Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MICKEY MOUSE and Donald Duck are in the dog house with Goofey . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman can be absolutely certain that we agree that the measures proposed by Mr. MacSharry are to the detriment of his farmers and farmers in every corner of the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | Their desperate League form this season has consigned them to a similar predicament , while Chelsea are on the crest of a wave . |
| 4 | Lesotho , Madagascar and Mauritius are in the process of implementing schemes ; Burkina Faso , Ghana , Rwanda and the Seychelles are about to . |
| 5 | Copies of the most recent report for the year ending 31 March are in the Library . |
| 6 | Lincoln are in the middle of a good spell , having won five of their last six matches . |
| 7 | I 'll be talking to John Hume , the leader of the S D L P , according to Mr Major his talks with Gerry Addams are at the end of the road . |
| 8 | Hopefully Hereford are on the way up after beating Doncaster … good win this … a good performance which kicked off with an early goal from Owen Pickard … |
| 9 | Brighton are in the relegation battle ; Town back in the promotion race . |
| 10 | Alexis and Paul Gilmour are behind the campaign and they are after as many signatures as possible . |
| 11 | And I 've got to go , unless we go to Tuesday been to the dentist |
| 12 | Cricket now , and Northamptonshire are on the verge of a place in the NatWest Trophy final at Lords.They bowled out Warwickshire for a hundred and forty nine in the semi final at Edgbaston , and were further helped by some disastrous Warwickshire batting . |
| 13 | The books of Roald Dahl are in the group of books that , due to their appeal to young readers , and perhaps their iconoclastic treatment of the adult world , are suspect as far as critics and prize panels are concerned . |
| 14 | West Ham , Manchester City , Middlesbrough and Crystal Palace are in the hunt . |
| 15 | EMMA and RICHARD are at the breakfast table . |
| 16 | Some LEAs are in the process of major reorganization themselves , so that heads can be on the receiving end of a stream of directives and initiatives that contradict and countermand each other quicker than they can be assimilated . |
| 17 | Exquisite 19th-century porcelain , popular Staffordshire earthenware and exclusive gold jewellery by Picasso are among the display of treasures in the new gallery on the first floor of the Royal Museum of Scotland . |
| 18 | Again , the counts of Flanders were in the vanguard , with Robert the Frisian and Robert II offering protection for merchants crossing the county and their peace for the duration of fairs . |
| 19 | Arsenal were in the final , but Chapman poured cold water on hopes for the Double . |
| 20 | Margaret and Dickie were in the garden playing badminton when Mr Remington-Hart rang up and asked to speak to my aunt . |
| 21 | In fact , he was already discussing it in his office when he discovered that Paramount were in the middle of a feud with Redford and were just about to serve him with a writ . |
| 22 | Ho responded immediately to this newspaper article by proposing various measures which might lead to a return to normality and to the hopeful provisions of the modus vivendi , not least an end to the press and radio incitements from both sides , but whether at this stage Ho and Blum were in the saddle or not , things were beginning to fall apart . |
| 23 | Unseen by viewers was another incident during the filming at Twycross Zoo , in Leicestershire , when Crawford and Michele Dotrice were outside the cage . |
| 24 | Martha and Tilda were in the position of having no spending money , but this was less important when they were not attending school and were spared the pains of comparison , and they felt no bitterness against their mother , because she had n't any either . |
| 25 | The EPA is within the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Service and is an agency of the Interior Department . |
| 26 | And when he came back he got a job in Marks and Spencer 's on the shop floor . |
| 27 | They are still trying to trace the owner of a metallic blue Vauxhall Carlton which was parked near Pinky 's on the day of Lynne 's death . |
| 28 | UNIVERSITY of Ulster girl Sharon Cunningham is on the road to Rio . |
| 29 | Huddled over the coffee balloon with Joe , Luke asked after Jeff , and Joe said , ‘ Jeff 's off the poem ’ , and Luke just nodded . |
| 30 | Now that Jeff 's in the picture , it means I can back off a little and stop feeling quite so responsible for Silvia . ’ |