Example sentences of "be in a [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No she answered me , she said well I have n't got time to sit down , explain it to them , they just got ta , if they 're in a high level they should be able to grasp it and I |
| 2 | If she had been in a similar position she would also have called on the nearest colleague . |
| 3 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 4 | So in some states it 's sixteen , in some states it 's eighteen , in some states twenty one er and Reagan thought it would be quite a good idea if they had uniformity across America er in which , you know , that they would raise the drinking age to twenty one er and this would then er reduce the incidence of teenage drunk driving and if you 've ever been in an American bar you will know you 're very often funnily enough they do n't ask me so much these days but you 're very often asked to prove your age , you know , er and you have to produce your driver 's licence and all the rest of it erm and so he increasing |
| 5 | Full details of our interest rates are in a separate leaflet which is available from any Barclays branch . |
| 6 | Full details of our interest rates are in a separate leaflet which is available from any branch of Barclays . |
| 7 | Other satellites are in a near-polar orbit which takes them over the Arctic and Antarctic regions . |
| 8 | If you are in a violent relationship you can get additional legal protection . |
| 9 | ‘ You are expected to perform straight away and if you are in a front-running car you are expected to perform like a front-runner immediately . |
| 10 | We need a properly thought out defence policy we are a maritime nation we are in a maritime city we need a strong navy we need a strong defence . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm in a deep hole I dug by being deep ’ ) . |
| 12 | Police had been alerted about a man said to be in a depressed state who was reported missing from the Carousel Hostel , Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 13 | He particularly was concerned about problems of scale as a practical problem , that is it may well be in a small town you could have a direct democracy , a face-to-face community where people can talk to each other and argue with each other and meet on a regular basis , but as soon as you get cities , countries , nations , direct democracy of any sort is erm absurd |
| 14 | Oh no I f I preferred er be in a big house you know . |
| 15 | In the view of the WEA , and unlike the position elsewhere , the Cambridge Board appeared to be in an anomalous position which would create new and reprehensible precedents likely to threaten the traditional and unique role of the WEA as a recognised providing body for liberal adult education . |
| 16 | The drawings were in a new style he had been experimenting with recently , and now , he felt , he had got it just right . |
| 17 | If they were in a Victorian novel they 'd grind the faces of the poor . |
| 18 | We never did establish that for the simple reason we were in a terrible quandary ourselves wondering which version was the right one . |
| 19 | And he was right , the moment my shoes were in a defined area I felt better . |
| 20 | Since the birds were in a cold room I believe the filter matting provided extra protection from the low temperatures . |
| 21 | It it 's in a terrible state it really is . |
| 22 | Hope Adrian 's in a good mood You have n't seen what work he 's doing at the moment then , how does he know ? |
| 23 | If she 's in a good mood she 'll time Ted 's egg by the 8.05 to Edinburgh ; on the other hand , on a bad day she 'll shout at Ted to make his own bloody breakfast and curse at Frieda for wasting good food on her plate . |
| 24 | When he 's in a jolly mood he blames it on their potty training . |
| 25 | So bear that in mind , even the beginning of this story look at that first paragraph it 's in a darker type it 'll make me filthy , a darker and a larger size . |
| 26 | It is in a practical sense their assets and not the shareholders ' assets that , through the medium of the company , are under the management of the directors pending either liquidation , return to insolvency , or the imposition of some alternative administration . |
| 27 | The harddisk does not suffer from the same problems as it is in a sealed unit which should not be tampered with in any circumstances . |
| 28 | This may be true but presupposes that the law in question is the one which will govern the contract , whereas the reality is that for every contract governed by that law there will be another contract governed by a foreign law with which the party concerned may be unfamiliar , which is in a foreign language he does not understand , and which , when put to the test , may prove demonstrably inferior not only to his own law but to the proposed uniform law . |
| 29 | And when a man is in an ill humour he is fit company only for himself , neh ? ’ |
| 30 | Five seconds later they opened again , and I was in a wide corridor which appeared to lead right to the rear of the building . |