Example sentences of "have been [prep] [adj] trouble " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . ’ |
2 | If his controller had taken her seriously , he might have been in real trouble . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Otherwise he might have been in serious trouble . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | If it had been left any longer he could have been in serious trouble . |
8 | I realized that I could have been in deep trouble there : I came close to inflicting a serious injury on Frank Dick . |
9 | Now people th people there , those people would have been in dire trouble if there had n't been somebody who could do that . |
10 | I 'm sure sh you know she would have been in dire trouble er only for my mother having seen her limping that day , but that 's the sort of thing she would do . |