Example sentences of "[be] in [adj] [noun sg] when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The barrier had been in perfect order when I arrived — boards secure , nailheads flush — so through I 'd come , tugging it all closed behind me . |
| 2 | He was said to be in financial difficulty when he tried to blackmail Hillier in May 1991 . |
| 3 | The Scot will be in good company when he sets out with the early starters among the 70 survivors today . |
| 4 | Well hopefully she 'll be in reasonable mood when she wakes up . |
| 5 | If you 're getting married this July , you 're going to be in adventurous mode when it comes to the honeymoon ! |
| 6 | We 'll be in dead lumber when they find all that food gone , ’ said Rose . |
| 7 | ‘ You were in good health when I saw you only a week ago today . ’ |
| 8 | Check that all stitching is in good order when you clean your tack . |
| 9 | Lucker is in bad shape when I get there . |
| 10 | Greene was in mid career when he wrote that . |
| 11 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |
| 12 | John Palmer , an outstanding competitor , was in great form when he beat Eric Ramsdale ( Darlington ) 21–10 after leading well throughout the game . |
| 13 | Due to a power blackout , their hotel was in total darkness when they arrived , and they had to trudge up the stairs with their luggage to the 10th floor . |
| 14 | The house was in bad shape when they bought it and it took six months to finish . |
| 15 | Fortunately , the house was in excellent shape when they moved in . |
| 16 | Young Duffy was in fine form when he defeated B Valdimarsson of Iceland 4–0 . |
| 17 | Odd that Johnson did not take note of Strichen , whose development was in full swing when he called there for his Wednesday lunch . |
| 18 | The wedding party was in full swing when she arrived back at the château . |