Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And I 'm just want to draw your attention very quickly and I will emphasize that a lot of the information you 're hearing from me are in a brief sense , will be more than adequately covered when |
2 | Many of them are of a Victorian standard and need considerable investment . |
3 | Most of them are in a ruinous state with their upper storeys missing shattered by earthquake , war , neglect . |
4 | Many of them are in a dangerous condition and at least one contains asbestos . |
5 | ‘ Had I been in a civilian occupation , ’ he wrote , ‘ I should not have hesitated to pay the full amount . ’ |
6 | If anyone rings and they do n't find me in , it 's not because I am at a wild party or something , it 's probably because I 'm shopping or walking my dog . ’ |
7 | That 's it yes ah I 'm connected with you I am on a cerebral plane connected with you our brains our interlinked you reach down you pick up the phone and you ring now . |
8 | I am like a lonely child , unattended in the attic . |
9 | I suppose I am in a good position to weigh up the prospects of the major contenders in today 's race , at least , and I have no hesitation in declaring my delight at being on Docklands Express . |
10 | Your Royal Highness , ladies and gentlemen , as a minister , judge and professor , I feel I am in a good position to speak about the history of marriage , its importance in society , and the duties of the married couple to each other and the wider community . |
11 | I am in a good mood now . |
12 | I 'm divorced forty ye , I 'm a divorced forty year old woman with two grown up children and I am in a terrible situation . |
13 | I may be in a murderous place , but I am in a sensible country . |
14 | December 7 , 1786 : I am in a fair way of becoming as eminent as Thomas a Kempis or John Bunyan , and you may expect henceforth to see my birthday inserted among the wonderful events in the Poor Robin 's and Aberdeen Almanacks , along with the black Monday and the battle of Bothwell Bridge . |
15 | They perhaps take a little longer than anticipated , so when they eventually arrive an hour later than expected , the anxiety has been building up , and I am in a steamy temper . |
16 | It often gets me when I am in a high building or can look down over the city , or sometimes at a station when there is another journey to begin . |
17 | ‘ I am in a crazy mood today so let's all do the verse without the words ’ . |
18 | I never negotiated with Volvo and I am in a different position to Nick Faldo and Sandy Lyle . |
19 | Consider the statement that I am in a jolly mood , which clearly is not one of the chosen kinds . |
20 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
21 | I am in a little lane that runs across the front of the hillside , with a kind of broken roadway underfoot which disintegrates as I follow it into gravel studded with outcrops of manhole . |
22 | I 'm 39 , very unhappy and weary , and I 'm under a great deal of stress . |
23 | 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 |
24 | I 've changed my address Dr , I 'm at a wee pensioner 's house . |
25 | If I find I 'm at a dead end , then I can ask for outside help . |
26 | I 'm at a little place called Ellenthorpe . |
27 | And now I 'm on a late report . |
28 | ‘ I 'm on a four-year contract and enjoying every minute . |
29 | I 'm on a working party of the Haselhurst Committee , chaired by the Countryside Commission , with representatives from the National Farmers Union , the Ramblers ' Association , the Department of the Environment , MAFF , the Association of County Councils and the Association of District Councils . |
30 | I 'm in a different , I 'm on a different planet to this one |