Example sentences of "be [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 've been through quite a lot of those and it 's it , the case does n't really stack up . |
| 2 | I 've been through quite a lot . |
| 3 | Have been for over a week . |
| 4 | Once he had ( rightly ) rejected that argument , he treated the matter as one for the unfettered exercise of his discretion , in which W. 's views were merely a relatively unimportant factor , and expressed the view that his real choice was between the conflicting medical views of Dr. M. , the consultant psychiatrist in whose care W. had been for over a year , and Dr. G. , supported in the event by Dr. D. , another consultant psychiatrist with specialist experience in the field of anorexia nervosa . |
| 5 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 6 | Only by now there were n't any more southbound stages and there had n't been for over a week . |
| 7 | I could n't explain that I would have had to leave in a month or so anyway — but I pointed out that in fact I was n't well , had n't been for quite a while whatever he chose to think , and that a rest would do me good . |
| 8 | There was no details on the vouchers as to how much they are worth just a note saying that vouchers must be redeemed before 12 on the matchday . |
| 9 | He remains a major shareholder , but his shares are worth only a fraction of their '84 value . |
| 10 | They are worth about a million . |
| 11 | The only artist I know that brings to mind that I think is absolutely brilliant is David Sheppard , You got a print on his works and its only one of a hundred prints , and even his prints are worth about a thousand pounds . |
| 12 | Although 20 per cent go out into the country once a week , the study showed that less than half of the population are monthly visitors and 80 per cent of visits are for only a day or less . |
| 13 | Now I do n't know what they were worth and she was saying they must have been worth quite a bit cos they 're big detached solid houses are n't they ? |
| 14 | The objections are of both a constitutional and a financial nature . |
| 15 | Why do some clouds , especially those which are of only a small height , fail to produce rain ? |
| 16 | They 're worth quite a b* of money . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ She takes her golf very seriously ; she told me her clubs are a matched set and I imagine they 're worth quite a lot of money . |
| 18 | and , and stuff like that so I mean in a sense you 're by now a fairly good judge of the way to go about this sort of thing , you 're a fairly good judge of what sort of things are important , perhaps the way in which people describe stuff and , and , you know , words , concepts , vocabularies erm all that kind of thing which obviously it helps if your questionnaire fits in with |
| 19 | I mean I 've been in quite a bad mood this week actually but it 's really , like you know standing up for myself cos anyone that 's rude to me now gets it right back in their face . |
| 20 | Well no he went out but they somebody ran in there and h well B Brian and I think Pat and David were having a drink with him and I think they suddenly thought well he 's been in there a long time . |
| 21 | well its been in there a week |
| 22 | Jackie 's been in there a while , has she not ? |
| 23 | At the beginning of the fourth month , a young man who had been in only a few days attacked Carter with a knife . |
| 24 | But you are in quite a good position now . |
| 25 | We are in quite a mess to say the least . ’ |
| 26 | So I think that er we are in quite a strong position . |
| 27 | My mother hovers on the brink of life , not knowing whether her heroic struggle will be worth even a fraction of the effort she expends . |
| 28 | They must be worth quite a bit — in America . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 're famous all over the Far East , so a story about how you kept a secret concubine in Taipei should be worth quite a bit . ’ |
| 30 | So you 'll be worth quite a bit dead ? |