Example sentences of "[pers pn] be in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What do you mean , Tony and me are in good health ?
2 Daumier is famous for his satirical lithographs ; his equally good drawings and watercolours are less known as so many of them are in private collections .
3 The children with no-one to protect them are in headlong confrontation with the police .
4 With regard to these countries , the study finds that it is important that they do not attempt to keep their existing inter-industry specialisation as many of them are in low value added and labour-intensive sectors , and therefore face strong competition from the LDCs .
5 Many of them are in Jamaican Creole , mixed to varying degrees with English .
6 Most of them are in legal trouble .
7 The skills and expertise required to manage or advise them are in many respects different to those required in a large organization .
8 The operating theatres at RAF Wroughton were built last year … but only three of them are in regular use .
9 But many of them are in dire need of repair .
10 Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times .
11 My right hon. Friend the Minister and I are in frequent contact with the president of the National Farmers Union about all aspects of the agriculture industry , including the beef sector .
12 Chancellor Kohl and I are in frequent contact by telephone to discuss matters of mutual interest .
13 I am in endless space alone , aware
14 I am in stark need of a febrifuge .
15 With the judge 's first ground I am in complete agreement .
16 I am in complete agreement with that .
17 ‘ For the moment I am in sole charge of this death .
18 I am in hearty agreement with you , and privately I am quite prepared to subscribe towards it .
19 Having read the resolution of the 1990 Congress of the Communist Party , I am in broad agreement with the positions adopted , except for one : I do not see the need for an ‘ association ’ alongside the Party .
20 I am in respectful agreement with the reasoning of Scott L.J .
21 I am in fearful danger and only you can save me .
22 I am in many senses neither asleep nor awake .
23 However , if I talk about Tyneside when I am a few miles away in Teesside or Wearside , I am in real trouble .
24 Is it still SWEG policy not to issue a membership list : I am in total sympathy re problem(s) of misuse , but other groups I belong to do have lists e.g. IPR , BAIE , ESBW , EICG .
25 Since my firm gives us all private health insurance , which involves an annual check-up , I know I am in good health .
26 I am in good health ;
27 I am in two minds whether to change the engine or repair it .
28 I am in two minds about the humour of all this .
29 I am in regular contact with the programmer , who is using the ‘ functional specification ’ to come to a fuller technical specification which we will agree .
30 I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’
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