? |
| 14 | Oxford Pest Control 's newest technician John Rilby had only been with the company four days but had already made his mark . |
| 15 | Now some of you , if you 've only been with the company a few months or whatever it was , may not have noticed too much of a change , er , but I 've noticed a bit of a ch , I 've noticed a tremendous change in two and half months , two and a half years , and there 's some people in the room who must have noticed tremendous changes . |
| 16 | Both were initiated by Billy , a 16-year-old with a recently acquired impairment who had only been with the group for a year . |
| 17 | He 's only been with the club a few weeks . |
| 18 | Rosenthal , who had only been on the field 15 minutes , made Barlow pay in full for his wastefulness yet Liverpool should not have had to wait so long to get their noses in front . |
| 19 | Payton who had only been on the field for six minutes put Celtic further ahead in the 66th minute when he accepted a left wing pass from Collins to shoot low into the net from six yards . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before . |
| 21 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 22 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 23 | True , he had only been on the periphery , a bit-part player who could usefully be dragooned into secondary roles when a little muscle was required . |
| 24 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 25 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 26 | The interesting thing has been that each time we have revised the strategy we have been partially right , but it has only been as a result of a whole series of revisits , reorganizations and reassessments , as well as changing people , perspectives and systems , that we seem to have got enough right to be able to fight our corner . |
| 27 | This showed that he had not only been in the Catalina that had sighted the Bismarck but was actually piloting it and had taken avoiding action when the Bismarck opened fire . |
| 28 | The father had only been in the country six months and had no means of supporting his son . |
| 29 | He 's American and only been in the country two weeks . ’ |
| 30 | I had only been in the force five weeks . |