Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] be in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I suppose I must keep my mouth shut or I will be in trouble . |
| 2 | Now Miss Stobbs ' mother Margaret has warned other brides : ‘ Check your car is still available or you could be in trouble . ’ |
| 3 | ( ii ) gave money to the addict in your life because he or she would be in trouble if you did not . |
| 4 | 1.1 Duty not to compete within the duration of the employment contract This aspect of the duty of fidelity requires the employee not to work for any person who is or who might be in competition with his employer during the working day . |
| 5 | ‘ He was enormously complex and he had an almost inner pain about who he was sexually , what his role was , where he should be in life . |
| 6 | While she has /r/ in person where it should be in JC , she has pronounced /r/ at the end of mother , where Jamaicans usually do not pronounce it , and at the end of Jamaica , where historically it is absent : in this last case displaying the type of hypercorrection for which John F. Kennedy ( a speaker of the r-less Boston English ) was famous . |
| 7 | This picture may be in monochrome , or it may be in colour if your machine is fitted with one of the new miniature LCD screens . |
| 8 | Well , I hope you explained that I 'll be in Milan in plenty of time for the shoot , because — ’ |
| 9 | Tell your people who I am , that I will be in touch , I will be waiting . |
| 10 | When thinking how to act , I am in the world of common sense where something either is or is not , and where it is a matter of course that I can be in touch with it through highly subjective impressions . |
| 11 | However , as Alec explained to me in detail the procedures involved I began to realise that I could be in trouble , that I could be in serious trouble . |
| 12 | I replied at once to say that I should be in London shortly and suggested a meeting on Thursday , 14 May . |
| 13 | The weird notion that she might be in danger of actually becoming one day as perfect as she seemed added a ghastly charm to her reflections , as she continued to envisage various methods of killing Jack . |
| 14 | Yet it never occurred to John , as his mother aged , that she might be in need of any help , until a visitor from Johannesburg , who had known him as a boy , told him that she was hard up , after which lie made her an allowance . |
| 15 | Quickly she gave him a tip , also a message to be delivered to William Ash , warning him that she 'd be in contact with him as soon as she knew where Ace planned to base himself . |
| 16 | There had been so much else to do : such as leaving a brief note for Julie , and also contacting her office to explain the problem and that she 'd be in touch with them as soon as possible . |
| 17 | She stressed that , as a councillor and member of the Social Work Committee , it was important that she should be in possession of these facts as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Grace had seen to that , but it was late and as she sat on the King 's throne in the wings , she wished with all her heart that she could be in bed . |
| 19 | ‘ Mrs Blackler of the agency advised me that you would be in touch . ’ |
| 20 | It 's when you move from that to communicating domestically that you may be in trouble . ’ |
| 21 | God , am I glad to see you ] The only good news I 've had this morning is that you 'll be in charge . |
| 22 | The first step in the battle to keep control of borrowing is to recognise that you might be in danger . |
| 23 | The first step in the battle to keep control of borrowing is to recognise that you might be in danger . |
| 24 | This will mean that you will be in possession of more information and facts than people who pay scant attention to what is being said . |
| 25 | Your inexperience told me that you must be in love with me — but I could n't be sure . |
| 26 | There is next to no hierarchy in advertising , so you may be in charge of the account in the managing director 's eyes , but an experienced creative person wo n't consider that you are " senior " to him . |
| 27 | One is mounted on top of the power supply , and two are spoken for by the floppy and hard disk drives , so you 'd be in trouble if you wanted to fit more than two peripherals . |
| 28 | To suggest , sotto voce , that we may be in danger of inflating the man ( woman , rarely ) way out of proportion to the job itself ? |
| 29 | We assumed that we would be in control of the reaction , that we were strong enough to channel it . |
| 30 | We took pains to get to the front of the queue for the evening meal so that we would be in time for the start of the picture . |