Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] in the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And to add to all the infamous circumstances which concur to plague a traveller , I must not forget the eternally meeting with chalk-waggons ; themselves frequently stuck fast , till a collection of them are in the same situation , and twenty or thirty horses may be tacked to each , to draw them out one by one . |
2 | ‘ I am in the latter part of my career , not the beginning . ’ |
3 | ‘ I am in the same case as you , ’ said the abbot , and smiled . |
4 | Do I , she asked herself , imagine that because I have lost a man I am in the same category as spotty Betty ? |
5 | ‘ A part of your father 's gift I think you have , if you can learn not to deface it for spite because I am in the same world with you . ’ |
6 | I 'm in the same position as she is and share exactly the same sentiments . |
7 | Now I 'm in the same bracket as Maradona ! |
8 | ‘ I 'm in the same boat . ’ |
9 | I says yeah I says I 'm in the same boat . |
10 | I 'm in the same set , I 'm in the same set for him as maths . |
11 | I 'm in the same set , I 'm in the same set for him as maths . |
12 | Because Joe and I were in the same position of being scolded by Mrs Joe , we were good friends , and Joe protected me from her anger whenever he could . |
13 | I felt them , if I was in the same position , I would probably drink heavily as well . |
14 | ‘ If I was in the same situation again 100 times I would come for the same punch and back myself to clear the ball every time ’ |
15 | And when I came round I was in the same place . |
16 | When I was in the same area again last week ( w/c July 5 '91 ) I went up to the shelters one evening and cleaned out all the rubbish prior to spending the night there . |
17 | He was so thick that I was in the same form as Dan . |
18 | If you are in the latter category , we can only sympathise . |
19 | If you are younger , perhaps living alone after the death of an elderly parent , and you are in the same situation of having a large house or flat that is too much of a financial burden for you , then you must either sell or take in lodgers . |
20 | At least you , you are in the same place . |
21 | Okay , you 're in the same choir |
22 | Also it is a common feature of course that you need to order the resources , that you have the resource in terms of people or the economy or the armed forces , you need to order those resources to try to achieve your ends erm and we 'll look at that later , the aims that you 're going for in foreign policy so they 're common , that you 're in the same environment , that you 've got to m er whatever the resources you have you have to try to organize them to achieve your ends and so on . |
23 | But surely , when you 're in the same profession , ‘ knowing exactly ’ can mean knowing too much , and feelings of rivalry , jealousy , even over-familiarity , must get in the way ? |
24 | ‘ You see , ’ he went on as though they had been talking all afternoon , ‘ I had no idea until this morning that you were in the same state as I. ’ |
25 | You could not be in the room next to mine , but you were in the same city , coming towards me , turning the corner of the square , entering the same street ! |
26 | I can report back from Jenny and she 's in the same position . |
27 | She 's in the same ward me Grandad was in. — Come on , I 'll show you the way . ’ |
28 | She was in the same year as Humber , and had the same brisk efficiency , but was much more friendly . |
29 | Her name was Nellie and she was in the same class as me at school and her family had not long moved into the neighbourhood . |
30 | She said she was in the same boat as himself and kept her fist closed tight in the pocket of her overall on the one and ninepence Uncle Vernon had given her earlier . |