Example sentences of "be in a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | What a bloody disgrace when you 're in a democracy and they want minimum |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | But if it 's in space , you 're in a spaceship and then you throw your pen out through the window . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | If you 're in an organization and you 're leader , you , you have to encourage them . |
| 13 | but I am in a pickle when I get one . |
| 14 | ‘ I am in a truck and this good-looking man wants a lift . |
| 15 | I am in a band and we are still at school . |
| 16 | If I am in a studio and initially feel slightly lukewarm towards a particular piece I find it does not last very long because I soon get caught up with the work of a strong artist . |
| 17 | But if the comparison between those who had been in a home and others is confined to those for whom relatives , neighbours or friends were interviewed , there is still a difference : 31 per cent against 19 per cent . |
| 18 | The scuffle at the Club Des Esseintes aside , she had not been in a fight since elementary school . |
| 19 | It might have been in a fight or something ? |
| 20 | Hey , I 've been in a Streaks and Tips recovery programme for many years . ’ |
| 21 | Have these people been in a time-machine or chained in dimly-lit rooms in Beirut ? |
| 22 | If people had been in a building after we had been round testing it and seen it secure , they 'd come out and leave it open . |
| 23 | ‘ Have you ever been in a group and somebody gets pointed at with that awful expression : ‘ She does very well for 79 . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ She 's been in a coma since it happened six weeks ago . ’ |
| 25 | Allan Bland on his son who has been in a coma since the Hillsborough disaster . |
| 26 | It 's erm when you start a car , have you ever been in a car when someone 's started it up in gear and the car moves forward ? |
| 27 | I wo n't the amount of times I 've I 've been in a car or something , where fucking jump on the brakes ! |
| 28 | I 'd never even been in a car until I was twenty … |
| 29 | If these new inputs had been in a form that small farmers in marginal areas could practically use , it could be hypothesised that the resulting extra incomes would encourage soil-conserving investments and would take the pressure off farmers to over-exploit the environment . |
| 30 | Baroness Seear , a leader of the Liberal peers for several years , remarks that ‘ I can honestly say that I have never been in a place that treats you better on male-female equality . |