Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No she does n't live with us but she does live locally and that was one of the reasons for being here because it 's a little bit easier to get to her . |
| 2 | I 'd also like to thank Colonel , Colonel for coming today from er Mildenhall in Lakenheath and also thanks to the Reverend for being here as well . |
| 3 | ‘ A person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force . |
| 4 | By s.8(1) of the Theft Act 1968 : [ a ] person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses any force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force . |
| 5 | One scene from the film had remained in her mind : it had seemed to Marie to be more or less her own experience of life . |
| 6 | It was a pleasure to be here and take part in Eusebio 's big night . ’ |
| 7 | She did not want to pretend pleasure at being here and she did not want to witness even more proof of the life that had been led in this house , all of it with her father . |
| 8 | The local county court often has the advantage of being nearer than the High Court District Registry , its rules are less strict and it allows more steps to be taken by post than does the High Court . |
| 9 | She realised , as she had mentioned to Laura , she was quite as guilty as her superiors of being less than open with the police . |
| 10 | A spokesman for America 's University of Minnesota , said : ‘ Plan for the contingency of being apart if you see a lot of divorce in both families . ’ |
| 11 | I had the privilege of being there and I will never forget the experience . |
| 12 | Almost men have at some time an intimation of being more than the material , and the appearance and personality . |
| 13 | So they have all the advantages of being indoors and outdoors at the same time , making performances at Garsington a unique experience . |
| 14 | Now some clubs are quite happy for an ad to be there and for the golf club name to be there . |
| 15 | I would like a staff rep to be there and I think it should be a management staff rep . |
| 16 | A court can include a requirement for the child to be medically or psychiatrically examined on one occasion or from time to time as directed by the supervisor ( para 4(2) ) . |
| 17 | I wanted Gemma to be here but she would n't come . ’ |
| 18 | In any case , you can buy lifejackets now that look little different from normal fishing waistcoats , so what is the point of being without and risking your life ? |
| 19 | A study published by Age Concern Scotland asserts , that , ‘ to be dependent is to face the danger of being less than fully human because to be dependent is to live with the prospect of having our bodies cared for but our personal and social lives neglected or even dismissed as irrelevant . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ For heaven 's sake , ’ cried Babs , ‘ you 've as much right to be here as we have . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You have as much right to be here as anyone . |
| 22 | I 'm sure you have as much right to be here as anyone . ’ |
| 23 | We 've as much right to be here as they have . |
| 24 | I 've learnt I 'm a person in my own right , not just someone 's wife or mother and I have a right to be here and a right to pursue a career or studies . |
| 25 | I have every right to be here and , as to madame , she 's my friend . |
| 26 | It assured him of his right to be here and he picked it up and put it in his jacket pocket before walking through into the hall with its white doors leading to the reception rooms . |
| 27 | The nice beer-bellied English gentleman with the Union Jack T-shirt and shorts , a can of lager in one hand and a cigarette in the other , has just as much right to be there as you do . |
| 28 | They had as much right to be there as I , and I was in no position to judge what benefits they were deriving from their experiences , beyond a developed attraction towards pyromania . |
| 29 | You hardly had room enough to do your job , but you dare n't tell 'em to get out o' the way ; or else they 'd say they 'd as much right to be there as you had ! |
| 30 | But you do have a right to be there and to be heard . |