Example sentences of "they [verb] be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last time they met was in the old second division at the county ground . |
| 2 | The only place they lived was in the northern mountains , the Greshorns . |
| 3 | If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world , we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions . |
| 4 | Looking back on their ten years of marriage , Davina and Alastair feel they stopped being in touch with what their needs were after their children were born . |
| 5 | The whole Cabinet agreed that there should be a cut in the amount that the unemployed were receiving ; where they disagreed was in whether this should include a cut in the standard rate of benefit . |
| 6 | The closest they came was in the mid-Eighties when their group , Trash , Flash And Money — ‘ straight down-the-line uninteresting Billy Idol rock music ’ — was signed to a development deal by Capitol records in America ( in a development deal they give you some money while they decide whether you are any cop after all ) . |
| 7 | They 'd been in it only a year , but Mrs Yardley had lavished as much effort on it as she had on her beautiful cake . |
| 8 | It was a secret they 'd been in the house . |
| 9 | The classroom was the warehouse they 'd been in before . |
| 10 | When they 'd been in The Lobster Pot , and afterwards , there had been a tremendous rapport between them . |
| 11 | Unlike the other actors — they 'd been in the business much longer than I had — I had no idea what work I could get . |
| 12 | They 'd been in terrible trouble when Matron discovered their secret , and each of them had promised never to do anything so wicked again . |
| 13 | They 'd been in the cafe for over thirty minutes now , with only the sound of a fruit machine and the loud chattering of a group of youngsters in their late teens for company . |
| 14 | However fourteen days later they were still pulling out er live babies and they 'd been in there in the rubble for fourteen days . |
| 15 | It may therefore become of some importance , who it was told you that they 'd been in prison together and so were at least known to each other . |
| 16 | Half the drivers surveyed said they 'd been in a skid … most reckon they can handle one |
| 17 | There were sometimes they , they came , if they 'd been in action and er , the people had actually found blood and parts of the uniforms in the air gunner 's compartment at the back , and the , the fella , the navigator u and bomb aimer used to be in the nose , they had n't got much of a chance if they came down in there because they were right cut off from the rest of the aircraft so , but it was virtually a suicide position in the nose of the Bostons . |
| 18 | They 'd been in er garage at bottom . |
| 19 | Fortunately for frail elderly people , there are many who offer altruistic neighbouring acts , that is to say , they are done without assumptions of reciprocity ; the gratification which they obtain is in a sense their own private business ! |
| 20 | Our participants lived on a large 1960s council estate on the outskirts of a county town and the schoolrooms they describe were in the local comprehensive school situated on the estate . |
| 21 | I 'll need dog-handlers immediately and they 'll have to be sent out to Pontino , there 's no need for them to check in here first — the girl they released is in shock . |
| 22 | Many of them are well known , such as Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle , but we have to ensure that people are aware that some of the lesser-known sites they visit are in the care of Historic Scotland , and that they realise many more are on offer , ’ says Bill . |
| 23 | Firms like ICI in Runcorn have far more workers whom they claim are in danger of losing their jobs because of electricity costs . |
| 24 | Then they stared at each other in silence and saw into each other 's heart , sensing that each was a little afraid of what was to come , and of the powers that they felt were in their wings and across their lives and which had brought them together . |
| 25 | If I got these two they are positional isomers because the carbon chain is the same and the only way they differ is in a position of a functional group . |
| 26 | These two here are also positional isomers , there carbon chains are the same the only way they differ is in the position of the functional group . |
| 27 | They 're the same molecular formula the only way they differ is in the way the basic chain is structured . |
| 28 | Where they differ is in their assessment of the nature , extent and source of Bolshevik influence . |
| 29 | Where they differ is in the unique properties of their cell membranes , for the nerve cell membrane is excitable — which means that in response to a signal , such as a small local fluctuation in ion concentration across the membrane , it can rapidly become permeable to the ions outside it . |
| 30 | That they took on the importance they did was in part the fault of the government . |