Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] in [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The job involved being in charge of ‘ country correspondents ’ in villages scattered within 25 to 50 miles around the city , editing their weekly contributions , measuring their column-inches for payments and generally supervising the rural aspect of the newspaper . |
| 2 | Looking back on their ten years of marriage , Davina and Alastair feel they stopped being in touch with what their needs were after their children were born . |
| 3 | The equipment listed was in use in 1989 for a maximum of 30 windsurf guests . |
| 4 | But if you 'd been in trial in America |
| 5 | And and lots of churches that he was telling us that he 'd been in contact with . |
| 6 | ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed . |
| 7 | He 'd been in love with Arianna , you could hear it in his voice . |
| 8 | Darren had been dead a couple of months ; I had fallen out with my father and I 'd been in London for most of the summer , staying with Aunt Ilsa and her long-term companion , whose only name appeared to be Mr Gibbon , which I thought made him sound like a cat for some reason … |
| 9 | Had a nice letter from one of the Romanian boys you met very concerned about my job position — he had heard from one of the others who 'd been in London in the summer and saw |
| 10 | If they 'd caught her , they 'd have stuck her in Imbrium or somewhere , some institution She 'd been in places like that before That was like death to her There must have been a lot of them caught like that , at the end , |
| 11 | She 'd been in touch with Tim Dunton , of course . |
| 12 | Her own business needed her attention , but she 'd been in touch with her manager , and everything was under control . |
| 13 | A trip to London was planned and they were expecting two visits — one from an elderly relative who 'd been in touch after receiving a holiday postcard and another from two people who used to live in the flat upstairs and had telephoned asking if they could call by . |
| 14 | The next was a city man , a former civil service clerk who 'd been in FAKOUM from the early days . |
| 15 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 16 | That was quite nice , to see somebody that I 'd been in prison with and still be able to sit down and talk the same old way . |
| 17 | Er , I 'd been told er that he 'd been in prison with Mr er I believe it was in nineteen eighty six and I 'd also been told that in the past er and er had planned armed robberies together . |
| 18 | ‘ Did she tell you what he 'd been in prison for ? ’ |
| 19 | However , ‘ many officers interviewed were in favour of administrative dismissal , not currently available under police regulations . ’ |
| 20 | A report to the council 's working party on the control of dogs on Monday reveals the introduction of pedal-operated bins might attract further users and most people interviewed were in favour of the bins . |
| 21 | By now , United were in need of a lifeboat , but sadly there was no one on hand to rescue to them . |
| 22 | Other attacks included : ( i ) an explosion at the offices of the French Banque Nationale de Paris in Athens on March 10 , 1989 , which a group calling itself Revolutionary Solidarity claimed was in support of the French urban guerrilla organization Action Directe ; ( ii ) a bomb attack on April 10 on a judge 's apartment in Athens for which the May 1 Revolutionary Organization claimed responsibility and threatened to attack any judge supporting the extradition to the USA of Muhammad Rashid [ see p. 36667 ] ; ( iii ) a bomb attack on the Justice Ministry on June 1 and on three government offices in Athens and Piraeus on June 13 for which the Revolutionary Popular Struggle ( ELA ) claimed responsibility ; ( iv ) car-bomb attacks on three US vehicles near Athens on Oct. 22 in which four Greeks were slightly injured and for which ELA claimed responsibility ; ( v ) a car-bomb attack on March 19 , 1990 , which injured a former senior British Petroleum executive ; and ( vi ) attacks on 12 cars belonging to East European and Arab diplomats on March 27 , for which an organization called Social Resistance claimed responsibility on behalf of the " vested rights of Third-World countries " . |
| 23 | if the way this discussion had worked out had got the strategic site policy on the table today as a discussion item , and if we were able to get clear that such a strategic site policy if it existed was in addition to the |
| 24 | Up to 20 miles each was walked by dogs and owners on the 1 mile route round the Serpentine and the money raised was in excess of £1,200 . |
| 25 | The number of sureties needed was in proportion to the sum borrowed , one housekeeper for £5 , two for £10 and so on . |
| 26 | However , the volume of shares traded was in excess of one billion ; the Chancellor 's announcement being the panacea the city was looking for . |
| 27 | Dingwall Sheriff Court fined Richard Michalek of Duncanstown , Ross-shire , a hefty £4,000 after he admitted being in possession of 14 dead wild birds . |
| 28 | David Whitehouse , 25 , of North Park , Middlesbrough , admitted being in possession of cannabis at the station on May 9 . |
| 29 | He admitted being in breach of bail and in breach of a probation order . |
| 30 | The result of a ballot announced yesterday showed 78 per cent of parents who voted were in favour of Helena Romanes school in Great Dunmow opting out . |