- be bereft of
- be on the road to recovery
- be beaten into second place by
- be loath to
- bodged
- be up to snuff
- battle-scarred
- barristers the bar
- be contiguous with
- big smoke
- be repugnant
- be in force
- baritone
- be in a blue funk
- be bristling with
- boutade
- by a whisker
- be good enough
- beat a retreat
- banneret
- beldam
- blintze
- be for the high jump
- buy up
- birl
- boo-boo
- be a chip off the old block
- boorishness
- be cagey about
- baron of industry
- be evidence of
- but and ben
- be against
- be chucking it down
- be conquered by
- B road
- blazoning
- bad feelings
- beat back
- back matter
- brown study
- be regretful at
- be remorseful
- be full of life
- broadening
- be the best
- blind to
- be foxed
- bacchanalian
- body blow
- bender
- booay
- be consonant
- bring to notice
- be reluctant
- beer parlour
- bombardment
- be desirous of
- be the harbinger of
- bring up to speed on
- backstairs
- be two a penny
- be not unlike
- bring out into the open
- be unable o stand
- behave uncontrollably
- be nosy about
- be down in the dumps
- be opposite to
- bridle path
- brasserie
- be diffident
- beat examination
- by word of mouth
- be a harbinger of
- backwater
- be detrimental to
- black market
- breadwinner
- bankable
- buckled
- blitzkrieg
- be afflicted with
- backtrack on
- bad health
- bobsy-die
- bring to an untimely end
- become caught
- branch off
- be unconvinced
- breeches
- buddy-buddy
- become dispirited
- be overrun by
- be obsequious towards
- beefiness
- butcher's shufti
- be wound up
- brainchild
- beyond one