Example sentences of "be [pron] in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I in a good position ? |
| 2 | Are you in a blue funk about running out of things to say ? |
| 3 | Are you in a different job sir ? |
| 4 | Who are we in a free democracy to condemn this ? |
| 5 | ‘ Are we in a fit state to receive a visitor ? ’ , |
| 6 | Are they in a straight line ? |
| 7 | and you want to say now are they in a better state today than they were yesterday . |
| 8 | Why , are they in a special bag ? |
| 9 | He mixed with the tourists and other passers-by , enjoyed being nobody in a bustling city . |
| 10 | Were they in a like condition ? |
| 11 | And perhaps they would be now were they in a full democracy — one that embraced the interests and votes of all the citizens . |
| 12 | Even fashion — everyone 's idea of a disabled person is someone in a grey NHS wheelchair , with a pink frock and big cumbersome boots . |
| 13 | There is nobody in a stronger position than someone who is doing a good job of work for nothing , especially when his employer is stingy and congenitally idle . |
| 14 | It gives fine views of the worried faces to your left and is itself in a splendid position . |
| 15 | There is actual evidence that he did do it in his childhood , and th so they 're not erm , they 're kind of building everything on a single sentence like Leo does , you know , amazingly enough , Leo 's book starts with entry of Who 's Who in a single phrase , where she calls herself daughter of , her father . |
| 16 | Are they both unskilled workers or is she in a higher class than her husband ? |
| 17 | The draw is everything in a 200 metres indoor race . |
| 18 | It is thought that there might , it might have remained in the hands of some diplomats who were transferring it , and there were two of these issues , there is one in a private collection at present , so this is a second one , and number eight which is coming out for sale , but the number seven did change hands er a couple of years ago , so at about fifty five thousand pounds I believe . |
| 19 | the situation of the store ( Is it in a busy shopping area or in a less advantageous situation where he may need to attract customers ? ) |
| 20 | ‘ Is it in a big complex ? ’ |
| 21 | Is he in a bad mood ? |
| 22 | AN INJURED man had repeatedly told police that there was no-one in a derelict boarding house which had been destroyed in an explosion , a jury heard yesterday . |
| 23 | was he in a good mood ? |
| 24 | Was he in a bad temper when he got up again ? |
| 25 | Soccer star Franz Beckenbauer thinks he was what in a previous life ? |