Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been having a bit of a go about putting your hand up but every time he put his hand up I 'm bending over somebody or I 'm in a different part of the room . |
| 2 | Those countries that could not ‘ keep up ’ with Germany or which were on a different economic cycle from her would suffer badly in terms of their standards of living . |
| 3 | To provide an illustration , a child who gets into trouble is much more likely to come before a court if he or she is from a poor home and has parents who do not get on with the welfare authorities or the police , than if his or her family is prosperous , respectable and willing to co-operate with the police and social services . |
| 4 | Anyone who has been alongside a ship when he or she is in a small boat knows the way she towers over you at a dockside . |
| 5 | Our final visit is to Miserden Park , where everything is on a grand scale ; from the borders , which are 100 yards long and 22 yards wide , to the Yew hedges , which take 8 weeks to cut . |
| 6 | Where there 's like a little comma . |
| 7 | Hoeness has recently made discreet enquiries about Robins , in action against Tottenham today , and believes he could prise him away from Carrow Road , where he is on a four-year contract , providing the terms were right . |
| 8 | No bedtime , so everyone was in a foul mood , and thieving and violence and fights seem to take up everyone 's time . |
| 9 | Consider the statement that I am in a jolly mood , which clearly is not one of the chosen kinds . |
| 10 | Now I 'm not for a mom , I 'm not for a moment suggesting that it 's something that would be picked up on a regular basis , but I think it does mean , as you rightly say , that er , if , if , if such a procedure does arise then I 'm conscious that I 'm in a one off situation , I know there 's at least one of our colleagues on our benches who has this on , with children on a more regular basis . |
| 11 | ‘ However , I can see that I 'm in a no-win situation . |
| 12 | They ca n't say that I 'm in a druggy haze or that I 'll get out of it . |
| 13 | ‘ I realised that I was in a good position , I had a little bit of work , which fitted in with my family life . |
| 14 | The format of the interview was that I was in a single chair placed to the side of a panel of six sitting in two rows . |
| 15 | I have never felt so much that I was in a foreign country with seemingly infinite resources available for any purpose you care to name , from stretch automobiles to space travel . |
| 16 | Feeling deliciously convalescent , I pottered about in pyjamas , weak yet fortified by the knowledge that I was in a sympathetic house where I could be waited on , and had no appointments of any kind . |
| 17 | I think it 'd be better it 's just than I 'm under a wee bit of pressure at the moment to be in thirty five different locations |
| 18 | It was the day I had taken my last exam in my finals so I was on a high anyway . |
| 19 | But surely the fact that somebody 's of a different generation will erm th th they would have a different |
| 20 | ‘ Six million if you do n't mind , ’ was Christy Turlington 's reply to designer Valentino 's suggestion that she was worth a million dollars . |
| 21 | At a party in Soho in 1914 Epstein was talking to Beatrice , who made it clear that she was at a loose end in her life . |
| 22 | Afraid to move , she became aware that she was in a strange room , in a bed . |
| 23 | It had suddenly borne in upon her that it was almost midnight and that she was in a strange flat in a strange city , with a strange man who was plying her with champagne . |
| 24 | Sitting up with a groan , she saw that she was in a small motor launch , approaching a wall into which a flight of stone steps had been built . |
| 25 | In any other circumstances , Fabia felt that she might have been a trace worried — it was n't every day that she was in a foreign land , with a foreign male who , having fed her , tried his hand at seducing her . |
| 26 | But , even while visualizing entering the cupboard , she had at the same time been fully aware that she was in a non-threatening situation ( lying in her own bed ) and so , once again , the subconscious mind had no need to send out those panic signals . |
| 27 | Well aware that she was in a public place , she tried to modify her voice ; only then Willis did n't always hear , and she had to try again a good deal louder . |
| 28 | I think , one of the most important things is finding a trusting friend or a member of family so that you can then try express some of the feelings so that you 're in a better position erm , to try and explain the problem . |
| 29 | The Chair is obviously referring to the fact recently in the courts , there was consideration of the closure of old persons ' homes , and you know that you are under a legal requirement to consult in respect of those otherwise any decision , to close without consultation can held to be invalid , and that has impinged on some authorities who were going down that route , so there is a duty there . |
| 30 | Having recognized that you are in a potential coaching situation here are the main steps : |