Example sentences of "be [prep] this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's got to be about this Spanish thing , ’ Mitch said quietly . |
| 2 | Oh , for that uncomfortable bed on his yacht that he now resolved to be aboard this very evening , before any such vote could be called . |
| 3 | What can be behind this shy pixie 's door ? |
| 4 | Conversation analysis , which is sometimes regarded as distinct from discourse analysis ( Levinson 1983:286 ) , is a branch of study which sets out to discover what order there might be in this apparent chaos . |
| 5 | ‘ Going to be in this orange-coloured juice , so I 'm given to understand , ’ said Dorcas doubtfully , ‘ running slowly on a ball and jetting , whatever that is . |
| 6 | See , he never used to be in this bloody room ! |
| 7 | Many firms will not be in this fortunate position and will have to be very careful in determining their prices if they are to avoid losses and possible bankruptcy . |
| 8 | ( If she were alive now , Lily thought , I would not be in this sorry mess … ) |
| 9 | It is possible that the space allocated to the Coulson Professor will be in this shared building , although the whole utilisation of space within the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory will be reviewed in the near future . |
| 10 | In fact how am I to know you did n't do all this just so we could be in this very position now ? ’ |
| 11 | You can not afford to be without this brilliant package . |
| 12 | In future , however , I suspect it will be to this fine disc that I shall be looking when I want to hear this sunny and enchanting score . |
| 13 | Michael Eastman , Terry Dunnell , Arkle Bell , Malcolm Goodspeed and John Oliver all hope to be at this International Congress on Urban Ministry . |
| 14 | Instead , I will simply buy more film and , encouraged as any amateur should be by this well-presented book , I will get back to grovelling on my knees in the Oxfordshire hedgerows . |