Example sentences of "be [pron] [prep] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are nothing worth looking at , for they have green hair and green teeth and little pigs ' eyes and long red noses and shod arms more like a flipper than any respectable arm that could do a day 's work . |
| 2 | Are you into going to a pub tonight ? |
| 3 | Crime they say does n't pay , well you may have your own views on that but certainly across the breadth of variety of criminal activity we might agree that crime almost always hurt someone , more or less , we have a system designed to cope with the effects of crime and to deter future criminals , but it does n't seem to be making crime a thing of the past , so how good are we at dealing with crime , tonight 's hundred women have a broad range of experience as victims , law women , perpetrators , police and others , we 'll be hearing their views on the system and how it might be changed and asking why are we all so fascinated by fictional crime from Cell Block H to Agatha Christie . |
| 4 | It 'll be me outside looking for star . |
| 5 | Unfortunately for Brazil , even if the economics ministry succeeds in uniting the country 's industry behind quotas , there will be plenty of arguing before any international system can be set up . |
| 6 | It might be something about blending with the efficient American women he had seen around the city or it might be a feeling of exile . |
| 7 | If so , there may be something worth learning from that person . |
| 8 | What struck Michael was , the enquiry was humble — as though religion might be something worth knowing about . |
| 9 | IF one could be sure of having access to the book of the Recording Angel , heaven would indeed be something worth striving for . |
| 10 | the current is going to be something like multiplied by the voltage . |
| 11 | Remember that there must be something in writing for each ; no one is trusting memory . |
| 12 | Fantasy goals can be anything from running in the Olympics to breaking a world record or winning the Boston Marathon . |
| 13 | You will also have the chance to provide informal activities which could be anything from putting on a record or cassette for some listening or dancing , to reading aloud , or getting someone fixed up with their portable stereo or a good romance to read . |
| 14 | Are they in mourning for the first-class service ? |
| 15 | ‘ It 's nothing tae dae wie us , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Whether it 's one of the top clubs like Liverpool or Leeds or a lesser side like Accrington Stanley or Man United , there 's nothing like cheering on your team and screaming blue murder at the ‘ blind ’ ref . |
| 17 | Catharsis there 's nothing like reflecting in tranquillity to help heal those wounds , and most of them were pretty bruised by the nineteen eighties ' experiences of the recent crop . |
| 18 | We have seen how ‘ the street ’ and ‘ the city ’ played important roles in middle-class demonology , so it is easy to understand why youth workers sought to provide counter-attractions to them , believing as they did that ‘ there is nothing worth doing to be done there ’ . |
| 19 | There is nothing like putting off the chore to send you diving to the cookie jar ! |
| 20 | Intellectual conviction is nothing like feeling at gut level . |
| 21 | There is plenty of shipping in the Crouch . |
| 22 | Remember which is which by bearing in mind that aka , like red , has three letters while shiro , like white , has five . |
| 23 | Decision makers should satisfy themselves that current practice is itself worth having before using it as a comparison for a new treatment . |
| 24 | I thought myself , there 's her mother wandering about , is she off galavanting with Dave , where the hell she gone . |
| 25 | Competency you 're looking at your receptionist now , because you 've identified the key tasks you might say well what 's the standard on these things , how good is she at passing on messages etcetera ? |
| 26 | Perhaps most of all , it needs staying power , realism and a belief that it is something worth working for . |
| 27 | This is one for drinking with fish or as an appetiser . |
| 28 | that everybody said it 's something about going to the back door . |
| 29 | It 's about the future of our planet and that 's something worth fighting for … the real challenge for politicians is to convince people that being keen on the environment is not a cost-free option . ’ |
| 30 | In the hope that there 's something worth waiting for ? ’ |