Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [be] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So he should be in high spirits now ; he 'll be in three airports before the day 's over .
2 Jim Martin looks like he should be in Thin Lizzy .
3 He must be in one of the containers down there . ’
4 ‘ Oh Christ , he must be in one of the paddocks or the garden . ’
5 That is rather a ponderous way of saying that no one in his right mind doubts the truth of my assertion about the states in which Bill will be found , because there are two of them and he must be in one or the other .
6 He must be in one of the Coptic parts of the city . ’
7 Hello seven three one eight , no Roger 's off duty at the moment it 's Chris here erm , he should be , hang on I 'll just have to look at the watch roster and check up on precisely what his movements are , erm just look through tomorrow and I can find the right page in the roster here , er , two thir yeah , he 'll be on tower , so he 'll be in first thing tomorrow from about seven , seven o'clock onwards .
8 And if your victim happens to be conveniently close to the edge of a tall cliff , by the time he 's bounced down a couple of hundred metres on to the rocks , he 'll be in such a mess that the injury from the blow stands a good chance of being overlooked .
9 He 's out at the moment but he 'll be in later and he 'll phone either tonight or in the morning . ’
10 I do n't think he 'll be in any fit condition to do it every morning anyway .
11 So he should be in high spirits now ; he 'll be in three airports before the day 's over .
12 ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 )
13 He could be in two , or three , places at the same time .
14 He could be in one place , and his voice could come from another place .
15 It made her feel she had to stay there or else he 'd be in worse trouble . ’
16 If the sceptics had a real leader inside the Cabinet , he 'd be in deep trouble . ’
17 Why do n't you come back , he said he 'd be in later . ’
18 He 'd be in full view of the windows .
19 There was also the time element The next tide could not be far away and if he was caught by the tide he would be in real trouble .
20 Roy said he would be in joint forces on the territory probably at the beginning of this quarter , erm , so far so good .
21 If he were here to answer the question , I suspect that he would be in considerable difficulty if he tried to say that he continued to oppose those privatisations .
22 The infant , which was incidentally precisely what we predicted he would be in physical makeup , sex , coloring , and so on , was born here seven days ago .
23 The war had interrupted and postponed many a career , J's amongst them , and he had three years ' university ahead of him before he would be in any position to marry .
24 Waiting briefly for the lift he told himself that he was no more involved than he would be in any other case .
25 His acceptance of the condition was made with an easy mind — he did n't feel that distributing a newspaper , even a banned one , would be considered a particularly heinous offence for a young girl , and anyway he could not imagine that he would be in any danger himself if he admitted knowledge of the basket 's contents .
26 ‘ But he is probably safer now than he will be in 10 years ’ time .
27 They say he can be in several places at once , can work magic , hypnotise with his eyes , cause death , resuscitate corpses , make women pregnant with a glance .
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