Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Last I heard you were in detention quarters in Portsmouth . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We were in winning positions in both games so we ca n't be playing that badly . |
| 3 | There are of course difficulties in compiling any such table . |
| 4 | Three motives can perhaps be identified for the creation of special agencies in Britain , although there are of course dangers in taking ostensible motives as real ones , to create an effective separate and accountable ‘ management system ’ to reduce political ‘ interference ’ and to provide for the direct representation of special interests . |
| 5 | There are of course problems in bringing up a Down 's child which are not present , at least to the same degree , in bringing up a child without Down 's Syndrome . |
| 6 | There are without doubt residents in higher value properties who lack the funds to meet the more realistic charges that should apply to the F to H bands , but this should not mean that those with adequate funds should escape paying their fair share of the local tax burden . |
| 7 | They are like sugar lumps in tea , moments before they vanish . |
| 8 | ‘ Look at your eyes , they 're like piss holes in the snow , ’ laughed Yanto . |
| 9 | In 1851 he used what were in effect vectors in deriving magnetic equations without using Poisson 's theory of magnetic fluid . |