Example sentences of "were in [noun sg] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both men were in danger of being drowned when Thomas Biggs came upon the scene . |
| 2 | The fears of those who had stayed away in 1964 were in danger of being realised in 1988 . |
| 3 | Indeed Jesus warned that those who came with an attitude of exclusive nationalism or spiritual complacency were in danger of being thrown out ( Matt. |
| 4 | He ushered in a new era in the study of religion and of theology ; he brought a new conception of what the disciplined and ordered study of both could be ; he underlined in epoch-making fashion the importance of the subjective aspect of religious awareness , pointing to what lies deeper than intellectual formulations , yet is not reducible to inchoate and diffuse ‘ feelings ’ ; he attempted to grasp and express in an original and modern way the abiding significance of Jesus , and to uncover the living and personal meaning of what were in danger of being dismissed as merely the fossilised accretions of doctrine . |
| 5 | The serious political consequence was that as royal patronage expanded not only were the voices of royal clerks multiplied but the morale and priorities of the clergy as a whole were in danger of being increasingly swayed by hopes of royal favour . |
| 6 | On May 11 a UN Children 's Fund ( UNICEF ) official said that up to 1,700,000 people were in danger of being infected by diarrhoeal diseases . |
| 7 | With that threat having been neutralized , argued Buchanan , it was time to return to a form of nationalism based upon protectionism , minimal government , an avoidance of foreign entanglements , and a defence of the " Judeo-Christian values " which formed the basis of US culture and which were in danger of being " dumped onto some landfill called multiculturalism " . |
| 8 | And at one point hundreds of pigs in a nearby building were in danger of being roasted alive . |
| 9 | Many young people did not qualify and were in danger of being caught up in crime . |
| 10 | The strikers , protesting against the threat of compulsory redundancies , gave leaflets to customers looking at the Mondeo on its promotion day , pointing out that many of the skills which went into it were in danger of being wiped out . |
| 11 | A HELICOPTER from RAF Valley on Anglesey was scrambled yesterday to help rescue three young canoeists who were in danger of being swept out to sea . |