Example sentences of "be [prep] a [noun sg] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WE have been through a lot in the press . |
| 2 | Bernice had been through a lot in the days they had been separated and he was proud of her . |
| 3 | Referring to an automobile accident which seriously injured his son in 1989 , he stated that his family had " been through a lot in the last two years " and that they were " more important than politics and personal ambition " . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're in a room in a big building . |
| 5 | I pretend I am in a crib in a wood with the sky above me . |
| 6 | Although the LDP enjoyed an overall majority in the House of Representatives ( the lower chamber of the Diet ) , it had been in a minority in the 252-seat upper chamber , the House of Councillors , since the elections of July 1989 [ see pp. 36800-01 ] . |
| 7 | Liverpool fan Tony , aged 21 , has been in a coma in a hospital at Keighley , Yorks , since the soccer ground disaster three years ago . |
| 8 | I 've never been in a fire in a theatre before — thankfully they 're almost unheard of . |
| 9 | Some , primarily because of their educational background , though there will be other causes , are in a position in a business enterprise to be able to define their own roles and will have a determining voice in deciding pay and other rewards and , in general , be able to define the procedures and roles by which others ' work will be done . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ The side has been doing really well without me but I 'm out to convince everybody that I 'm worth a place in the side . ’ |
| 11 | And he said : ‘ The side has been doing really well without me but I 'm out to convince everybody that I 'm worth a place in the side . ’ |
| 12 | Its stopping would be like a death in the family . |
| 13 | Oh alright shut up , do n't spend , do n't save any you 're going to be in a mess in the summer when you want , want lots of money to spend |
| 14 | Still , if you knew the pressure on beds here during the Festival you would be glad not to be in a tent in the gardens — often the fate of the young I do not , however , anticipate being away , as I can not really afford to be ( either literally £££ ) or away from job search which gets daily more depressing . |
| 15 | ‘ It is quite clear that the Communists have to be in a minority in the new government . |
| 16 | A few of our members have prepared very good speeches which they present locally and it would be my hope that we may be in a position in the not too distant future to have a professionally prepared audio/visual promotional aide . |
| 17 | Similarly , no dog could perceive a bone to be inside a box in the way in which human adults can , because a baby 's sensorimotor understanding of spatial concepts is radically transformed ( not merely added to ) by learning of language . |
| 18 | At the weekend , I happened to be on a panel in a Welsh phone-in along with Wayne Shelford , Brian Price and Phil Bennett . |
| 19 | Mobility would be at a minimum in the ‘ dead ’ centres of these patterns . |
| 20 | I am on a swing in a small park with my brother . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been to a party in the village of Sutton , and I 'm on my way home . ’ |
| 22 | New River Company shares were worth a fortune in the nineteenth century . |
| 23 | Oliver gained a lot of experience in a short time , and was interested to see how brave some people were after a death in the family . |
| 24 | The words were like a slap in the face . |
| 25 | Yeah but we were sitting in a er we were in a cul-de-sac in a nice area |
| 26 | As a result , for the first time in the history of East Germany the Communists were in a minority in the Council of Ministers [ for initial composition see p. 37025 ; for January 1990 changes see pp. 37170-71 ] . |
| 27 | We met Stevie Nicks right after that and for about the next four years we were in a band in the northern California area . |
| 28 | The most likely interpretation of bank could well be different if A and B were on a boat in the middle of a river . ) |
| 29 | Stock Exchange members began to see themselves as being at a disadvantage in the face of international competition from larger and more sophisticated international firms , with more substantial capital bases . |
| 30 | But a few years ago we were at a session in a pub one night erm playing music and er there was about twenty of us and about two o'clock in the morning the police raided it and we all had our names taken and we were all up in court and we were all fined I think three pound for being er drinking after hours and Tony was drinking a cup of coffee . |