Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |
| 2 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood on Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |
| 3 | Out of the twenty-eight women on the house , three went to bed , and they were in fact to lose two weeks ' remission each for being in bed a few minutes late . |
| 4 | Margaret came to Scottish Amicable in February 1948 after being with Cadbury 's Scottish depot for the first part of her career . |
| 5 | I 'm sure that rule is wrong about being on all play . |
| 6 | This was seen by some as being in marked contrast to the humanities departments , a point we shall pick up later : |
| 7 | That was because I was afraid of being like them . ’ |
| 8 | I mean , I 'm sure my mother does but I never believed her , I was always afraid of being like her and I 'm such a disappointment to her , so hopeless and not beautiful , not like my grandmother . |
| 9 | I think our problem here is it gets so windy with being on the corner . |
| 10 | It was entirely different from being on an out-station . |
| 11 | There may be occasions when we feel ourselves in favour of particular activities that are defined as crimes ; but that is entirely different from being in favour of crime . |
| 12 | Local rugby has a big match tomorrow as well … there 's another round of league matches … the one we 're interested in is at Franklin Gardens … |
| 13 | I can hardly stand up at the best of times — which is n't surprising when the only ice I 'm interested in is in my Scotch on the rocks ! |
| 14 | We have a regulator that all he 's interested in is in fact doing Michael Heseltine 's work for him . |
| 15 | So the only thing er we 're interested in is in er Some Mothers Do Have Them , seven thirty . |
| 16 | Yes , I think for a lot of people that 's true and I do n't denigrate that because I think a lot of good work goes on in the Women 's Institute , but what we are particularly interested in is in the professional craftsman , the craftsman who has trained for a number of year to produce extremely good work , and what we try to do is to make that work more available to the public in a number of ways . |
| 17 | Hopefully he 's interested in being in this band that we 're trying to put together . |
| 18 | Although personally we believe this to be of only secondary importance , its probable role in motivating innovative acts can not be ignored . |
| 19 | Yes , well in well I 've got some photos of this to be inside somewhere . |
| 20 | I want all this to be in the open , to be accepted , I want truth to be told . |
| 21 | Section 38(1) allows this : ( I ) if necessary to substantiate a name or address ; ( 2 ) if the custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing this is necessary : ( i ) for the suspect 's own protection ; ( ii ) to prevent him from causing physical injury to any other person ; ( iii ) to prevent loss or damage to property ; ( iv ) to ensure his appearance in court ; ( v ) to prevent interference with the administration of justice or with the investigation of offences ; ( vi ) juveniles can also be detained in custody if the custody officer believes this to be in the juvenile 's own interests . |
| 22 | Thus , in deciding , for example , whether to close down an unprofitable factory and make those working in it redundant , the directors are required to consider the effect of closure on the employees , but they are nevertheless under a duty to shut the factory if they believe this to be in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 23 | Any party who is legally represented may be excluded from all or any part of the proceedings if the court considers this to be in the child 's interests having regard to the matters to be discussed or evidence likely to be given ( FPCR , r16(2) ; FPR , r4.16(2) ) . |
| 24 | The court may exclude the child from all or any part of the proceedings if it considers this to be in his interests having regard to matters to be discussed or evidence likely to be given . |
| 25 | Thus in Corfield v Sevenways Garage Ltd [ 1985 ] RTR 109 , a car repairer sold a car from his garage forecourt and the Divisional Court held this to be in the course of business even though selling was an infrequent side line . |
| 26 | But the , the fact is , that what I , my plea to you today , and and my plea to the committee yesterday is , that I do n't want this to be in the political arena , it is in the political arena , but I think we do need to er er er take it out of the political arena , for the benefit of of all the people that that put us here . |
| 27 | With the symmetry of the rest of the geometry we can only assume this to be from choice rather than from the limitations of the designers ' technology . |
| 28 | As American banks retrench , they will corner almost all the profitable business at home , leaving Europeans and a handful of Japanese banks to fight over deals that are either unprofitable or too risky to be of interest . |
| 29 | Since the awareness from which we recoil is constantly being forced on us by pain or misfortune , no doubt many or most people can take every opportunity they have to avoid the unpleasant without being in any danger of becoming more aware of the bright side than the dark . |
| 30 | In this situation , it is much more sensible to be in the second or even third row from the start line , but you should be right at the starboard end . |