Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I mean it , erm , Mr is quite right , and I 'm very surprised at the length of time , I 'm not sure if he 's still in on planning , but he 's certainly been on and off it a lot , erm , has n't worked it out yet . |
| 2 | You have to put them up because the notes are on or below the middle line . |
| 3 | Workmen who normally called at Taylor 's on their way to work had not been in because of this . |
| 4 | His powerful shooting , sometimes from long range , was spectacular and effective and we do well to remember that Albert played in the days when the leather ball grew heavier and heavier , soaking up any moisture there may have been in or on the pitch and possibly finishing up weighing several pounds . |
| 5 | In a subdued announcement on state television and radio , Mr Alia , who has been in or near the centre of power in Albania for almost 50 years , declared he would officially step down at today 's opening of parliament . |
| 6 | My local butcher 's sales of beef are down because of ‘ mad cow ’ disease , and pork because of ‘ blue ear ’ . |
| 7 | Where cathedrals are in or near large centres of population , perhaps with a significant student presence , their ability to pay realistic salaries is an obvious advantage . |
| 8 | I 've been through since in the car and was surprised |
| 9 | We er have n't er certainly been through or down the road of looking at whether there are sites within our district that that could accommodate that , that exercise is still to be done . |
| 10 | Ruddock 's sickly grin on rising , intended to signal that he was okay , was in fact unwitting facial semaphore that the fight would have been over but for the rescuing bell . |
| 11 | The crisis should now have been over except for a brief and unwise Greek sally against Turkey which produced a spasm of concerted action by the powers , pleased to find themselves able to agree in holding Greece back . |
| 12 | We 're up and down those stairs — hey , where 's the fire ? |
| 13 | As she turned her face towards him there was a twinkle in her round brown eyes and a touch of sarcasm in her tone as she answered , ‘ No , sergeant , no ; I 've only been up since half-past six . |
| 14 | This retreat into the safety of headquarters with its separation from reality is the route for these ‘ bastards with no teeth ’ ; it is the rightful place for those ‘ nine-til-five administrators who turn up when real polises have been up and at it for hours , and then ask their daft questions because of their lack of practical experience ’ . |
| 15 | It 's been up and down the river several times . |
| 16 | Christ I 've been up and down this road this week ! |
| 17 | If you take into account the fact that I have been up till after midnight every night since Monday , that I have a cold , and that that morning I had been talking on a sore throat from 9.30 to 1 o'clock , perhaps you will understand . ’ |
| 18 | But tonight before , well on Saturday before we came up like he 'd been back and to this after , well this morning really and I , he 'd disappeared had n't he ? |
| 19 | We have been out & about as usual , still finding new places to walk within 20 miles of here : not bad after 7 years . |
| 20 | The foundation stage is then followed by , or merges into , a more specific stage which provides a more specialized education or training , which may be on or off the job , or a mixture of both . |
| 21 | Payment of salaries and pensions was 221,600 million roubles in arrears , and half the population was said to be on or below the monthly minimum consumption level ( set in June at 2,150 roubles ) , as prices for goods and service rose faster than wages and food production fell by 23 per cent . |
| 22 | Thus , the first payment should be on or after the date on which the Deed of Covenant is signed . |
| 23 | The date on the audit report should be the date on which the auditors sign the report , which should be on or after the date of board approval . |
| 24 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 25 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 26 | It was thought locally that attendance might be down because of a Gaelic football regional cup tie taking place at the same time , but many people managed to do both . |
| 27 | Under current US law , the government must set a legal limit , called a tolerance , for the amount of pesticide residue that can be in or on a food . |
| 28 | However , since the whiteout point is where a blank pixel is first seen , this must be in or at the beginning of the flooding region . |
| 29 | 6 all the Landlord 's fixtures and fittings and fixtures of every kind which shall from time to time be in or upon the Premises ( whether originally fixed or fastened to or upon the Premises or otherwise ) except any such fixtures installed by the Tenant that can be removed from the Premises without defacing the Premises |
| 30 | As most of the molecules will be in or near the ground state before ionization , is rarely negative , but may be positive or zero , depending on whether the ion is vibrationally excited or not . |