Example sentences of "i [be] [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sometimes think , he wrote , that if in one sense I am back in the nursery trying to make a big toy with nothing but wood and string , in another I am back in the classroom fiddling with bunsen burners while Mr Alexander walks round sniffing with his long distinguished nose in the air . |
| 2 | I am back in the hubbub , back in the queue . |
| 3 | By the time I am back in the tent I am on the borderline , cold enough to wake Tony with disjointed movements . |
| 4 | I sometimes think , he wrote , that if in one sense I am back in the nursery trying to make a big toy with nothing but wood and string , in another I am back in the classroom fiddling with bunsen burners while Mr Alexander walks round sniffing with his long distinguished nose in the air . |
| 5 | So when people gather round the manger with wonder and puzzlement , I 'm over in the corner looking at the cows . |
| 6 | I 'm up in the clouds . ’ |
| 7 | Now I 'm back in the guesthouse , and have time to do some preparation ready for leaving for Shanghai tomorrow . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to play at Liverpool , and I 'm glad I 'm back in the squad , which must mean I will come into consideration . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm a firm believer in breastfeeding and intend to feed Jake until he 's at least a year old but he has a bottle of formula milk when I 'm out in the evening and drinks from a spouted cup at mealtimes — usually pure juice because there 's no added sugar . ’ |
| 10 | Then I 'm out in the street where the daylight hurts and the wind kicks dirt and paper round the kerb . |
| 11 | ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’ |
| 12 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 13 | I was up in the Voltaire Suite in time to see the Princess of Wales , looking radiant in white , arrive with the Hon. |
| 14 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 15 | But I quickly found out that they were just ‘ sussing me out ’ — seeing how tough I was — and when my novelty as a new boy wore off , I was out in the cold . |
| 16 | And you told Maman that I was out in the woods . |
| 17 | Cos I remember , I remember picking it up and reading it , I was out in the garden at the time . |
| 18 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
| 19 | From where I was out in the audience I could n't see what Clarence White was doing — so I assumed he was playing bottleneck |
| 20 | One day when I was out in the fields , I even spotted a peregrine falcon high up on one of its hunting trips . |
| 21 | I was listening to the radio when I was out in the car this morning and it 's coming down |
| 22 | I was down in the workshops and I 've run a great splinter into my thumb . ’ |
| 23 | Susan : ‘ Well , Vera , I was down in the Bank this morning paying my ESB and you know what happened — an old gentleman came in with flowers for a member of the staff — it was lovely to see ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ In the first innings , I waited for something to happen , and it did I was back in the pavilion for a duck ! |
| 25 | Suddenly I was back in the presence of the unpredictable figure I 'd met in the library at Easterness that first night , and as uncertain now as then . |
| 26 | I realised later it was only a brotherly peck on the cheek , but for one black moment I was back in the past … |
| 27 | The next morning I was back in the park . |
| 28 | That 's not possible ; I was back in the house by one . ’ |
| 29 | And an hour after that I was back in the club sipping a whisky and soda and pondering what to have for dinner . |
| 30 | Ten minutes later I was back in the changing-room on my mobile bed wolfing tea and sandwiches , parts of which would eventually find their way into my now polypless colon . |