Example sentences of "be in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout history you come across stacks of politicians who would rather let any number of people suffer than admit to one lousy mistake of their own — they 're in all parties , not just our current lot . ’ |
| 2 | Now if you want to decrease the frequency , say at evenings , and you wanted a twenty minute service , you can see that you 're in all kinds of muddle . |
| 3 | Er again if you 're in certain situations you need coordin very very good coordination and timing and again just jogging would not do that . |
| 4 | Sonar says that we 're in eighteen fathoms . |
| 5 | But they 're in two groups of three . |
| 6 | But then with services houses , very often , like the ones in York in Manor Drive , they 're in two halves . |
| 7 | Well it 's a joke , because , they take up all the seats , like they 're in two seats of four , and a , there is no way you can , half the students , these silly old people come in and they take up four seats and eat our lunch . |
| 8 | ‘ You walk into that building , ’ Sir Charles said , ‘ and you know you 're in capable hands . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I must say you 've 'ad an 'ard time , not 'aving no job or anything , but you 're in good 'ands , love . |
| 10 | Robbie says : ‘ Any problems we do have , we sit down and sort them out straight away because we 're in each others pockets all day and every day and it would n't do to fall out badly . ’ |
| 11 | there 's usually two racing together in this one , but they 're in separate tracks and one starts at the outside track |
| 12 | Clearly at the state of the talks with the T & G , we still have a long long way to go to reach this new goal and there 's a strong rumour that there has been discussions between Sir John Edmunds and Lord Bill Morris the name of the new union already and I think an apt title for the union at the moment would be Yugoslavia because we 're in ethnic groups , we are sections , we 've got the boiler makers who are still claiming things they lost ten years ago when they merged . |
| 13 | But we still sell the seeds and we still sell the fertilizers , but we do n't sell them loose any more , they 're in fancy packets . |
| 14 | I hope they 're in safe hands . |
| 15 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 16 | Och he knows you 're in safe hands like when you come round here . |
| 17 | But if you 've got any doubts , if you 're in any doubts at all go to your local E board or some electrical supplier , a reputable electrical supplier , and they will tell you how to do it properly . |
| 18 | They 're in those trees up there . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're in those pictures too . ’ |
| 20 | Well , they 're in detailed discussions , and negotiations are likely to go on for some hours . |
| 21 | Connoisseurs of bike racing prefer breaks by more than one rider , especially when they 're in different teams , for then riders ‘ sit in ’ , not taking their working turn at the front , conserving energy and slowing the break , thus wearing down other riders in favour of a team-leader back down the road in the peloton . |
| 22 | Make sure you 're in different groups . |
| 23 | you make your sound and you carry on and on and on , I 'm gon na keep on taping different people 's make their sound and then we 're gon na see what it feels like you 're in hospital , okay , now it does n't matter if somebody 's got the same sound as somebody else , it 's no big deal , alright , because eventually they 'll all blend into each other , but as soon as I 've tapped you , make your sound , alright patients , come on where 's the machines ? okay , stop , now when did it start becoming out of hand ? , at one stage we did n't really know where we were to , once , once I say ten people , okay , and that was also due to the fact that we had perhaps too many erm patients moaning , alright , it was good in one respect because why , it made obvious that we were in a , a hospital well something like , but erm when you 're in smaller groups and you 're making your sound machines , obviously it 's much easier to control and to make the overall sound more realistic , do n't you think ? , so , mm , what we 're going to do is we 're going to get into different groups , into groups of four , five , no big deal , you 're welcome to only if you want to , and , you 're going to , each group is going to choose er a profession , okay , you can be brick layers , you can be er musicians , er you can be er gardener , I mean absolutely you can be factory workers , you can be absolutely anything , and what you 're going to do is you 're going to choose , each person will choose a sound which is represented of that particular person , er profession , okay , and you 'll going to make your sounds simultaneously so that as for the audience who are simply listening to you can just close our eyes cos we wo n't , you wo n't be acting you 'll be making these sounds and using , we 'll close our eyes and we 'll know exactly where we are , okay , and then after that once we 've done that just , before you choose your profession to know what this is going to lead onto , after that we 're going to put movements to that profession , so when , if you were in a factory going er putting bottles on , on top top of bottles , you would have the movements going and you would have the sound going and I want you to build up , up , the sound machine which becomes the movement machine as well , so you 're almost robotic so you , shh , shh , or whatever , however your sound , and each person does their thing in the factory or where ever they are and we will be able to see from listening and looking at the movements and obviously remember just because you 're not an example it does n't mean you ca n't talk , there might be for instance there would be a doctor going stand back , stand back , you know , er , in , in the you can use voices , but also obviously very , very effective to have sound voices , shh , shh , to create that part of it , have instruments , but this is how they actually started lay down sound tracks for movies , people specialize |
| 24 | ‘ We 're in plain clothes . |
| 25 | I am in two minds whether to change the engine or repair it . |
| 26 | I am in two minds about the humour of all this . |
| 27 | I am in many senses neither asleep nor awake . |
| 28 | But it 's very reassuring to know I am in safe hands here , ’ says Ken . |
| 29 | ‘ Others more qualified than I am in these matters can comment on the economic sense or otherwise of the proposed pit closures . |
| 30 | Never for the future come near me when I am in these tumults unless I send for you . |