Example sentences of "they [be] in [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long have they been in here for Paul ? |
| 2 | Well they been in there since two o'clock . |
| 3 | Have they been in there ? |
| 4 | ‘ They are in exactly the same place , walking down the same path ’ — he paused , pulling back a cuff to expose his stone , circle-sized Rolex — ‘ some four thousand years ago . |
| 5 | This surely , whatever else it means , this , for this scripture here surely means that those people who had the opportunity of accepting Christ , of responding to him , but who have rejected him , they are in exactly the same position as Pontius Pilate . |
| 6 | The judge , who criticised the police for the way they conducted their inquiry , read out a note from the jury : ‘ We believe Sheffield social services department are partly to blame for Mr and Mrs Hanby being placed in the predicament they are in today ’ . |
| 7 | This was how the election was won , and if the politicians , elated in their hour of victory , are tempted to believe otherwise , they are in very real trouble next time . |
| 8 | The Archbishop , who has close contacts with the royals , insisted on BBC TV : ‘ They are in very good heart . ’ |
| 9 | We know that many people in Britain who are on poverty wages , even if they are in more regular forms of work , simply can not make ends meet . |
| 10 | Within a period of ten days from the date of cancellation , the duty to pay the part exchange allowance will be discharged by the return of the part exchanged goods where they are in substantially the same condition as originally delivered to the negotiator ( s73(2) ) . |
| 11 | The big houses are selling up ; they are in as much dire distress financially as the working classes . |
| 12 | Often they are in relatively expensive sites on high streets with costly business rates . |
| 13 | The cost of weapons often means they are in potentially short supply , all the more so because once commanders find that a weapon works , they want to use it for everything . |
| 14 | I challenge the Prime Minister and the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , to ensure that if there is any horse-trading , they are in there to ensure the Highlands and Islands wins through . ’ |
| 15 | You know , they are in there but |
| 16 | People in Great Britain really have no idea how fortunate they are in so many ways — the right to free speech , and even the ‘ right ’ ( ! ) to throw an egg at the Prime Minister and only receive a bill for the dry cleaning . |
| 17 | Ideally , walls on halls , corridors and staircases ( if any ) should be decorated with the same colour or treatment unless they are in quite different parts of the home and can not be seen , one from another . |
| 18 | If they 're in here working all day and everyday and they see the other girls taking exams and they know I 'm going to make them work , quite often they 'll take the exams because there 's no point in not taking them , whereas I think if they were at home they would not have the same incentive . |
| 19 | ’ They 're in here all the time looking through the clothes and you know exactly what 's on their minds . |
| 20 | They 're in here ? |
| 21 | I think they 're in here . |
| 22 | Well he did , he gets two sorts , they 're in here and |
| 23 | Well , they reckon they 're in pretty good shape physically : just 1 in 5 describe themselves as unfit , and only a third consider that they 're even slightly overweight . |
| 24 | They 're in pretty tight with Langley . |
| 25 | They do n't let reality happen , they 're in too much of a hurry . |
| 26 | From what the Nilsen girl has just told me Garau is our missing link , and with him in prison they 're in too tight a corner . |
| 27 | Looking for two points not many can do at meetings as long as you pass it up there 's two points , two important points that we have n't talked about so far and there in the reasons why we do it they 're in there somewhere . |
| 28 | a lot if they 're in there somewhere cold . |
| 29 | They 're er they 're in there . |
| 30 | My first sympathy is with the people that they 're in there because of , if you see what I mean ? |