Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think of the many hours when the two of them are closeted in the den . |
| 2 | I mean some of them are built in the roof . |
| 3 | We have all inherited personal preferences in one shape or form by a variety of different roots ; some of those origins are clear , others of them are lost in the entanglements of time and circumstance . |
| 4 | He now shares his flat with sixty spiders and , as Erika Barnes reports , some of them are kept in the most unusual of places . |
| 5 | Ways of using them are discussed in the next three chapters . |
| 6 | Most of them are contained in the report I had drawn up , which is in front of you now . ’ |
| 7 | And He will say : ‘ Ye are swine ! ye are made in the Image of the Beast and bear his mark ; yet come ye also ! ’ |
| 8 | As its name implies , this is based on your average earnings over the total period of time that you are participating in the scheme . |
| 9 | And whether you are dining in the restaurant or relaxing at the bar , our helpful staff want to make sure you really enjoy your visit . |
| 10 | Generally , when you wish to punctuate a piece of optional , additional information or an aside that you are embedding in the middle of a sentence — for example with commas , dashes or brackets — then whatever punctuation you use should be placed both before and after the added element to signal its boundaries , not just at one end or the other . |
| 11 | Again , you are placed in the situation of having to work quite hard to impose a personality or style on the guitar , which , if you think about it , is how things perhaps should be . |
| 12 | For example , if you use the words , ‘ I am resigning ’ , that unambiguous statement is likely to be taken at face value unless perhaps you are speaking in the heat of the moment or under duress . |
| 13 | If you are tempted in the direction of a fish you know nothing about , resist the impulse to buy it , until you know something about its requirements . |
| 14 | ‘ I warn you , major , you may think you are acting in the interests of your men , but all you are doing is ruining your own career . ’ |
| 15 | It is the place to go if you are staying in the valley and want a swimming-pool or a tennis-court , but hardly recommendable for anything more serious . |
| 16 | ‘ How long you are staying in the complex ? ’ |
| 17 | But we have said nothing yet about what you are to put in the notes . |
| 18 | If you are employed in the business at the time of the transfer , you will become employed by the purchaser and you should not be redundant . |
| 19 | 1.1 You are employed in the service of the Council initially at … but following consultation and mutual agreement with the appropriate trade union you may be required to service at another of the Council 's establishments . |
| 20 | The more you manage to re-educate your eating habits , stretch and tone your body , the more likely you are to continue in the long term . |
| 21 | Broadly speaking you are domiciled in the country in which you have your permanent home . |
| 22 | I see by your basket and your dress that you are domiciled in the neighbourhood . ’ |
| 23 | The abandoned vine-terraces along the inland valleys , dried grey by the sun , look like the side of an amphitheatre ; much of the local retsina you think you are drinking in the village tavernas in fact comes from the mainland . |
| 24 | If as part of the task you specify the effect the programme is to have on the audience , you are building in the criteria by which that audience can judge the programme and you are giving them a purpose in viewing . |
| 25 | If you try and fudge it and set up three or four , say they can all discuss the same thing , you are building in the ability for major conflicts . |
| 26 | ( 4 ) Take particular care when you are grooming in the vicinity of the dog 's neck and head , being sure not to pull any tangles . |
| 27 | That is not to say the process is not quicker when you are living in the country concerned . |
| 28 | Imagine you are lying in the sunshine on a warm beach in Tahiti . |
| 29 | Normally when you start water-skiing , you are lying in the water with your skis up in the air and the boat goes slowly away and you slowly come up , but this was like being catapulted into the water . |
| 30 | But you can spare very much trouble because there are times when you can say to someone , ‘ At this point , you are going in the wrong direction . ’ |