Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument from error can be used to show that we know of cases where others have successfully concealed their states of mind , or pretended to be in a state of mind other than their own ( these possibilities are not really distinct ) . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) That , although the scope of Code C of the Codes of Practice ( 1985 ed. ) extended beyond persons in detention , it was intended to protect suspects who were , or thought themselves to be , vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers , and applied where a suspect was being questioned about an offence by a police officer acting as such for the purpose of obtaining evidence ; that , since the appellants were not being questioned by police officers acting as such and conversation was on equal terms , there could be no question of pressure or intimidation by the officers as persons actually or believed to be in authority ; and that , accordingly , Code C did not apply in the circumstances and the judge 's approach could not be faulted ( post , p. 237C–E , H ) . |
| 3 | Kisekka , who was appointed Vice-President , was in his mid-70s and reported to be in poor health ; in February 1988 he had been given three deputies to ease his workload . |
| 4 | On that basis , Mr Williamson , and on the basis that you propose and acknowledge others do not accept that this new settlement should at least in this plan period be for about fourteen hundred dwellings , what level of employment land provision can be taken out of the Greater York figure and assumed to be in the new settlement ? |
| 5 | Claire 's eight-week-old baby , Jamie , was apparently healthy but cried a lot of the time , and seemed to be in pain . |
| 6 | Holyhead mayor Tom Ross added : ‘ He was very happy and seemed to be in good spirits . |
| 7 | Woil stared round at him and seemed to be in a state of shock . |
| 8 | He was facing the window and seemed to be in a state of dreamy somnolence . |
| 9 | The cottage belonged to friends , he said , but they were diplomats and happened to be in Syria . |
| 10 | The sequences around both the initiation and termination regions of each clone was determined by the di-deoxy method and confirmed to be in frame with the N-terminal 6-His sequence of pET15b . |
| 11 | McGuinness is more hard-line than Adams and reckoned to be in closer touch with the mood of die-hard republicans . |
| 12 | The other headmen indicated their agreement by attending a feast given by the chief , though the women of the village ‘ cried , wrung their hands , tore their hair , and appeared to be in the utmost distress ’ , at the notion of this fundamental change to tribal life . |
| 13 | Throughout his remand and trial he denied that he had injured her and appeared to be in a fantasy world , convinced of his own merits and powers . |
| 14 | Several , especially those with relatively hidden disabilities , were uncertain of the wisdom of this and spoke of being in a dilemma over the issue . |
| 15 | In the Politburo Nguyen Van Ling is expected to stay on as secretary-general , even though he is 75 and said to be in poor health . |
| 16 | Mill House had won three of his seven races but seemed to be in decline as his rival rose to yet greater heights . |
| 17 | Clinton had recently spoken with band members on a national radio phone-in show , but happened to be in Chicago at a campaign stop the same day U2 were playing in town . |
| 18 | It is compounded when several people are involved in the aggravated taking of a vehicle — my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden ( Mr. Mills ) said that such people were not content with being in a car but wanted to be in the boot as well — and by the speed and lethal power of the Cosworths and other vehicles which they steal . |