Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was wonderful to be up in the air and to feel the air swishing past his face . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was good to be back in the peace of the Outer Isles , to swim and laze in the still of a summer evening . |
| 5 | You almost end up yearning with the RAF trainees to be back in the cockpit getting on with the business : flying . |
| 6 | She did n't know where she was and she longed to be back in the cottage where it was safe . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If we do not make the U-turn , that treaty requires us to be back in the ERM , or the son of ERM , before the next election . ’ |
| 9 | ’ It 's great to be back in the lap of luxury , so it is . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I was happy to see him and happy to be back in the Star Zoo again . |
| 14 | Popes might be — and often were — driven from Rome , but they aspired to be back in the city to which they belonged . |
| 15 | That is until we stopped for a toilet break in a lay-by , when the howling gale and torrential rain lashed our naked bottoms like a Cabinet minister in a Soho sauna , and made me glad to be back in the car beside the sleeping-bags . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He seemed more likely to blow a kiss than to throw a punch ; to be at a dinner-table than to be down in the dives ; to be rubbing shoulders than to be shoving or sticking it to the comfortable ( I almost said to the bourgeoisie . ) |
| 19 | If the weather was fine and we wanted to be out in the mountains , then we would only work in the evening . |
| 20 | Everyone flopped on the grass , glad to be out in the sun , and began lunch . |
| 21 | It was a warm May day and everybody seemed to be out in the street or standing on their steps . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The air was cool and pure ; she felt an urge to be out in the rain , to smell and taste it , let its cleansing freshness wash over her . |
| 24 | In its frosty , stunned isolation , his mind found it quite natural to be out in the wind in this remote place , waiting for a disembodied voice . |
| 25 | day I think we ought to be out in the garden . |