Example sentences of "be in [det] position " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We just do n't want to be in that position . ’
2 Yes that 's right , right well that 's a baby , that 's a baby that will be like that , but she 's older , so her legs would be , she would be in that position would n't she ?
3 that the third exit you should be in that position .
4 You 're right , I mean you would obviously be in that position if you were going to turn left , but if you 're If you 're going to go down there by all means , but it 's safer if y Say you 're you 're n car number two behind car number one in position two and he 's inc signalling left .
5 For why else , I thought would he be in that position , sensuously embracing a vicious criminal who had tried to kill her partner ?
6 Erm but you will be in that position , you may be so dedicated about something that you want to do like I did , I thoroughly enjoyed it it 's given me a great deal of pleasure , I 've worked with about a hundred different people over the years that have been in my dance group , all ages all personalities , we 've worked with some fantastic music which er erm we 've had to interpret .
7 Endowment assigned to them , so they would see it , they would know it , they would check it and they 'd be in that position .
8 erm that 's why er you know really i it is essential that certainly who ever is going to be in that position knows what .
9 But the transformation was quite extraordinary over the festive season , and the team deserved to be in that position by the end of their campaign .
10 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 .
11 And it did n't much matter because , the way he had it planned , she was n't going to be in any position to try anything .
12 A good length of time to be in this position is about twenty minutes .
13 It is not unusual to be in this position , and it may be that there is an accepted procedure to follow in the eventuality of employers making you an offer .
14 The leader of a research group might be in this position .
15 I never chose to be in this position . ’
16 Maybe just a few more seconds and they would have fired him and he would n't be in this position now .
17 We made two hundred and forty five pounds on Thriller of the Year one hundred and nineteen pounds on Tea for Two but that is after we 've made the three hundred pounds donation to Whiston Hospital we made a thousand and eighteen pounds on the panto Wuthering Heights we lost four hundred and nine pounds , but that was basically that we do costume plays and have to hire the erm fixtures and set pieces from Wrightsons or wherever we 're always going to be in this position and I think it 's the tradition of the Garrick that we continue to do them , and I think we have to accept that we may have losses in future on those particular erm things .
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