Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Both these plants are hardy and although not in the front rank of ornamentals , are worth growing in a large border or even on the bank of a stream or lake provided they are kept away from the wet margin . |
2 | BASIC rate taxpayers who are considering investing in a Personal Equity Plan should carefully consider the implications that changes introduced in this week 's Budget may have on such an investment . |
3 | I can only hazard a guess at what it must have been like to sail in a typical convoy , with bombers and submarines liable to strike at any moment , or to brave the Western Approaches with only a couple of inches of rusting metal between yourself and the enemy . |
4 | This was travelling in style — as one Imperial Airways passenger put it : ‘ I was sorry to get out ; it had been like sitting in a comfortable friendly club . ’ |
5 | There 's something spooky about them : you sense momentarily what it must be like to live in an ordered , God-run universe , with Himself looking over your shoulder and helpfully dropping coarse hints about a cosmic plan . |
6 | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an antique shop ? |
7 | We are excited about this part of our course , but a bit unsure of what it will be like to work in a foreign country . |
8 | As Rain passed Tavett 's desk he cupped his face in his hands and moaned for her benefit , saying : ‘ Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in an ordinary office instead of a newspaper where every kind of freak feels entitled to barge in and collar you ? ’ |
9 | Admittedly the main duty of this force — if we may call it that — was ceremonial , but at a time when many of their contemporaries were off fighting in a real war , they must have looked at times like extras from a pantomime . |
10 | If you have a lot of repetitive driving to do , it 's worth investing in a spiral ratchet screwdriver with a range of inter-changeable bits . |
11 | And they know everybody who 's worth knowing in the househunting jungle — which makes them the ideal people to recruit the rest of your team . |
12 | Nevertheless , the topic is undeniably an important one and it is worth sketching in the legal rules . |
13 | Instead of ribs , the machine has a canvas roof to shield us from the weather , and although one can peer out through slits here and there , the effect is of travelling in a closed world , like an outsize gypsy wagon . |
14 | If a grown-up really wants to find out what it is like to live in a young person 's world , let him or her get down on hands and knees and go about like that for a week . |
15 | It is like living in a low-level but persistent depression . |
16 | Living in Soweto , for instance is like living in an occupied camp . |
17 | It 's like living in a bleeding watch factory . |
18 | ROS : It 's like living in a public park ! |
19 | P You know it 's like living in a moving caravan , but you 're coming along anyway ! ( not acceptable for shared yacht bookings ) |
20 | It 's like living in the Arabian Nights . |
21 | ‘ It 's like behaving in an unladylike fashion , ’ sniffed Mother , for , of course , Father could refuse us nothing , and Mother did add , ‘ Well , let's forget it . |
22 | Accommodation generally is first class ; it 's like sitting in a roomy conservatory . |
23 | Mansell last night admitted he was considering driving in the infamous Indy sports car series in the USA — despite fears about safety . |
24 | She said it was like living in a good hotel . |
25 | This is what it was like to live in the pre-scholastic age . |
26 | ‘ It 's a messenger for you , Major Karr , ’ she said , the use of Karr 's rank indicating to them all that the man was within hearing in the next room . |