Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE terrifying Jurassic Park dinosaurs were much noisier in the film than they would have been in real life , a scientist said today . |
| 2 | Bishop said : ‘ It really was panic stations , but luckily they delayed the plane for half an hour otherwise I would have been in real trouble . ’ |
| 3 | If his controller had taken her seriously , he might have been in real trouble . |
| 4 | The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble . |
| 5 | Although he had many substantial patrons , Evesham may have been in financial straits in the mid-1620s . |
| 6 | By a respondent 's notice dated 20 February 1991 the plaintiffs gave notice of their intention to contend that the judgment should be affirmed on the additional grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) leave to appeal from the order of 4 November 1988 should have been refused ; ( 2 ) there was no ground for interfering with the judge 's finding that the first defendant was not the agent of the plaintiffs ; ( 3 ) there was no evidence that the second defendant was at any material time under the influence of or dominated by the first defendant so as to be prevented from exercising independent judgment ; ( 4 ) in so far as the first defendant repeated his over-optimistic expectations to the second defendant it was not a misrepresentation , fraudulent or otherwise ; and ( 5 ) as to whether there was manifest disadvantage , the charge was required as a condition of further increased overdraft facility to Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. , without which that company , whose success would have been of benefit to the second defendant , would have been in financial difficulties . |
| 7 | Carr , who went the distance with Wharton last time , protested about the stoppage , after 2min 7sec of the eighth round , but if referee Dave Parris had allowed the fight to continue the Australian could have been in serious trouble . |
| 8 | Otherwise he might have been in serious trouble . |
| 9 | If Kirsty had fallen ill once they were down in London she would have been forced to stay there until she 'd recovered — and then she would have been in serious trouble , not only with Jake but with the law as well . |
| 10 | If it had been left any longer he could have been in serious trouble . |
| 11 | Well , I must have been in first year juniors . |
| 12 | I have been most concerned by reports that some students may have been in temporary difficulty at the start of the current term because their grant cheques have not arrived from certain authorities . |
| 13 | A subsidy assessment of £40 suggests that this completes the account of his lands ; any there might have been in other counties can not be deduced from the available evidence . |
| 14 | The moonless sky was overcast , and gliding into an opaque blackness we might have been in outer space . |
| 15 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 16 | And question ten , you should have the word Preventable and words to the effect Should not have been in that position and not have assumed that the other driver was going to do what he eventually did do . |
| 17 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 18 | I do n't think that chair could have been in that book Brian . |
| 19 | She had said it was her niece because the girl was young and had black hair and because who else but Nora Fanshawe could have been in that car with her parents ? |
| 20 | So it 's a bit frightening when you think a pensioner 's money may have been in that account at thirteen fifty on a , on ten thousand invested , and now they 're down to seven hundred . |
| 21 | The end result might only be a slight scratch , but the potential might have been in that situation for something a lot worse . |
| 22 | ( If mortality rates for the age group 20–24 could have been calculated , the nadir would probably have been in that age class ) . |
| 23 | It may well have been in that picture that the new type was created . |
| 24 | The student will have been in close contact with the patient while carrying out nursing care , and will have observed the patient 's progress . |
| 25 | Said it 'll have been in all day . |
| 26 | I realized that I could have been in deep trouble there : I came close to inflicting a serious injury on Frank Dick . |
| 27 | Their interest may have been in Sardinian copper or Etruscan tin ; the Minoans needed tin to make bronze , and the sources of their raw materials are unknown . |
| 28 | And as the years from retirement lengthen , it seems more and more tenuous to group men in terms of long-past work , let alone women who since marriage may never have been in paid work at all . |
| 29 | These would have claimed much of Miller 's attention , but his expertise would have been in great demand over the cultivation of rare fruits . |
| 30 | Aaron 's mother , Lesley , 26 , said : ‘ He was very calm and must have been in great pain . |