Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [be] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since then , China in its many and varied aspects has been in my mind , and I believe it was on that Saturday morning in Aunt Janie 's potato patch that I first became interested in the Orient . |
| 2 | Where Nonconformist preachers differed was in their isolation : they stood alone without a liturgy on which to fall back or a priestly vocation which made good preaching a desirable but not essential option . |
| 3 | Cos my feet have been in them now , can you put these like that ? |
| 4 | Most of the brothers were all too well aware of him , but in his absence relaxed , gave thanks and forgot him ; and the novices and schoolboys evaded being in his proximity at all , so far as was possible . |
| 5 | All of the youths studied were in their last year of school , and all were going to leave at the minimum school leaving age ( Corrigan , 1979 ) . |
| 6 | Probably the whole house had been cosy and well-run when these ladies had been in their prime . |
| 7 | The identification of the extra meanings mentioned above can only take place once the initial sentences have been in themselves understood . |
| 8 | The conclusions which historians draw are in themselves controversial . |
| 9 | David and Julia and the other court personnel had been in their appointed seats for an hour and a half before the proceedings began . |
| 10 | No one supposes that international relations can be fully understood just by assembling a patchwork of what the actors say was in their minds . |
| 11 | Most of these women had been in what they called ‘ the therapy situation ’ for years . |
| 12 | The report and accounts have been in your hands for the statutory period er , and you 've had the chance to read my statement . |