Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marilyn has worked with Douglas Reyburn for just over a year as time keeper , but because of her clerical skills will also be helping out in the office when leave is taken by others . |
| 2 | I 'll engage to pull down in three hours what you 'll be building up in as many years , in spite of all the lessons you can teach her . |
| 3 | But the Tories have been quick to draw comfort from the latest figures , pointing out that the underlying trend showed that the rate of increase appeared to be levelling off in 1990 and 1991 . |
| 4 | The sovereignty of Parliament has been the linchpin of our unwritten and flexible constitution ; it can be traced back in our political practice and constitutional theory for almost three centuries ; and yet the constitutional authorities have come to see it as the fundamental constitutional problem needing challenge and change . |
| 5 | Though the backgrounds of the successful ironmongers were varied , nearly all their families can be traced back in the neighbourhood to the sixteenth century , either through a direct line or through marriage . |
| 6 | The basis for all these conclusions seems to be that because there are bad comprehensive schools the system must be abandoned ( and if this is not the intention it is likely to be the secondary education for all , which led to the establishment of comprehensive schools in the first place , has , it seems , to be given up in favour of ‘ good ’ education for some and ‘ bad ’ for others , the ‘ good ’ now being variously identified with the rigorous , the vocational , and the wealth-producing . |
| 7 | The church premises at Oxford Street had to be given up in 1922 , and All Saints Church , Paddington , was purchased . |
| 8 | Leaving home , getting married , going on holiday , promotion at work , starting a family , all require certain familiar routines and rhythms to be given up in order to make the most of a new situation . |
| 9 | This stock could be thinly spread over the entire population , or be given over in its entirety to a number of friendly societies ( a new role for the friendly societies is proposed below ) . |
| 10 | The remaining land was to be given out in family units , in line with the government 's ideology of private ownership . |
| 11 | The company 's accounts state that Nos. 17 and 21 were to be broken up in 1927 and although No. 17 had disappeared without trace , Walter Gratwicke saw two cars numbered 21 side by side in Penge depôt in 1932 ! ( i.e. Milnes Car No. 21 and the ex-Croydon car which replaced it ) . |
| 12 | No. 31 was the last to be broken up in July . |
| 13 | No. 34 was the last to be broken up in June . |
| 14 | The structure of the economy and society can be broken down in a variety of ways for a variety of purposes . |
| 15 | And I used to carry out their meals to the men , and they used to be eating out in the field then . |
| 16 | Any further comments can be filled out in the available space . |
| 17 | It must be pointed out in this connection that , as the court has consistently held , the mere fact that the competent authority is empowered to grant exemptions or dispensations can not justify a national measure which is contrary to the E.E.C . |
| 18 | It may be that the student does not feel competent to discuss the various distinctions , but even so the existence of the possible distinctions should be pointed out in the answer . |
| 19 | This should be pointed out in the market counterparty notice . |
| 20 | ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now . |
| 21 | Every instant of her time from when she got back from work till it was time for Emily to be tucked up in bed was devoted exclusively to her precious little daughter . |
| 22 | Sleepy and satisfied , Emily was only too willing to be tucked up in bed , just after nine o'clock . |
| 23 | When the parade finally came to an end , Sergeant-Major Philpott congratulated them all and before dismissing the parade told the troops they could take the rest of the day off , but they must return to barracks and be tucked up in bed before midnight . |
| 24 | ( The printed sheets were ‘ signed ’ with a letter of the alphabet , so they could be gathered up in the right order — one of each , B , C , D , etc . |
| 25 | Without bacteria , moulds and fungi , we would all be wading around in undecayed vegetation many miles deep . |
| 26 | One acoustic theory is immediately exploded : that a whisper on stage could be heard up in the back row ( Greek guides conveniently fail to take the wooden superstructure into account ) . |
| 27 | Dot remembered how sometimes there used to be singing down in the shelters in the dark . |
| 28 | You are the lucky winners of our July competition and will soon be stepping out in style with a pair of great fabric boots from Line 7 . |
| 29 | Suddenly the lack of sleep and tension seemed to be catching up in one great wave of dizziness . |
| 30 | It 's a taste that seems to be catching on in Japan , replacing a traditional fancy for whale meat , which is now priced well out of the range of most Japanese pockets . |