- be slack in one's duties
- be slow in learning
- be slow of speech
- be slow on the uptake
- be slow to take offense
- be slow to
- be soaking wet
- be soft on
- be sore about
- be sick of
- be sick
- be sharp set
- be shot through with
- be shrouded in thick fog
- be sick and tired of
- be sick at one's stomach
- be sick for
- be sick of the entire business
- be quick
- be rather afraid
- be returned guilty
- be s.o.'s due
- be s.o.'s shadow
- be safe from attack
- be saturated with
- be put through the mill
- be put to the push
- be put upon
- be quick about it!
- be quick on the draw
- be quick on the uptake
- be projected
- be out of luck
- be out of one's senses
- be out of practice
- be out of reach
- be out of step
- be out of the running
- be outside one's beat
- be pinched with hunger
- be poor
- be present
- be pretty well suited to
- be on the tip of one's tongue
- be one jump ahead
- be onto a good thing
- be onto
- be or lie
- be out for s.o.'s blood
- be out of a job
- be on the razor's edge
- be on the straight and narrow
- be on the take
- be on its way out
- be on one's beat
- be on pass
- be on sick leave
- be on tap
- be on the carpet
- be on the drip
- be on the pill
- be on cloud nine
- be on edge
- be of ill report
- be of prime importance
- be off points
- be off sick
- be on a better footing than ever
- be nothing but skin and bones
- be of capital importance
- be lubricated
- be much in evidence
- be much sought after
- be necessary
- be not present
- be noth-ing to write home about
- be led to believe
- be left an orphan
- be liable to occur
- be like a cat on a hot tin roof
- be like a cat on hot bricks
- be lousy with money
- be in the front
- be in the habit of doing
- be in the news
- be in the running
- be in the secret
- be into
- be in the driver's seat
- be in the dumps
- be in smb.'s confidence
- be in step
- be in store for
- be in the chair
- be in hot water
- be in neutral
- be in on the secret
- be in one's right senses
- be in poor health
- be in practice
- be in print
- be in s.o.'s grasp
- be in a brown study
- be in a fix
- be in a fume
- be in a nice pickle
- be in ambush for smb
- be in cash
- be in charge
- be in council
- be hot
- be identified with
- be identified
- be ill with a cold
- be hazardous
- be held accountable
- be held captive
- be held for questioning
- be held incommunicado
- be held innocent until proven guilty
- be held responsible
- be held
- be hot for
- be hot on
- be halfway to
- be hard pressed (to do sth.)
- be hard put to
- be hard to please
- be hard up for money
- be hardly cold in one's grave
- be going strong
- be going to
- be good at business
- be green with envy
- be guilty of
- be guilty
- be had
- be halfway through
- be found wanting
- be free from care
- be free of
- be free to
- be free with one's advice
- be free with one's money
- be driven from pillar to post
- be due
- be engaged
- be fair game
- be felt
- be found guilty