Example sentences of "[am/are] under [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which just leaves her domestic credentials to knock into shape , and now that they 're under scrutiny I realise I 've not done a very good job at all . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're under attack , ’ Defries said . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're under attack and we 're a hundred metres up . ’ |
| 4 | We 're under attack again . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're under attack . |
| 6 | But the thing is if you 're walking up er the driveway of a house , you do n't want to be caught and you do n't want to be seen and you , you think you 're under cover of darkness and then the big halogen floodlight comes on , puts you in a spotlight next door . |
| 7 | You could reply ‘ They will last longer than some of the cheaper brands , and they 're under guarantee . ’ |
| 8 | They 're under threat because a council wants to save money . |
| 9 | But now , people who use the Prestbury Day centre and other similar centres in Gloucestershire , say they 're under threat . |
| 10 | We know at the moment we 're under boundary changes . |
| 11 | Well , four days on with thousands of people still on the site at Castle Morton Common , there 's growing anger locally that nobody seems to have the power to do anything about the travellers.Villagers say they 're under siege . |
| 12 | ‘ It probably is a sign of contentment , but we also know that cats purr when they 're under stress , ’ says one expert . |
| 13 | They belong to me — you 're under contract , do n't forget . ’ |
| 14 | Either they 're under duty or they 're not . |
| 15 | ‘ For your part in this , you 're under report , Hammond , from this moment . |
| 16 | And he 's gone , Well you 're under age so where have you got a parent with you ? |
| 17 | " You 're under arrest . " |
| 18 | Silver , you 're under arrest too , for failing to report to Toadflax this evening and causing your duty to devolve on a comrade . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're under arrest . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ In that case , Mr Devlin , ’ said Rohmer , ‘ you 're under arrest . ’ |
| 21 | Mum says you 're under arrest . ’ |
| 22 | The gist of the words were , you 're under arrest for harbouring an escapee and he replied along the lines of you 've got ta be joking mate . |
| 23 | You 're under arrest . |
| 24 | You 're under arrest for , for having shot that |
| 25 | So you 're under arrest for taking it off |
| 26 | You 're ha you 're under arrest . |
| 27 | I do n't mind if they 're under control . |
| 28 | Very quick , erm for the new route to already got all his plates for Munich , erm we 're under negotiations with |
| 29 | We 're under starters orders for the National Hunt season . |
| 30 | You 're under orders to help me do it . |