Example sentences of "be [adv] in [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It is the greatest up after the lowest down — it is the biggest rollercoaster I have been on in my life . ’
2 The King , who had not forgotten the sermons of Andrewes , told Parliament that ‘ Princes are not bound to give account of their actions but to God alone ’ and that ‘ Parliaments are altogether in my power for their calling , sitting and dissolution ; as I find the fruits of them to be good or evil they are to continue or not to be . ’
3 For one thing , the victuallers were never able to secure a majority on the council , and for another , a substantial number of the men in the victualling guilds had other interest — grocers and fishmongers were among the most important wool exporters at this period and one does not know how far individuals actually practised the trade of their own guild — so it may have been less in their interest than has sometimes been thought to keep food prices high ( 84 , pp.251–3 ; 104 , pp.77–80 ; 109 ) .
4 I had been down in my pantry working through the supplies sheets , when I had heard somewhere above my head the unmistakable sounds of motor cars pulling up in the courtyard .
5 Perhaps it had been all in her imagination , fuelled by her own desires .
6 It was the most terrible place she had ever been in in her life .
7 Anything else has been entirely in your imagination . ’
8 My Lords I would like to speak amendments that are down in my name er I 've er got Amendments number seventeen and eighteen and numbers twenty-two er and number a hundred and twenty-five .
9 Neil is Max 's dad ; Neil is also a chiropractor but this does n't concern Ralph at all since his only dealings with Neil are merely in his capacity as Max 's dad .
10 ‘ I am not in his confidence on that point , ’ came the reply .
11 Then the Cid clapt spurs to the mule upon which he rode , and vaulted into a piece of ground which was his own inheritance , and answered , Sir , I am not in your land , but in my own .
12 ‘ Hope that even after all the anger and the pain you 've been through in your life , you 'll still be able to search your heart and realise I could never betray you .
13 Your bags are already in your room sir … madam .
14 Erm chairman yes we hope to erm , excuse me , to erm that E four will be capable of er sorry E F two thousand will be capable of handling all our erm planned weapons er which are already in our programme the er conventional er , the C A S O M , the conventionally armed , stand-off missile , the er anti- armour missile er twelve thirty eight and the future medium range air-to-air missile er whatever that happens to be er as a result of er competition .
15 Individually , haplochromines are not spectacular in appearance : most are only a few centimetres long , and silvery , when they are not in their breeding colours .
16 Also features manual dialler so you can call friends who are not in your telephone book .
17 They are not in your maintenance budget .
18 Anagrams and word puzzles are not in my line of country , sir .
19 The Order imposes duties on the self-employed person in relation to the effect of his activities on the health and safety of people who are not in his employment .
20 Now whether you like it or not , and you 're not in our position , because we er prepared to manage this authority , you would have had that same reduction to find , and I did hear Councillor and he was also referring to capital spend the other day , saying he could have found ten million .
21 Oh you 're not in our group .
22 Erm ironically after I wrote erm the letter was typed on Monday erm to Mr Mr the only lights that have been fixed since are the ones at the end of my street and the next street not as I complained about ones on the main road erm there 's an example that 's been going on for many months where a problem , an acknowledged problem of access existed which was the reason for delay but that as I understand it has been overcome some time ago now and it 's still there , this is a group of seven lights together , the lot , erm these lights are still out , they 're not in my ward in fact , they 're just .
23 You 're not in my class … ’
24 I know but you 're not in my class though .
25 Oh yes , you 're not in my house .
26 In all In in all fairness they 're not in my opinion , not exactly the greatest thing to look at in the country are they ?
27 ‘ Well , if they 're not in your cabinet , they 've had to be thrown away , ’ she said .
28 They 're still in her system .
29 Still in the league , they 're still in their league cup are they ?
30 We 're back in our classroom now and erm Anton We 're back in our classroom now and I expect that we 're
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