Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was almost as if a necessary condition of being in this paradise was the commission of some frightful sin or crime that must result in expulsion from it . |
| 2 | from being at this angle where you 're looking directly |
| 3 | However , there are also advantages in being of this gender . |
| 4 | Hopefully he 's interested in being in this band that we 're trying to put together . |
| 5 | He set the village up as a separate body even then under a charitable trust , which it continues to be to this day . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | He wanted to be through this valley . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | That said , no scientist , politician , or policy maker who has any interest in the future of mankind can afford to be without this book . |
| 10 | Much teacher-training material currently being produced tends to be of this kind . |
| 11 | 3. it will be understood by its observers to be of this character . |
| 12 | How glad we were soon to be of this memory . |
| 13 | Only 0–40 per cent of pentads should turn out to be of this length or less in this context , so that the expected number of pentads like Saintbury is only about 0–0040 × 0–042 = 0–00017 — which is certainly significant at the 1 per cent level . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | She would have to be with this boy . |
| 16 | If he 's going to make it , it 's going to be with this picture . ’ |
| 17 | I would of thought it was more likely to be on this floor |
| 18 | So it proved to be on this occasion . |
| 19 | It 's just so great to be on this beach at last ’ — Ffyona Campbell at Tangier after completing her walk the length of Africa . |
| 20 | ‘ God sent all artists here because it can be such a drag to be on this planet , ’ said the star . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Did it have to be on this evening that Kate , that notorious hedgerow flirt , should have come in early to steal his mission of mercy and love ? |
| 24 | It 's just those few , committed capitalists that see profits as the only , the only motive to be on this earth , that seem to be , was was they seem to have the influence in this in this country , and and like er , I 'm I 'm hoping that this er , er British Government objection to the Court of Justice does fail , as as is er suggested it may do , erm , and let's let's hope it does , and let's hope that we get this er , implemented . |
| 25 | Tank to be at this state until fry are free-swimming . |
| 26 | Thinking about the various stages you go through and then once you 've reached the level of department managers at , on a lot of issues you tend to be at this stage but it 's important to remember that a number of your staff may be down here somewhere . |
| 27 | and Miller does not appear to be against this type of revenge . |
| 28 | A good length of time to be in this position is about twenty minutes . |
| 29 | It is not unusual to be in this position , and it may be that there is an accepted procedure to follow in the eventuality of employers making you an offer . |
| 30 | I never chose to be in this position . ’ |