Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plot of ‘ Great Expectations ’ is a very concentrated one , where everything and everyone are linked in the same plot . |
| 2 | This applies especially to the life of the more affluent , most of whom are concentrated in the advanced societies . |
| 3 | In some cases , certainly , it is the result of a free choice on the part of individuals , most of whom are concentrated in the higher social classes where financial security , other than through earned income , is common . |
| 4 | Ways of using them are discussed in the next three chapters . |
| 5 | Had I been born in the Middle Ages , I knew that I would have been one of those retainers who stayed inside the castle and embroidered whilst the knights went off to slaughter the French . |
| 6 | But I am holding in a dead zone . |
| 7 | Suddenly Europe tells me I am living in a new country called Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 8 | However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away ! |
| 9 | If I am introduced as ’ Gill 's husband ’ , I am treated in a certain way ; if I am introduced as a Member of Parliament , I am generally treated in a very different way . |
| 10 | True , in what I actually do in the laboratory , I am trapped in an artefactual world mediated by machinery . |
| 11 | Erm so My Lords I am left in the slight dilemma that erm I 'm not er none of the amendments we 're discussing are absolutely ideal from my point of view and meet the three difficulties er which I have touched on and indeed the amendment to which I have put my name erm number eleven , would I think be better erm to have a minority of er er a minimum number of eighteen rather than sixteen so as to simplify the arithmetical processes of contemplated er a two-thirds majority , but of the er amendments that we are discussing er if the opinion of the House is to be sort , I myself would go along with Amendment five and the two other associated amendments with which the Noble Lord , Lord has submitted for consideration of the Committee . |
| 12 | Two hours after my ‘ swim ’ in Hance Rapid , I am lounging in a sandy beach in dry , warm clothes . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ Because of the operation I am restricted in the physical activity I can do , so I was just messing about with music tapes after the operation when I got around to singing . |
| 14 | What grade of oil should I be using in the main and transfer boxes of my 1972 Range Rover ? |
| 15 | I 'm touched in a puzzled way . |
| 16 | Considering I 'm dressed in a black suit . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 18 | I sha n't see you again — I 'm leaving in a few moments to drive down to Kildare . |
| 19 | I 'm covered in a fine glossy sheen of drying mud so maybe they never got a good grip in the first place . |
| 20 | But first of all in terms of a precedency attitude I hope I 'm looking in the right place ? |
| 21 | I 'm looking in the wrong |
| 22 | I do n't always have it but I 'm engaged in a perpetual struggle for it . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm lecturing in the main building this afternoon . |
| 24 | I mean I , I do n't feel comfortable talking I 'm talking in a whole group I do n't feel quite as comfortable not actually here , but in , in a debate situation talking to say two or three people . |
| 25 | Anyhow the upshot is , one way or another I 'm lying in the front seat of the Boomerang with my trousers round my knees and copping a twenty-dollar blowjob from a speed-fuelled Zulu called Agnes . |
| 26 | I 'm retiring in a few months Daphne said quietly . |
| 27 | No way , I 'm standing in a nice and warm place I do n't think I should be copying a tree anyway a trees a tree . |
| 28 | Picture this : I 'm sitting in the plush office of a record company A&R Director . |
| 29 | But I 've enjoyed being here , I hope you 've enjoyed it as much as I have , and I look forward to the next time that I 'm sitting in the hot seat ; until then , from me , goodbye . |
| 30 | I 'm in the dark hotel at the side of the black loch and it 's close to midnight and I 'm drunk but not stoned and so 's Andy and his pal Howie and I 'm sitting in the old ballroom on the lower ground floor , looking out over the waters to where grey ghostly moonlit mountains rise , tops glowing softly , capped with snow , and I 'm playing computer games . |