Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb base] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joined as an M C. Erm , effectively I I mean I work in a Direct Marketing Department , all the junk mail for the un uneducated . |
| 2 | There are still no signs of multi-culturalism to be found which is disappointing and worrying — surely the publishers realise we live in a multi-racial society ? |
| 3 | The Russians have said they believe in a negotiated settlement to the civil war , but they are continuing to supply arms to President Mengistu , apparently to allow him to negotiate from a position of strength . |
| 4 | It was like the sort of bullying you see in a public school yard carried out by men who are supposed to be professional politicians to put pressure on the weaker ones and the new boys . |
| 5 | When it comes to good quality bathing beaches the EC report shows we trail in a poor seventh behind Italy , France , Denmark , Germany , Spain and Holland . |
| 6 | They heard her say in a bright voice : ‘ Good morning , James . |
| 7 | If you are running a rally aimed at inspiring and motivating people , do n't start by having them arrive in a strange city to find the car park full , the nearest suitable alternative two miles away and no taxis available because it 's Sunday evening and pouring with rain . |
| 8 | But I believe we live in a representative democracy , not one where we 're delegates of our constituents . |
| 9 | Perhaps less curious when one remembers that mentally handicapped people have always been ostracised by those who believe they live in a comfortable world of normality . |
| 10 | The convenience of major shopping developments and the wide range of goods and produce they provide in a concentrated location , must be judged in future against wider environmental and social criteria . |
| 11 | Ybreska watched it depart in a swirling dust-cloud . |
| 12 | We may regret we live in a permissive society but I doubt whether even the most staunch defender of a better age would maintain that all or even most of those who have at one time or in one way or another been led astray morally have thereby become depraved or corrupt " . |
| 13 | In the first three sentences , be obviously has its " activity " sense and one gets the impression of continuous efforts of the subject in order to make himself behave in a calculating manner , to make his followers act in an orderly way or to keep someone quiet . |
| 14 | one mistake you know forget something and you 'll be going round like this five pints I use , I use to see quite a lot of things missing you know in a certain time |