Example sentences of "[be] in [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Well , they reckon they 're in pretty good shape physically : just 1 in 5 describe themselves as unfit , and only a third consider that they 're even slightly overweight . |
2 | ‘ You 're in deep this time , my friend , are n't you ? ’ |
3 | When you 're in there other people . |
4 | ( Linton apologised profusely : they 'll take special care when you 're in there next week ) . |
5 | They 're in far worse shape , as always , when John 's done . |
6 | Certainly I think we 're in very great danger of Leeds Bradford , if we start pushing things a great deal more . |
7 | " His parents are a Count and Countess , in business as I told you , of course all that does n't mean anything now , but they 're in very good standing . |
8 | It only shows itself if by mischance you get two haemophilia genes , two recessives , at that point in your , in your erm you 're in very serious trouble . |
9 | There are areas of contention — I ca n't really think of any at the moment — but I 'll tell you I am in extremely good books at the moment , because I cooked Christmas lunch . |
10 | [ Under the Italian dual-control tradition ] when everything goes of its own accord , I am in quite another world . |
11 | I am in very close touch with Bedfordshire county council , and the hon. Gentleman is right ; it is concerned about this , too . |
12 | What would happen , we asked , if new information in ten years ' time showed that the people working inside Hinkley C had been in even greater danger ? |
13 | To his surprise he had already been in here ten minutes . |
14 | If you had told me four years ago that what has happened would happen , I would have expected to have been in pretty poor shape by now . |
15 | I 'm not very good at them Mum gave me that one it 's been in quite good condition but |
16 | Mid-June finds you thinking of changing your place of residence and by July you 're going to be happier than you have been in quite some time ! |
17 | I 'd been in there four months and they came and told me they 'd gone to America . |
18 | It must have been in there last night . |
19 | But today Gloria blundered out through the swing doors when she 'd hardly been in there any time at all and looked like she was groping along in her sleep . |
20 | Quickly he led them to a table , produced menus and wine , but deep in her despairing heart Alex was convinced that it was the surprise of someone seeing a customer who had already been in once that evening . |
21 | I confess I did not remember her at all , but I have been in so many hoses , I suppose it is only natural … " |
22 | So too did many others , on both sides of the Pennines , not all of them obeying the mischievous hints of Captain Goldsborough , of course — since even he could not have been in so many places all at once — but intent on stirring up trouble nevertheless . |
23 | She spoke with the air of an old warrior who has been in so many battles that bravery has become commonplace . |
24 | ‘ In England the courts of justice are relieved from the unpleasant duty of dis-barring advocates in consequence of the power of calling to the Bar and dis-barring having been in very remote times delegated to the Inns of Court . |
25 | And they usually occur in popular locations , while these have been in very remote areas ’ . |
26 | ‘ In three years ' time we might have still been in very good shape but we must take steps to protect the UK as a manufacturing base . ’ |
27 | She knew , with a feeling of detachment , that she attracted quite a few stares herself , primarily from men , and that if she had not had André at her side she would have been in very real danger of having to concoct a few efficient exit lines . |
28 | Had he been caught or had he panicked he could well have been in very serious trouble : the charming young tearaway could have become a court case . |
29 | In my experience , the only occasions when I have stalled unexpectedly and known what was happening at the time , have been in very fierce stubble fires and dust devils . |
30 | yeah , that 's what I 'll do , I 'll just take some out of that and replace , but I , I 've said , I , I 'm never gon na touch that I 'll be well unhappy if I do , cos I been in real dodgy situations with money and still resisted the temptation to take , touch that money . |