Example sentences of "[verb] to be [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other possible configurations , which will not , however , be discussed here at any length , are doublets ( exemplified by pairs of opposites — see chapters 9 , 10 and 11 ) , and clusters , which are groupings of lexical items characterised by a lack of structure ( some groups of synonyms appear to be of this nature — see chapter 12 ) . |
| 2 | It admits that it had n't expected to be in this line of work so long , having thought Unix 's compatibility issues would have been resolved years ago . |
| 3 | And — ’ with a grateful glance at Benedict , who was standing by , mute , moved as he had not expected to be by this reunion he had brought about ‘ — thanks to this intelligent and resourceful young man , it is over now . ’ |
| 4 | To be sure it is a little difficult to be certain how big " large " has to be before this behaviour sets in — indeed it was emphasised by Bohr and his friends that the line could be drawn at different places along the chain — but somewhere this classical behaviour had to set in to make measurement possible . |
| 5 | The Lake District money has to be in this month , that 's another eighty five , is it eighty fi ninety pounds ? |
| 6 | I want to be like this , he thought . |
| 7 | I was paid good money for 3½ years to do something about the problems of North Shields and a particular component of doing something was describing what things were like , giving an account of how they had come to be like this , and attempting to understand why the process had happened as it had . |
| 8 | And that world , that ghetto , happens to be in this city , in Cork . |
| 9 | and Miller does not appear to be against this type of revenge . |
| 10 | Base rate can be often seen to be outside this guideline , due mainly to expectations in future movements in interest rates ( see later in chapter ) . |
| 11 | Fil continues : ‘ We just happen to be in this bit … ( much laughter ) … of no money and knowing what it 's like to have no prospects . |
| 12 | He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party . |
| 13 | Much teacher-training material currently being produced tends to be of this kind . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've had a bad start , and you 're not going to be over this illness in a couple of days , but I 'm sure you can beat it . |
| 15 | If he 's going to make it , it 's going to be with this picture . ’ |
| 16 | Ships did not often come down this coast , and I said to myself , ‘ I 'm going to be on this island for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Is it always going to be like this ? |
| 18 | ‘ You knew it was going to be like this , Frank , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Was the whole book going to be like this ? |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , but , you see , ’ said Masklin firmly , ‘ if I do n't try , then it 's always going to be like this . |
| 21 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 22 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 23 | Was he going to be like this towards every woman his younger brother brought home ? |
| 24 | ‘ If I 'd known it was going to be like this I 'd have gone ages ago ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Going to be in this orange-coloured juice , so I 'm given to understand , ’ said Dorcas doubtfully , ‘ running slowly on a ball and jetting , whatever that is . |
| 26 | We made two hundred and forty five pounds on Thriller of the Year one hundred and nineteen pounds on Tea for Two but that is after we 've made the three hundred pounds donation to Whiston Hospital we made a thousand and eighteen pounds on the panto Wuthering Heights we lost four hundred and nine pounds , but that was basically that we do costume plays and have to hire the erm fixtures and set pieces from Wrightsons or wherever we 're always going to be in this position and I think it 's the tradition of the Garrick that we continue to do them , and I think we have to accept that we may have losses in future on those particular erm things . |
| 27 | But they 're not the only ones , by the way , I 'm also concerned about the fact that more and more young people seem to be in this syndrome and I 've a feeling that that comes down not just to government things , but also to the problems in the family as a whole . |
| 28 | Above us , they indulge in fits of nostalgia , remembering the heady days of the Poll Tax riots , and in artificially enlarging the number present with all those who are there in spirit : ‘ There are a lot of people who would like to be on this demonstration . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's got to be about this Spanish thing , ’ Mitch said quietly . |
| 30 | Well somebody 's got to be in this house ! |