Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are they going to spend it suddenly in er two years time , or are they expecting not to be around in two years time ? |
| 2 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 3 | It is difficult to persuade those who exercise authority in conventional terms that there are other forms of power than theirs : more diffuse but more pervasive ; less aggressive but more enduring , to be round in small towns and rural villages . |
| 4 | Er and you 'd er they 'd er just bang on the door and , and call you and you had to be downstairs in five minutes . |
| 5 | It is usual for the file to be arranged in ascending key sequence , and for the file creation software to expect input to the file to be physically in this order ( on initial creation ) or logically in this order ( when a file with overflow records is reorganized ) . |
| 6 | It was still early morning and , having been unable to confirm my flight by phone ( surprise , surprise ) , I was relieved to be here in good time . |
| 7 | We should n't just think we 're not going to be here in two years time , it 's somebody else 's problem , they 'll take over our debts . |
| 8 | Whether strictly order twenty eight , er order sixty , rule twenty eight for erm applies in this case is not amount entirely clear to me because the obligation to lodge a bill of taxation under rule twenty nine provides that he must begin proceedings for the taxation either within three months after the judgement direction or order of the terminations enter sides are otherwise perfected , and that is presently on it 's face which seemed to be debited May of nineteen ninety three and er accordingly that is right , it 's not in fact been any failure to comply with order tw order sixty two , rule twenty nine , one , and that has n't been disregarded , it 's not entirely clear to me that erm there is any matter come from paragraph sub paragraph A of rule twenty eight , four , it may already require , still nevertheless erm fall within paragraph B of rule fo , erm there has in fact been a delay in lodging the bill of costs for taxation , the delay being really and truly , the delay in having the order of Mr Justice perfected and it seems to me that although in chasing matters generally speaking it is the court will itself draw the order , nevertheless where er it seems to be clearly in this case would contemplate it that counsel would sign a minute erm that counsel do sign a minute and that minute has been signed having forwarded by the defendants solicitors to the defendants solicitors seems to me it must be the case that erm the obligation to , as it were , forward that minute to the court , it is an obligation which would lie upon the plaintiffs solicitors and it maybe said that erm there has been delay and erm on the best it should be lodged with the court sealed , er shortly after it was received and that therefore on that footing there has been delay lodging the bill of costs for concession , er Mr , doctor does n't seemed to be take any point in relation to that er because it 's not in his interest to do so , it seems to be that he does have to say if it has been delayed , with an order of twenty eight rule four that 's a rule , rule , rule twenty eight er four if he is to have interest disbarred and er Mr er he 'll apparently have the matter of read before the taxing master , it seems that the taxing master did not chew any sympathy with that er suggestion , that er there was in fact no breach of the requirement rule twenty , four , Mr he said , very probably , that erm , look on text upon it , he really is concerned to erm have this case dealt with as you put it on the merits , it seems to me it 's in the interest of all parties that erm I should deal with the case on merits have on the assumption erm that er , that that was lodged properly I think , I ca I , a matter of which found within rule twenty eight , four and that the taxing officer give our interest under that rule . |
| 9 | The work was carried out during the period 1980–1 and the existing building construction was found to be generally in good condition . |
| 10 | ‘ All I know is that we ought to be up in that tower , plannin' how we get back to our own lines , and not wastin' any more time quarrellin' down ‘ ere . ’ |
| 11 | But the test was , apparently , extremely effective : for if after this exercise the ground was judged right and the sowing proceeded satisfactorily , the husbandman expected the barley ‘ to be up in three days ’ . |
| 12 | Quite simply , the peaks and troughs can be evened out by forecasting the number that can be permitted to be away in each grade at any given week which is a simple mathematical exercise . |
| 13 | Transit time tended to be slower in all three segments of the colon ( right , left , and rectosigmoid colon ) in patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy although the differences reached statistical significance in the right colon only . |
| 14 | Oesophageal transit measured by scintigraphic techniques has similarly been shown to be slower in this condition . |
| 15 | Oesophageal transit and acid clearance have also been shown to be slower in these patients . |
| 16 | Firms , unlike households , are assumed to be continuously in neoclassical equilibrium : given the value of the real wage rate , they produce just the right ( profit maximizing ) volume of output . |
| 17 | ‘ I hope to be home in two weeks or so . ’ |
| 18 | I ought to be home in three days and I 've made a deal with Henry . |
| 19 | She would not expect Rachaela to be home in any case and always had her lunch and tea with Emma . |
| 20 | We plan to be there in six to nine months . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But I 'll just have to collect my bag , so you run home and I promise to be there in ten minutes . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I seem to be all in one piece , Nurse — sorry , Sister . |
| 23 | But it 's good to be all in one piece again . ’ |
| 24 | If you look back at any year you only get ten or 20 good records and they 're not likely to be all in one week . ’ |
| 25 | I 'd like to be back in that time again … |
| 26 | Midfielder Mark Proctor hopes to be back in two weeks . |
| 27 | The decks must be clear , hatches fastened , Stripey out of sight , and above all the girls ought to be back in regular education . |
| 28 | It was wonderful to be back in this little room , to know that her father had walked past this door and even been in here . |
| 29 | The restored thirty-seater coach is expected to be back in public service for the bank holiday and will be made available for private party hire . |
| 30 | AFTER a two-and-a-half-year lull I fully expect my great friendship with Graham Gooch to be back in full swing on the tour to India . |