Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the banks are slowly slipping over a cliff . |
| 2 | ‘ But you are kinda running up a backlog in my favour account . ’ |
| 3 | Partly because the species are not marketable , partly because trees are only taken over a certain size , erm and so on . |
| 4 | They have even been known to raid the picnic basket if I am overly engrossed over a little ‘ hot spot ’ I have found . |
| 5 | Then he said : ‘ I hope I am not trespassing over a duty ascribed to someone else present here , but then I had heard no proposals for anyone to give a toast in thanks to our host , the most honourable and kind Lord Darlington . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm surprised that we 're not picking up a bit more a few more highlights , it 's a bit . |
| 7 | But you 're still missing out a big , very important part of the graph , because for a lot of its range it actually , you know , looks something like well what would that look like ? |
| 8 | ’ We 're about to pick up a very valuable thing . |
| 9 | So the cost of Prestel is going to be a local phone call plus an access fee , for the time you 're connected , and any extra charges you notch up by looking at paid-for pages ( the price per page is always in the top right-hand corner and you 're warned if you 're about to run up a charge ) . |
| 10 | And I think they 're actually picking out a particular area for a report is is not necessarily good practice. , erm I think we can identify er those areas piece by piece we will go through them , they can be brought forward to a variety of areas . |
| 11 | Those being raided argue that , with hard core porn gradually disappearing , police and customs , worried about cuts in jobs and funding , are deliberately whipping up a new moral panic . |
| 12 | However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead . |
| 13 | Blind are also bringing out a video . |
| 14 | Organisers of Wirral 's Initiative for Needy Children ( Winch ) are also lining up a celebrity spot-kick contest for the same day at Prenton Park . |
| 15 | Clubs , however , are also paying out a lot more and transfers surged to an alltime high of £75m , a staggering 63 per cent increase on 90–91 . |
| 16 | Second , the scope of what New Historicism involves is continuously changing , and the conflicts between contending views are often localised over a few issues . |
| 17 | ‘ We are really building up a European company , through common systems , by giving people a common language , and giving them a common experience . ’ |
| 18 | The Leeders are now drawing up a petition which will be presented to the Bishop of Chelmsford next month . |
| 19 | Scientists at Liverpool University are now drawing up a breeding programme for the UK herd . |
| 20 | Some Californians who visited us are now setting up a centre in San Francisco , ’ said Tabkay. — Tabkay seated in one of the gompas in front of a geling , a wind instrument he has mastered . |
| 21 | The NCC and the Scottish Herpetological Society are now carrying out a survey to determine amphibian populations in Fife , Kinross and Lothian . |
| 22 | passengers are now taken on a picturesque two and a half mile long trip to Holywell Halt and beyond . |
| 23 | So I I 'm not holding out a lot of hope for it . |
| 24 | I 'm not running up a large bill unnecessarily . |
| 25 | Well , in that we 're , I 'm just , I 'm just bringing up a point that yes he , he , it seems that he could well say something like well , the cow herder or the shepherd down the road has got as much of the right as anybody else . |
| 26 | I 'm just tidying up a bit while you 're singing darling |
| 27 | He said : ‘ Thank you no I 'm just picking up a book George promised me . ’ |
| 28 | and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er |
| 29 | I shall not develop that point today , because it is not immediately relevant ; I am simply putting down a marker that , as the Bill 's provisions succeed in the community , we should not exclude an extension into other areas . |
| 30 | Whether you 're looking for bowls of bulbs to brighten the home or the best miniatures for a rock garden , now 's the time to start work and Daphne Ledward and Anne Swithinbank are here to pass on a host of colourful ideas . |