Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only five survivors of Woking 's 1990-91 heroes are expected to feature tonight — Buzaglo , Mark Biggins , Trevor Baron and Wye brothers Shane and Lloyd — but they will be roared on by a 6,000 capacity crowd . |
| 2 | The people who are seizing and occupying the present time can not belong in my colour , they 're like the bits that leap out of a spinning bowl , too heavy , too separate and distinct to be blended in with the other substances ; red-hot stones , flung out and setting on fire the place where they land . |
| 3 | A whole set of disagreements on trade , notably over North American free trade and the GATT , could be smoothed over under that rubric : to be open and unbelligerent on trade is not weak-minded , but is in America 's interests . |
| 4 | But without that pride the Spaniard would not be Spanish , as Harvey writes : ‘ It is profoundly to be hoped that he will never allow these sharp angles to be smoothed off by the modern cult of ‘ all things to all men' ’ , and a false catholicity of taste which is no taste at all . |
| 5 | An over-ambitious social physics , albeit statistically sophisticated , would give an oddly flat theory of social relationships precisely because unique , yet meaningful , patterns would be smoothed out under general statistical laws . |
| 6 | The main purpose of the costings for the latter years is to identify probable peaks and troughs in the overall programme , which can be smoothed out by phasing in major projects so as to avoid clashes . |
| 7 | And now the intimate clothes which she had put on so unthinkingly on the day of her death would be smoothed out by strange hands , scrutinised under ultra-violet light , perhaps be handed up , neatly docketed , to the judge and jury in the Crown Court . |
| 8 | All these ruffles should be smoothed out after a few days . |
| 9 | This is especially true of black women writers , who tend to be plucked out of context to lend a splash of colour to a pallid white landscape — like a single exotic flower among drab , overwatered shrubs . |
| 10 | I think we 'll get together , Peter Davis , with with the Districts on that particular point , as far as the previous point erm madam , erm then you can rest assured that er the County Surveyor will be rousted out of his dinner tonight er erm when I get back , with a view to er providing the information that you require . |
| 11 | Proponents of the scheme believe the fans would form artificial tornadoes of polluted air , which would be propelled up through the thermal inversion " cap " . |
| 12 | There can be few people in football who do not think Flashman should be turfed out of Barnet at the earliest opportunity . |
| 13 | It is intolerable that Labour MPs who are also accountable to all the voters in their town should be turfed out by the block vote . |
| 14 | The area is thought to be inhabited by about 2,500 polar bears . |
| 15 | But if anyone else believes that all that 's consumed in the Sedgefield council chairman 's room is tea and biscuits they must be stoned out of their tiny little brains . |
| 16 | Fig. 1 ( h ) As the pool fills , the stones should be eased off at intervals to allow the liner to fit snugly into the contours of the excavation . |
| 17 | Vivien 's good idea became a big-budget shambles , and Spellbound seemed to be eased out of the second series . |
| 18 | One of the main practical impacts of the TransAction system is that almost all the conveyancing is now dealt with before exchange of contracts , and this means that the tasks that have to be undertaken in between exchange and completion are relatively minor , thereby reducing the average time between exchange and completion to two weeks or even less . |
| 19 | This instrument was known to Ptolemy in the second century AD , and — the underlying mathematical theory of stereographic projection can be traced back at least to Ptolemy 's great predecessor Hipparchus ( second century BC ) . |
| 20 | ( Gordon and Heivilin ( 1978 ) , however , point out that the origins of ZBB can be traced back at least until 1924 ) . |
| 21 | The French or Gallica roses are probably the oldest cultivated roses of European origin , and can arguably be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 22 | It was much used in mediaeval times in Britain and , indeed , its use can be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 23 | However , it necessary , his argument can easily be traced back to Freud . |
| 24 | In Dr Clarke 's view , the origins can be traced back to 1924 , when Keynes published an article advocating ‘ a drastic remedy ’ for unemployment . |
| 25 | Surprisingly , the turning point that saw a struggling business transformed into a trendsetting group that has become a household name can be traced back to a Dutch merchant banker , who persuaded Conran to widen his horizons . |
| 26 | Hospitals were to become a setting later in the decade for ‘ Doctor ’ films , ‘ Carry Ons ’ and such tepid dramas as Behind the Mask ( 1958 ) , but the genre can be traced back to White Corridors ( 1951 ) where , amidst the routine romantic squabbles , and an occasional lecture on the working of the NHS , two strong stories evolve : a researcher develops a drug that will kill infections resistant to penicillin and his lover secures herself a registrar 's post against nepotistic competition , by skilfully operating on a patient her rival has misdiagnosed . |
| 27 | Fine Gael is anything but left-wing : its roots can be traced back to General Duffy and the Blueshirts who sent a division of soldiers from Ireland to fight for Franco in the Spanish Civil War . |
| 28 | The origins of Cognitive–Behaviour therapy may be traced back to the philosopher Epictetus , who in the first century AD wrote ‘ People are disturbed not so much by events as by the views which they take of them ’ . |
| 29 | Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people . |
| 30 | The Donnington site can be traced back to at least 1291 , when it was one of the two mills of the Manor of Broadwell . |