Example sentences of "be in a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we 're in a real mess on transport in this country — largely because we have n't had a policy for the last fourteen years . |
| 2 | Now , we 're in a delicate position as we all have heard this morning from our colleague at the Devonport dockyard . |
| 3 | " You 're in a right state with yourself , are n't you ? " declares the official . |
| 4 | They might or might not ask spot the point , they may or may not answer the right questions , but you 're in a marvellous point of view , position , to actually be able to spot angles . |
| 5 | You 're in a mild state of shock . |
| 6 | They 're in a perfect position for those wanting a peaceful location , yet only five minutes walk from the beach and the centre of town , where our Club base , the Trabukos , is situated . |
| 7 | You 're in a dreary barn of a place , its halcyon days long gone . |
| 8 | The other thing want to say is that think you 're in a special position in this country vis a vis the struggle in Ireland because Britain is the country which is ruling Ireland . |
| 9 | When you 're on the road with the Inspirals , you 're in a little corner of the globe that is forever Oldham . |
| 10 | We 're in a direct line from Tara for Medoc 's spies . |
| 11 | They 're in a relaxed situation in their own home . |
| 12 | How about when you work to , when you 're in a positive cycle to be aware of the negatives . |
| 13 | Things will seem far worse than they actually are for a few days — but once the drama dies down you 'll see you 're in a fine position after all . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're in a quiet time at the moment , Leon . |
| 15 | They 're in a secret conspiracy with the Colombian cocaine barons and the Mafia to flood this country with cocaine . ’ |
| 16 | Now you have okay so you have to give erm er you 're in an employed status at the moment |
| 17 | LT Because when you 're in an informal situation like that , I imagine this kind of thing is n't by any means restricted to just one pair of utterances . |
| 18 | Well if , if they start introducing measures to help the people out who are , if you 're in an urban area like in a slum , they 're more likely to help those people first . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I never negotiated with Volvo and I am in a different position to Nick Faldo and Sandy Lyle . |
| 21 | Indeed it could be argued that ever since the 1960s when inclusive charter holidays began to ‘ take-off ’ the United Kingdom industry has been in a continued state of flux . |
| 22 | Disney has been in a protracted dispute with contractors over costings . |
| 23 | As anyone who has n't been in a media-induced coma over the last ten years knows , her trite ditties are irrelevant to the story — IM |
| 24 | Anyway , I 've not been in a black cab in years . |
| 25 | Fourteen per cent of the sample had been in a mental hospital at some point . |
| 26 | The Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology is the only centre in the United Kingdom able to provide such a pioneering operation which is only available through the N.H.S. If Mr. Thorpe had not been in a fortunate position of being able to register with a G.P. in a different Health Authority , he would not have had his operation . |
| 27 | ‘ The Haven has been in a right uproar since the power failure , I can tell you . |
| 28 | But who , he would , had been in a financial problem after three months , when it drops to half pay . |
| 29 | These galleries face North , and , as Ms E. Little explains in her book , Chronicles of Patterdale , they would have been in a good position beside the early road to attract the attention of the wool clothiers and their servants , the broggers , passing by on horseback in search of stock . |
| 30 | The tender has been in a finished condition for some time and was seen at the last Open Day some two years ago . |