Example sentences of "i [modal v] [adv] be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If there was somewhere you might stay in the meanwhile , I may shortly be in a position to help you . ’ |
| 2 | As my pregnancy went on , I wondered whether the baby was a girl and If I should soon be in a mother/daughter relationship with my own child . |
| 3 | ‘ If I keep out of the chairman 's way , I should still be in charge for Wednesday 's Capital League match against Reading . ’ |
| 4 | You — you have business to attend to — and I should only be in the way . ’ |
| 5 | I said I was rather tied up at the school over most week-ends ; though the half-term holiday was the week-end after next and I might just be in Athens then — but I could n't be sure . |
| 6 | Steiner 's regime at the Priory , the guard system , that sort of thing , only I 'll already be in London . |
| 7 | It 's a step up , too , I 'll practically be in charge there . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll soon be in prison now , ’ he thought . |
| 9 | I 'll probably be in the latter being short if anyones on the lookout . |
| 10 | I 'll still be in charge of the team tomorrow . |
| 11 | But I 've decided that I 'll only be in the band as long as I 'm doing other things as well as . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll obviously be in touch if I have any news . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd rather be in my workshop , trying to invent radio . |
| 14 | I 'd rather carry on in my own sweet way , and I 'd rather be in Stockholm . |
| 15 | I 'd sooner be in this hospital . |
| 16 | He is in the best place , and I 'm sure I 'd only be in your way . |
| 17 | I assured myself that it would be only temporary and I would soon be in a flat again , but ‘ temporary ’ turned out to be five years . |
| 18 | ‘ I would rather be in my situation than the one that David Pleat , Neil Warnock [ Notts Co ] and Billy Bonds [ West Ham ] find themselves in . |
| 19 | Your father and I would still be in Akmeyon if it was n't for your zeide . |
| 20 | I see now how wrong I was , and yet when I told the king that without resorting to such action I would still be in the granite quarries and so unable to do his bidding , he understood and forgave me . |
| 21 | The above example is hypothetical , ie because I do n't have his address I ca n't write to him ; but if I had it I would then be in a position to write to him . |
| 22 | I shall always be in your debt for that . ’ |
| 23 | I shall still be in my bed . |
| 24 | ‘ My dear , ’ she said , ‘ I will never be in a hospital or an old people 's home . |