Example sentences of "have [been] in a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Indeed it could be argued that ever since the 1960s when inclusive charter holidays began to ‘ take-off ’ the United Kingdom industry has been in a continued state of flux . |
| 32 | ‘ However , he damaged his spine over twenty years ago , after being thrown from his horse , and has been in a wheelchair ever since . ’ |
| 33 | And I think what I was trying to say , get over last time was that this has been in a sense practically inverted in American politics today . |
| 34 | Tony has been in a coma for almost four years . |
| 35 | Jessica Charles-Jones also from Wantage has been in a wheelchair since an accident in 1988 . |
| 36 | Since then the pickup has been in a police pound near Cheltenham . |
| 37 | The figures are good news and show how successful the company has been in a competitive market . |
| 38 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 39 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 40 | Stephen Dent has been in a wheel chair since an accident seven years ago , which left him paralysed from the waist down . |
| 41 | The girl has been in a council children 's home and with foster parents since being made a ward of court . |
| 42 | She said : ‘ He has been in a lot of pain and this just puts the lid on it . |
| 43 | Union competition for membership reflects the relatively unstable condition of union organization in Spain , which has been in a state of flux and development since the restoration of trade union rights . |
| 44 | I 'd been in a light sleep . |
| 45 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 46 | He spent money that he had n't got and twice he 'd been in a duel . |
| 47 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 48 | I 'd been in a couple of dreadful films by then — I think I 'd swooned , screamed , kissed the hero … |
| 49 | She had no wish to hurt Anna and besides , how could she complain when the truth was that she was happier here at the palazzo than she 'd been in a long time ? |
| 50 | Half the drivers surveyed said they 'd been in a skid … most reckon they can handle one |
| 51 | On the night of the fire , he 'd been in a pub with Smith and Winter . |
| 52 | She 'd been in a car accident , she was there , er broken pelvis |
| 53 | As we have seen , old St Paul 's had been in a very poor state of repair even before 1640 , and had suffered further damage as a result of the events of the 1640s before being fatally weakened by the Great Fire . |
| 54 | Stalin is dead , and so since this summer is Andrei Gromyko , who as Deputy Foreign Minister at the time of the 1957 note , might have been in a position to provide some elucidation . |
| 55 | Their home was in London and Fanshawe must have been in a hurry . |
| 56 | He could have been in a hotel , had he not needed care and supervision which he blatantly did not get . |
| 57 | ‘ They helped him many a time to keep his head above water or else we should have been in a poor way . ’ |
| 58 | These galleries face North , and , as Ms E. Little explains in her book , Chronicles of Patterdale , they would have been in a good position beside the early road to attract the attention of the wool clothiers and their servants , the broggers , passing by on horseback in search of stock . |
| 59 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 60 | ‘ You must have been in a hurry to come out without your coat ; you 'll feel the chill afore the night 's out . ’ |