Example sentences of "he [modal v] [be] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do this by assuming that it is in fact cooperative , and then asking ourselves what possible connection there could be between the location of Bill and the location of a yellow VW , and thus arrive at the suggestion ( which B effectively conveys ) that , if Bill has a yellow VW , he may be in Sue 's house . |
| 2 | If he does not do so , he may be in breach of his contract and liable to the parties in damages for the consequences . |
| 3 | But really he should be in Germany |
| 4 | It was obvious he was good , it was obvious he should be in FI , but somehow he dallied and twiddled and procrastinated and did n't get around to it seriously until he was thirty-six years old and then it took him only three years to become champion . |
| 5 | ‘ He was enormously complex and he had an almost inner pain about who he was sexually , what his role was , where he should be in life . |
| 6 | ‘ If one of you is a police constable , surely he should be in uniform ? ’ |
| 7 | " He should be in hospital , " Patrick said immediately . |
| 8 | A mini psychopath , I thought , and maybe not so mini , at that , if Xanthe thought he should be in jail . |
| 9 | Unilever has high expectations of its booming cosmetics business , and if Burgmans delivers the goods , he should be in line for one of the coveted jobs on the so-called chief executive committee which governs the Anglo-Dutch enterprise . |
| 10 | She had lost one son — lost him truly , for she realized that he must be in Ireland now — but she was determined that she would not lose a daughter . |
| 11 | He is lovely er er he must be in Duncan 's er what house is Duncan in ? |
| 12 | ‘ He 'll love her wildly for six months , and then suddenly he 'll be in love with another woman . |
| 13 | He 'll be in court tomorrow morning at Enfield . |
| 14 | He 'll be in favour with your dad wo n't he because I went , I , I |
| 15 | He 'll be ready for bed normal time , it 's a he 'll be in bed by about eight o'clock tonight . |
| 16 | about the Olympic champion , he 'll be in Rome , he 'll be ready for the World Championships , I think he 's had an easy summer so far , but we 've got the likes of Sergio Lopez who 's just taken my European record away , there 's two Americans ; Kirl Stattel and Mike Barryman who 've just gone under the old World Record , so there 's perhaps a dozen of us that are really shouting and trying to get up to number one position . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'll be in touch , Lizzy , he thinks the world of you . ’ |
| 18 | The agency , however , has promised that he 'll be in touch . |
| 19 | And if they have picked him up he 'll be in custody . |
| 20 | He 'll be in hospital for a few more days , while surgeons see how his wounds are healing . |
| 21 | This can have a rather unsettling effect over a long period — the family man can not promise to take his children to the seaside or his wife out to dinner more than a week ahead without the chance that he might be in India , California or Scotland at the time he promised . |
| 22 | She turned and put an arm round Pascoe 's neck , as if he might be in need of comfort . |
| 23 | She glared at him , hating the treacherous little ache in her heart at the thought that he might be in league with Harry Martin . |
| 24 | Instead of worrying about what fitzAlan might do to her after her last defiant outburst , she could only think that he might be in danger . |
| 25 | Perhaps Matthew was in love with Jenny , as much as he could be in love with anyone . |
| 26 | ‘ Because he is rich and he lives on a desert island like this when he could be in Paris … ’ |
| 27 | In a Panorama documentary on Monday night , Tim 's father Colin will say : ‘ I wanted to look at the man , to hear his voice and to ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 28 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 29 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 30 | If a Conservative Government is re-elected he could be in line for promotion . |