Example sentences of "be [noun] [prep] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , there are groups outside of the mainstream who do not press their views on the state even though the individuals concerned may be keenly alive to the possibility of their lot being improved as a result of state action .
2 In addition , of course , there has been influence from across the Irish Sea , in particular with the widespread use of Bakewell 's improved Longhorn in the eighteenth century and its nineteenth-century Shorthorn successor , and various other English and Scottish breeds .
3 they , they 're sort of at a premium are n't they ?
4 They , they 're sort of like a probation officer , social worker , that sort of thing , erm most people come to us with all sorts of problems not just not particularly housing problems .
5 I have that what do they usually look like , they got little , like leaves , tiny leaves under the a bit like a pine I suppose , you know , larger but they 're they 're sort of like a lit , small little leaf along the outside
6 It , you know , the remarks one makes are sort of on a generalization basis , and obviously one speaks from sometimes one 's own personal experience .
7 the people that have left are sort of in the recession and that now , there 's all the really big business people and that that have come down to the same level as everybody else .
8 Well the there are only really three main competitors so are are people in in the market .
9 International consultants include Dr Raymond Bakke , Manuel Ortiz and Dr Harvie Conn and there will be participants from around the world .
10 You 've got to erm , I 've got to get well Dad 's got the form I can get another one he can , erm the forms have got to be in soon so she knows how many are going to be sort of on the walls you know .
11 that the he 'll be sort of for a right .
12 Erm it may be some will be not so easy need a bit more work and some of them 'll be sort of in the middle .
13 This is something I think there will be agreement with across the board .
14 Again there are echoes from across the Atlantic .
15 Indeed , there has been widespread belief that management is not really feasible despite the fact that , in terms of producing a naturally-regenerating stand of timber trees without any sign of soil deterioration , there has been success for over a century , beginning with teak in southern Asia .
16 Well , I did n't mind it was quite interesting , for one thing erm we were sort of off the beaten track here and although we 're in the town you might say , we 're out of it , we 're in the country are n't we ?
17 Yeah her mother and father used to be the , but they were sort of in the always in the scene erm , repertory and they were in charge of you know ?
18 Being sort of at an angle to it and , but i it first of all it allows you to see textures in the wall and things rather better , erm and it makes for generally speaking , a more interesting composition .
19 That 's right , the , they were they were gates at like the front of the house there .
20 Well this is kind of like a sideline for us , the Game Genie Video Enhancer in not the normal kind of thing we do .
21 ‘ It 's kind of like a universal anthem , ’ says the director , with characteristic lack of modesty .
22 I take in my opinion the size , scale of settlement that is being pursued by erm North Yorkshire is of sufficient size , erm my experience erm are twelve fifty to fifteen hundred new settlement is sort of of a size that can sustain a reasonable balance of community facilities , I think in looking at the new village and in the context of P P G thirteen its highway implications , we see from table one of er Mr Curtis 's supplementary statement that public transport , I E bus and train , in terms of journeys to work to the Greater York area amounts to about eight percent of all journeys made , now I think if we were to follow Mr Curtis 's view through and put all development on the periphery of York , if we put two hundred to the North , two hundred to the East , two hundred to the South and so on and so forth , the contribution that those , that new housing can make to improving the public transport system , will be very small , if you concentrate your developments in a new settlement , or or maybe two new settlements which is another point , erm you have a better opportunity to provide a public transport system which would not only serve that new village , but also settlements in the surroundings , and I think you will find that the percentage of people in the new village who are reliant on public transport as a means of getting to work is greater that what you find in the Greater York area at the present time .
23 Er , er it I think the whole place is sort of over the other side there 's a , sort of a bridge there and possibly , I mean , I 'm sure that I 've seen a photograph from the other side .
24 Meals will be served in Hall which is sort of round the back here .
25 ‘ It is sort of like a tramp freighter , sort of plodding round from point to point ’ , said the air branch officer ; ‘ and you do n't ask too many questions when you are doing this . ’
26 And even , although you ca n't read it all , it 's very hard because it 's sort of at a an oblique angle .
27 Yeah well she 's sort of with the third year and will admit she 's so fed up !
28 And I have a sister-in-law who used to play for a women 's football team so she 's very interested and a as soon as there 's a big game on , on the satellite they all come round and it 's sort of into the kitchen you can make the the half time
29 And so er friends of ours , he 's got muscular dystrophy and he 's sort of in the same sort of and so we we 'll have a decrepit contingent , he and I will sort of and the two girls who are relatively young and healthy will go charging around and taking photographs and doing the tourist thing .
30 ‘ In the movie we drive an AMC Pacer with flames on the wheel wells , but the car we had back then was a Dodge Dart Swinger ; it 's sort of like a Vauxhall Viva .
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