Example sentences of "[be] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which just leaves her domestic credentials to knock into shape , and now that they 're under scrutiny I realise I 've not done a very good job at all . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're under the Clyde now , ’ he cast an intellectual eye at the roof of the carriage . |
| 3 | I know you 're under pressure . |
| 4 | They 're under a lot of pressure because they have to be on air 24 hours . |
| 5 | But I 'm not blaming the journalists , they 're under a lot of pressure ; the CBS or the BBC correspondent has to do the one report for the day . |
| 6 | At CNN every hour they want a live piece , say something different , so they 're under a lot of pressure . |
| 7 | You 're under that man 's spell . |
| 8 | You may find that you need to do this exercise several times a day when you 're under pressure or feel tense . |
| 9 | You could reply ‘ They will last longer than some of the cheaper brands , and they 're under guarantee . ’ |
| 10 | They belong to me — you 're under contract , do n't forget . ’ |
| 11 | The organisers would like to address the view that the infected are ‘ victims ’ , not just people living with the disease : ‘ A negative input only serves to make them feel they 're under a death sentence . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It probably is a sign of contentment , but we also know that cats purr when they 're under stress , ’ says one expert . |
| 13 | " You 're under arrest . " |
| 14 | Silver , you 're under arrest too , for failing to report to Toadflax this evening and causing your duty to devolve on a comrade . |
| 15 | You 're under orders to help me do it . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're under attack , ’ Defries said . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're under attack and we 're a hundred metres up . ’ |
| 18 | Families feel very rejected by professionals erm , in my research I 've found that er , the families of younger sufferers tend to be involved in treatment but they feel very much that they 're under the microscope , that they disapprove , that they 're seen as being pathological families . |
| 19 | I 'm sure you 're under pressure . |
| 20 | You 're under pressure , that 's obvious , great pressure . |
| 21 | I think they 're under a great pressure and you know th I think it 's erm you know , quite amazing really , that people survive as well as they do , given the pressures they 're that they are under . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're under arrest . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In that case , Mr Devlin , ’ said Rohmer , ‘ you 're under arrest . ’ |
| 24 | You know how you think the sun shines out of their backside , and when they 're under your nose you do n't have a minute 's peace if they 're not under your nose , if you see what I mean . |
| 25 | You may not need to yet but it 'll be easier to plan now than when you 're under pressure . |
| 26 | After all , you 're under no moral obligation to them . |
| 27 | ‘ For your part in this , you 're under report , Hammond , from this moment . |
| 28 | But the thing is if you 're walking up er the driveway of a house , you do n't want to be caught and you do n't want to be seen and you , you think you 're under cover of darkness and then the big halogen floodlight comes on , puts you in a spotlight next door . |
| 29 | I 'm not really worried about it to be honest I 'm not worried about any of them , I thought I would actually be erm I 'm actually , we 're under a lot of pressure at the moment but I 'm not actually , usually when I 'm like that it 's all gone I tend to say well forget about it and you know run away from it kind of thing , |
| 30 | when you 're under pressure , but I 'm not |