Example sentences of "be [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian had given Scarlet the impression that , if it had not been for his first wife and her child , and his second wife and her child , he would have been living a life of carefree splendour in a house adjacent to the park . |
| 2 | It was a swift , obviously involuntary remark , rather like hers had been during their last fateful argument . |
| 3 | In spite of everything , her mind kept returning to Antoinette — seeing her face as it had been during their last confrontation in Monpazier , twisted with bitterness and hate . |
| 4 | Oh yes , yes , no , I think I think that er and I think that you know that particularly the the Mirror Group Newspapers Trustees doing a doing an excellent job you know , but we have n't really got into the into the stock lending er arrangements , but the , the cases those I think are particularly you know important to us you see , because there is a there 's another hundred and fifty nine or a hundred and fifty three million I think of , of writs out at the moment and those I think are the ones where we 're going to really see whether the , the banks dig their heels in or not , you know , I think we 've , we 're rea very early stage , but basically I mean we 've still got eighty , getting on for eighty per cent of the missing monies still missing and we 're into our third , third year . |
| 5 | But good lord , you 're in your fourth month . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're in our sixth year of drought , ’ said farmer Joe van Gundy . |
| 7 | They 've done and they 're on their second thing . |
| 8 | By 2.30 on a weekday , when the country 's so-called wealth creators are onto their third bottle , you can read the pulse of Tory Britain like an open Archer novel . |
| 9 | While Forest are into their fourth month rooted to the bottom of the Premier League , Parker 's form for the new title favourites , Aston Villa , has been rewarded with call-ups by Graham Taylor for England 's first two World Cup qualifying ties against Norway and Turkey . |
| 10 | For a moment Leith wondered who the dickens he thought she had with her , then she remembered Naylor had been with her last night when Travis had called . |
| 11 | ‘ I am in my second year of articles at the Prudential Corporation plc — one of the UK 's leading companies and the largest financial services business outside the high street banks . |
| 12 | I am in my thirteenth summer and dream of a romantic match , of a handsome suitor — not a boy ! ’ |
| 13 | I am in my third year now studying history of art . |
| 14 | ‘ But I am in my twelfth summer , ’ she said aloud then , stifling a sob . |
| 15 | We 'd been in our first house for just over five years , and I 'd served my d-i-y apprenticeship then , improving slightly as each room was restored and decorated . |
| 16 | Why have you been in your last job for such a long time ? |
| 17 | ‘ We are interested but that 's as far as it has gone because Alex Ferguson has shown no desire to let him go , and that 's despite the fact that Neil has not been in his first team . |
| 18 | If his father had lived he would now have been in his sixtieth year . |
| 19 | I am not sure what Harold Brodkey may have been in his last incarnation , but he has now reached that most enviable of all earthly states , that of the American cult writer . |
| 20 | The team , who are all regulars at the West Auckland Road pub , are in their first season in the Darlington and district football league . |
| 21 | WC apps : 7 The Scots are in their fifth successive World Cup and would presumably go along with the Olympian sentiment about taking part being more important than winning . |
| 22 | Neil and Ian are in their last year at school . |
| 23 | By 0700 hours the 120 recruits of the junior intake , Who are in their fourth week of training , have finished cleaning their rooms and join the centipede of recruits marching in small groups towards the Elizabethan Restaurant . |
| 24 | A market for an autobiography undoubtedly exists : Gorbachev 's Perestroika has sold millions around the world : Michael Jackson 's autobiography sold over 350,000 in hardback for Heinemann ; even Denis Healey 's memoirs are in their sixth reprint at Michael Joseph . |
| 25 | We are in our fifth year as the now Interim Licensing Authority for Invitro-Fertilisation and Human Embryology . |
| 26 | It may be during your first week at work when a colleague asks you to join him or her in a group activity , such as a drink after work with friends . |
| 27 | A tape recording believed to be of his last words proves he executed his young family then killed himself , according to a newspaper report in America . |
| 28 | I checked my watch as I dialled : 9.15 , which meant the admin shift should be into their first tea-break by now . |
| 29 | I 'm in my thirteenth season of senior rugby , I thoroughly enjoy every moment and I would not with to play for any other club than Watsonians . |
| 30 | Although some people join the ranks of the old with relish and gloat over the advancing years ( 'I 'm in my 80th year' — i.e. 79 ) , others have commented on the incongruous feeling the idea of being old creates within them . |