Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd been in cold sobriety I would never have married her . |
| 2 | She was built like a javelin thrower , but she blushed and I knew I had been in good hands . |
| 3 | Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this . |
| 4 | ‘ He had every reason not to take me seriously as a soldier as he knew how idle I had been in prior days in Layforce . ’ |
| 5 | I had been in constant pain , since my accident , for nearly two years when I stumbled across the Alexander Technique . |
| 6 | I 've been in regular contact with Earl 's Court Project and a lot of my friends down there . |
| 7 | I 've been in traditional sales . |
| 8 | I travelled the country well , I 've been in other authorities both labour controlled , been in to schools , been in old peoples homes , erm seen their roads , or driven over their roads , and I can assure you , that er in Lincolnshire . |
| 9 | ‘ I was here in good shape , but I 've been in good shape at other championships and failed . |
| 10 | K. R. I 've been in tough houses — they would n't come out to help us but they 'd form a ring and let you fight — they would n't just all join in to back somebody up . |
| 11 | But I have been in regular contact with Ali Bacher and he assures me there are no problems over the tour and that it is definitely on . ’ |
| 12 | Gray said : ‘ I have been in similar situations before as a player . |
| 13 | I have been in close contact with him in that apartment for three weeks and I 'm convinced he genuinely tried to secure that young man 's release safe and unharmed . ’ |
| 14 | The state-owned French firm made its bid for Piper public after a spate of rumours about the US company which has been in deep financial trouble since early 1990 . |
| 15 | The development will be on land which has been in constant industrial use since 1758 and was , until recently , a steel works . |
| 16 | This last index has been a boon to many UK fund managers concerned over relative performance , since it has been weighed down by the Tokyo market , which has been in sustained fall for a period of nearly three years . |
| 17 | Osric , king of Northumbria ( 718–29 ) ( HE V , 23 ) , no details of whose reign are known , could have been a son of Ealhfrith or of Aldfrith , and either way his accession will have represented a restoration of Oswiu 's family to royal power ( even if , in the former case , of a branch which had been in political eclipse for half a century ) , but his successor Ceolwulf ( 729–37 ) was a brother of Coenred ( HE V , 23 ) and Ceolwulf 's successor , Eadberht ( 737–58 ) , son of Eata , son of Leodwald , was Ceolwulf 's first cousin . |
| 18 | In 1978 I attended the Welsh ploughing championships , held on rich alluvial land in the Wye Valley which had been in continuous cereal production for several years . |
| 19 | In a general election held on Sept. 3 , 1988 [ see pp. 36352-53 ] , the People 's Action Party ( PAP — which had been in continuous majority since 1959 ) won all but one of the 81 elective seat . |
| 20 | But his team had cohesion , some character , a little grit which have been in short supply in the present line-up . |
| 21 | But anyone who has been in close contact with Woody can only support him . ’ |
| 22 | Newbury 's assistant clerk of the course Richard Pridham , who has been in regular contact with Francois Doumen , gave an optimistic bulletin on the current track conditions . |
| 23 | Fighting for the other two places are England 's Trevor Steven , recovering from injury , and Mark Hateley , also back from injury plus Dutch winger Pieter Huistra , who has been in inspired form recently . |
| 24 | ALTHOUGH India 's selectors resisted the temptation to make wholesale changes after their disastrous tour of Australia , they did bring in two young batsmen who missed the trip : Ajay Jadeja , 21 , who has been in fine form for Haryana this season , and left-hander Vinod Kambli , 20 , who has already appeared in one-day internationals and made 262 for Bombay against Saurashtra recently . |
| 25 | Malcolm Cockbain , who has been in fine form for Birkenhead St Mary 's , fills the vacancy in a side to be led by Peter Mercer because of the unavailability of regular skipper Jeff Spence . |
| 26 | Someone who has been in residential care for a number of years may initially find independent living a frightening prospect . |
| 27 | ‘ We are certainly bearing in mind Nathan Munson , who has been in excellent form for the Youths over the last couple of months , ’ explained McDonough . |
| 28 | Parry 's thrust for the title had been predicted by a growing number of people , as , too , had been the challenge of Couples , who has been in wonderful form . |
| 29 | She has been in private use in Scandinavia only , and is very well equipped . |
| 30 | Though the 27-year-old Scot has yet to win the championship she was third last year , on her comeback following pregnancy she has been in unbeatable form since her 10,000 metres World Championship triumph in Tokyo , winning the New York Marathon , setting a world indoor 5,000 metres record and lapping all of her 3,000 metres rivals in the Great Britain v USA indoor international last weekend . |