Example sentences of "[be] in [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a 1992 high of 181p the shares have been in near constant retreat , hitting a low of 83.5p before recovering to yesterday 's suspension price of 129p . |
| 2 | He suggested that in the days before his election Yeltsin had had to clarify and adjust his policy on a number of key issues , but commented : " If he is playing political games , then perhaps we are in for difficult times . " |
| 3 | Erm the speakers on the samples are either bilingual or bi-dialectal and erm the dialects listed are in between standard American English and the eastern Kentucky sub-dialect of Appalachian English . |
| 4 | Things like , it was us who set up the Benefits Unit in the Town Centre , you know , we , it was considered that you know we as a neutral policy team are in without departmental buyers rather than political buyers , that 's a joke , erm , would be the best people to erm , er set up this unit , we do n't have any less interest , the benefit 's , the benefit 's felt within the housing department with with the introduction of Poll Tax and the Poll Tax benefit , it was n't clear where that could go , so we were the people who had to sort that out . |
| 5 | However , this approach was not as successful as that implemented in probeorder , in that where the map and hybridisation data are in in serious conflict the contigs generated will be a poor compromise between the two . |
| 6 | ‘ The radio says we 're in for heavy showers , ’ Aunt Becky glooms . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're in with young Sunil . |
| 8 | Karen Reilly ( 18 ) and her friend Martin Peake ( 17 ) died when soldiers opened fire on the stolen car they were in at Upper Glen Road . |
| 9 | Karen Reilly ( 18 ) and Martin Peake ( 17 ) died when soldiers opened fire on the stolen car they were in at Upper Glen Road . |
| 10 | As we walked along the path to the supermarket 's car park , I realised the danger susceptible adults like me were in from precocious and promiscuous children like this . |
| 11 | Sadly this is the last Sharpe , but he is in for major exposure as he comes on to television . |
| 12 | According to popular folklore anyone who owns such a picture is in for bad luck . |
| 13 | but it 's still it 's in between Nice and Monaco . |
| 14 | Belgion , a man who seemed to be equipped with a steam-boiler instead of a body , had criticized a remark of Eliot 's in After Strange Gods , namely that in order to study with thoroughness Hindu and Buddhist thought and the Sanskrit and Pali languages in which they were expounded , he would have been obliged to turn himself into an oriental . |
| 15 | no quite big shaped diamond but it 's in like pastel pink and pastel blue and it 's very , very pastely colours |
| 16 | Stephen , a softly spoken Mike Tyson lookalike , had kicked someone into a coma , Michelle was serving an indefinite life sentence for torching her victim , Tony tried to blow up his father and Lizzie was in for armed robbery . |