Example sentences of "[vb base] been in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was here in good shape , but I 've been in good shape at other championships and failed . |
| 2 | I 've been in regular contact with Earl 's Court Project and a lot of my friends down there . |
| 3 | In that netherworld state , while they 've been in that state of absorption . ’ |
| 4 | Well , I I find that totally impossible , I mean I know that , I 've been in that plot thousand of times . |
| 5 | Maurice Hope held a similar view , though he favoured social rather than genetic factors : ‘ Black people are natural fighters ; they 've been fighting for survival and they 've been in that condition all their lives . |
| 6 | What I am going to focus on is this terrible guilt feeling which is coming out while you 're giving me all this information , and I can see one or two nodding heads , I guess , I guess some of you 've been in that situation . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been in that sort of situation before , sitting in a dressing- room after losing to a team you 've been expected to beat . |
| 8 | I 've been in that block since it was built , it suits me fine . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been in all morning . ’ |
| 10 | Now , you may not realize it but you 've been in civil litigation and criminal litigation , you 've been doing advocacy all term . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been in this part of the country before , remember , ’ he broke off to explain at Isabel 's surprised stare . |
| 12 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
| 13 | I 've been in this position loads of times , like . |
| 14 | I have to say this is the first time I 've been in this position since I took over . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We 've been in this situation before , where we 've needed a good result away from home only to lose 1–0 , ’ he said . |
| 16 | We 've been in this house for about twelve years |
| 17 | I 've been in this frame of mind for a long time , but no one seems to notice . ’ |
| 18 | Kerly added : ‘ I 've been in this game for 16 years . |
| 19 | You 've been in this job too long mate , you 're going senile . |
| 20 | It 's unfair , Bernard , you 've been in this job much longer than me , what do you think about this new menu for the canteen at Digby 's Ballbearings ? |
| 21 | A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen . |
| 22 | And I 've been in next door . |
| 23 | ‘ So many runners are depending on this race to qualify for the Olympics , especially the Portuguese , who have been in invincible form in half-marathons , and I would not be surprised if the winner is someone no one has heard of . ’ |
| 24 | The scholarship is open to those aged 21–30 with Wine and Spirit Higher Certificate or equivalent and who have been in full-time employment in the catering industry for at least two years or have experience of direct sales in on-licensed premises . |
| 25 | Young openers Matthew Hayden and Michael Slater have been in sparkling form but the tourists are likely to start with their tried and trusted one-day partnership of Mark Taylor and Mark Waugh . |
| 26 | Nicholson 's horses have been in sparkling form this season since he moved to his new yard and Baydon Star was sent off a surprisingly generous 13-8 favourite . |
| 27 | Certain members of the Olympic Vibes team have been in serious disarray after one glimpse of this , and the guilty lightweights have been duly suspended from club duty . |
| 28 | I have been in close contact with him in that apartment for three weeks and I 'm convinced he genuinely tried to secure that young man 's release safe and unharmed . ’ |
| 29 | We have been in close contact with the Scottish Office and the competition authorities to this end for more than 18 months . ’ |
| 30 | Energy can never be destroyed and our energy imprints are preserved technically for all eternity , along with the imprints of other people who have been in close proximity . |