Example sentences of "[be] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If you 're not doing it like that and you 're in a conversation or atmosphere in the room , when I find it , this little gadget is wonderful , this will pick up for a long way , this will pick up the dogs next door , if there was no other noise in this room . |
| 32 | I think that it 's not just the policy , I think it 's the whole of society 's attitudes , because children learn what they are by how people see them , and if they 're in a society that says you 're in an unusual situation , if you 're not with two parents then somehow your situation is n't right and we condemn it ! |
| 33 | We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government . |
| 34 | What a waste of time , we all know that the county council is the the highway authority and is fully responsible for traffic management , we 're in a minority and to set up a working party is a complete waste of time . . |
| 35 | Now what is the point of saving money if you 're in a job and you 're worried about being made redundant when , if you become redundant you are ineligible for housing benefit because you 've been saving money . |
| 36 | Yeah , like somebody else , like , you 're walking down the street , like , you 're in a house and , and you check it for a minute and you 're like |
| 37 | What a bloody disgrace when you 're in a democracy and they want minimum |
| 38 | But it 's only when they 're in a crowd but course , among that crowd are some that are bad and some that are good get carried along with them , that 's |
| 39 | But if it 's in space , you 're in a spaceship and then you throw your pen out through the window . |
| 40 | We 're in a room that occupies the whole ground floor of the cottage ; in one comer , a steep staircase — more like a ladder climbs to some sort of loft or upper room . |
| 41 | Or you know you 're in a meeting and the chairman what 's your opinion John on this where you what do you think about this ? |
| 42 | If you 're in an organization and you 're leader , you , you have to encourage them . |
| 43 | I think having a car you do make more unnecessary journeys — when you 're on a bike or public transport you really have to plan well ahead . |
| 44 | if you 're on , if you 're on a motorway or a carriageway , right |
| 45 | If you 're on a sailing or windsurf holiday you may still book without a supplement if you 're willing to share with someone on the same holiday . |
| 46 | You know how it is on ferries — you get a bit disoriented , you never know if you 're on A deck or B deck , or which bit of the outside you 're getting to when you go through a door — the front , the stern , or the sides . |
| 47 | That awful thing that so many groups get themselves involved in , when they 're on a plane and they do a gig and they do n't even know what city they 're in , he 'd manage to avoid . |
| 48 | If people are gon na sit around the house while they 're unemployed , they 're probably the same people who sit around the house when they 're on a Saturday and Sunday when they 're working you know . |
| 49 | if you 're on a ship but that 's different . |
| 50 | You know , it 's bloody rocking about and you 're on a ship and |
| 51 | Oh you 're on a diet as well are you ? |
| 52 | If you 're on a diet and you 've found that you 've hit problems , ring Sue Frost on these special helplines . |
| 53 | ‘ As it is we 're on an island and the bloody weather 's deteriorating fast . |
| 54 | And then they 're at a disadvantage when they have to deal with real life problems . ’ |
| 55 | Cos the others are different generations , they 're at a disadvantage cos they 're the same generation Andy |
| 56 | ‘ Then it seems we 're at an impasse until … ’ began Rohmer . |
| 57 | unless he has n't been near a phone and could n't ring her . |
| 58 | You 've not been near a phonebox or a letterbox . |
| 59 | The Press Box must have been like a morgue when David McCallan scored that goal against them in the Irish Cup quarter final . |
| 60 | He had been like an animal when they found him . |