Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 2 | It was a warm May day and everybody seemed to be out in the street or standing on their steps . |
| 3 | The primitive mammals that happened to be around in the three areas when the dinosaurs more or less simultaneously vacated the great life trades , were all rather small and insignificant , probably nocturnal , previously overshadowed and overpowered by the dinosaurs . |
| 4 | Relieved to be out in the open again , I looked for the route up onto the giant hump of Rhossili Down above the village . |
| 5 | It was a slow-going mile , but towards the end one could hear occasional cars along the road ahead and Gareth and Coconut with whoops crashed through the last few yards , again , as the week before , relieved to be back in the space age . |
| 6 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 7 | Popes might be — and often were — driven from Rome , but they aspired to be back in the city to which they belonged . |
| 8 | And Iain Munro , lately of Dundee , who hopes to be back in the game soon , left with his wife and family for Florida and an early annual holiday . |
| 9 | I let myself unwind at last — how good it feels to be back in the field , especially in this cinnamon-scented corner of the mortal sphere . |
| 10 | PFS expects to be back in the black for the full year . |
| 11 | She did n't know where she was and she longed to be back in the cottage where it was safe . |
| 12 | Only poor Webb , still in plaster but determined to be back in the side in time for Italy , can feel discouraged by the way he brought it off . |
| 13 | The US duo arrived in Spain on a private jet from North Carolina , where they played in the US Tour Championship on Sunday , and both have to be back in the States next Monday . |
| 14 | When it was just your Dad and I we , we could go out all evening and then , then come back to the tent , but when we 've got you two we have to be back in the , we ca n't go out in the evenings . |
| 15 | We actually need to be out in the community working with people who are dependent upon those services and at the same time we 've got to recognize that our nationally agreed terms and conditions are under serious threat . |
| 16 | If the weather was fine and we wanted to be out in the mountains , then we would only work in the evening . |
| 17 | He wanted to be out in the open street working , so as to catch things ‘ in motion ’ . |
| 18 | She wanted to be out in the open air , but excluded farming and gardening because of the evils of chemical fertilizers , pesticides , and hybrid animals/plants which deviated from nature 's intentions . |
| 19 | George was in no mood to hang around : he wanted to be back in the safety — illusory though it might be — of the big city with a drink in his hand . |