Example sentences of "been in [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In view of the conclusion which their Lordships have reached , namely , that the defendant 's conviction should be quashed and that it must be for the Court of Appeal in Jamaica to say whether a new trial should be ordered , their Lordships consider that it is unnecessary , and indeed undesirable in the interests of justice , to examine the rival contentions and the facts to which they relate with the same particularity as their Lordships would have felt bound to do if their recommendation had been in favour of dismissing the appeal .
2 The Institute 's Council has been in favour of abolishing the small audit since 1985 , which , in effect , means that the larger firms are in favour of abolition .
3 I would have thought they 'd have been in touch about extending the guarantee through you .
4 A trip to London was planned and they were expecting two visits — one from an elderly relative who 'd been in touch after receiving a holiday postcard and another from two people who used to live in the flat upstairs and had telephoned asking if they could call by .
5 But I can think areas er like on Europe , I do n't there 's been anybody who 's been in terms of projecting the issue erm , er better than George Robertson has dode done in terms of the European er issue .
6 Mrs Slewy has been in trouble for taking the cancer-box from the counter in Mock 's .
7 Diana has always been in danger of getting the giggles at the least appropriate moment , and age has done very little to cure her .
8 Diana has always been in danger of getting the giggles at the least appropriate moment
9 Since 1988 she has been in charge of organising the BDA 's centenary celebrations a task , which she has combined with bringing up her hearing daughter Nicola .
10 In both capacities Wall had been in charge of monitoring the thrift industry since July 1987 .
11 This untypically flashy Icelander , who has lived most of his life in Las Vegas , and worked on Mr Bush 's election campaign , has recently been in charge of polishing the images of Frank Sinatra and Donald Trump , the New York city real estate person .
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