Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be under " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I enjoy being under pressure . |
| 2 | I do feel I 'd like to say one point about the people who were in this house , that it 's quite clear , all of them I believe were under care of the social services , erm and I do n't know enough about their history to say whether they , where they 've been before , whether they 've been in some half-way house , or just been thrown out of some mental institution . |
| 3 | erm , the one thing that I thought was under person who is who is talking he 's got ta be I think he 's got ta be firm so that the person understands that erm that what is required but he 's also got ta be fair at the same time has n't he ? |
| 4 | ‘ The world I paint is under threat from many directions and this is a constant theme behind my work . |
| 5 | I had been under the impression that Smith 's did n't stock SR at all , so well did they hide it . |
| 6 | Although I had been under no real illusions that an amazing secret would suddenly be revealed , I was nevertheless disappointed that my theories had proved to be groundless . |
| 7 | The thought hammered in my brain that I had been under the impression that I was fit . |
| 8 | And I think er Well Pat and I have discussed that a little bit as well , cos I 've been under some pressure in this direction with Alice . |
| 9 | And I said to myself , I 've been under a boss |
| 10 | I do n't have to go for examinations at all now , I come under , what 's it , you know my bloody pension it marvels me , I 've been under every ruddy regimental paymaster and , in the , and Scotland I think , I , I at present I 'm with one in Scotland , but eh , mucking about with |
| 11 | ‘ The lad you want is under lock and key , ’ said Cadfael , dismayed . |
| 12 | She 'd been under a spell — she must have been . |
| 13 | For heaven 's sake , she 'd been under a bit of strain of late , so what was more natural than that , having at last met the man she had been at pains to meet — actually being out walking with him , and on such a lovely sharp but sunny day — she should — er — relax a little ? |
| 14 | So if you 've been under pressure lately , try Seven Seas Vitamin B complex , which cost £2.99 for 60 capsules or Vitalert For Stress with B-vitamins , £2.89/30 . |
| 15 | Er and I mean er a lot of that 's perhaps the release of stress , so that you know you 've been under pressure for a long time and then you , you take that away , and it may actually be detrimental to but er it does n't , obviously the figures are a little bit odd . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've been under a lot of pressure recently . |
| 17 | She had always believed there would be someone special — for a while she had been under the illusion that that someone was Marcus . |
| 18 | ‘ Tommy told us that she had been under the water and he had to do something to save her . |
| 19 | I could not in the court of law swear that you had been under my observations the whole time we were making the ascent . ’ |
| 20 | Ever since she 's been under threat of eviction . |
| 21 | But one woman who should have been there could n't attend the ceremony — because she 's been under house arrest for the past four years . |
| 22 | If she 's been under stress . |
| 23 | Whereas the district in which we live is under an agreement between the three great companies — the Midland being one — that not one of them shall promote a railway in the district without the consent of all three companies ; the continuation of the Bishop 's Castle line is now saddled with the further condition that it shall not be made independently of the Corvedale line , whereas a proposal was made by one of the largest shareholders in the Cambrian to complete it independently of any other line . |
| 24 | It had been a hectic period during which we had been under some pressure . |
| 25 | When Aziru sent his Khabiris against us , finally , we had been under siege for three years . |
| 26 | ‘ We have been under enemy attack since we arrived here six days ago , with practically no sleep . |
| 27 | ‘ There are times this season when we have been under pressure and coped well , ’ he said . |
| 28 | They 've been under scrutiny since they met — a considerable strain for any relationship , and doubly so for one as close as theirs . |
| 29 | But Merseyside Labour MPs yesterday denounced the verdict which blamed Mr Evans of Wigan who they said was under the orders of the starter , Captain Keith Brown . |
| 30 | Hounslow councillors say they had been under the impression that relations between them and the police were slowly improving , although Mr Wetzel and John Connolly , the influential chair of housing , continue to boycott the statutory police consultative group . |