Example sentences of "they are [adj] [verb] in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they are keen to get in on any cross-subsidisation themselves . |
| 2 | To ensure their proper fullness they are first blocked in with a broad contour-band ( the ‘ eighth-of-an-inch stripe ’ ) which gave the painter 's eye the sense of the background to come . |
| 3 | They are afraid to stay in in case their doors are kicked in , but they are also afraid to go out in case their homes are done in while they are out . |
| 4 | Unemployment may mean that people have more leisure time available but lack of money restricts the kind of activities they are able to participate in during their spare time . |
| 5 | ‘ The letters are the firms , the numbers are the prices in pence of a typical Alpha stock and the volumes they are prepared to deal in at a particular time . |