Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thank you — I 'd prefer to see them in full sunlight , ’ Lucy said hastily , in case Silas imagined she was anxious to experience a moonlight stroll with him . |
| 2 | I want to see you in proper uniform today , Sharpe , today ! ’ |
| 3 | By the year 2000 , the Government wants to see one in three school leavers entering a university or college . |
| 4 | Does the Secretary of State not accept that our valley councils have lost more in rate support grant over the past 10 years than he has given them in new money in the latest package ? |
| 5 | I think , I mean , one way is for editors with similar jobs to get together and do a generic one erm but there 's only one editor amongst us so you have no-one together with unless you want to find somebody in another group , but I do n't think it 's going to really serve very much purpose . |
| 6 | Is it my Unconscious ( of the existence of which I have informed doubts ) that has dropped me in this plight ? |
| 7 | I emphasise that I do not believe that any individual or manager in the health service has done anything in this case which departs from the principles upon which the health service is built . |
| 8 | I I 've got to say that it 's somebody that 's got a personal project that has done it in one force ai n't it . |
| 9 | So can you er look at it in that light and you will see of course that and I can understand why Mr has done it in this way , he has actually broken down er his the approach to this to looking at this criterion , under the three heads , road , rail and bus . |
| 10 | I 've started to look at this and want to explore it in greater depth . |
| 11 | I 've started to look at this and want to explore it in greater depth . |
| 12 | If danger threatens powerful muscles can snap the valves tightly shut , and once a bivalve has closed itself in this way it can be very difficult to force it open — it has ‘ clammed ’ up . |
| 13 | It is not recommended to exercise her in this condition , because of the unwelcomed attention she will receive , and the risk of her becoming pregnant . |
| 14 | I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on . |
| 15 | Wharton , right , says his new hobby , golf , has got him in par-fect shape to slug O'Toole — now known as Fidel Castro — and grab title glory at Elland Road later this month . |
| 16 | ‘ You have come to challenge me in mortal combat . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I should think Dane will enjoy embracing me in this outfit , do n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | Sometimes at least they seem to have reported to Stockholm independently of the chief under whom they served ; and in the later years of the eighteenth century Gustavus III sometimes tried to use them in this way as agents of a secret personal diplomacy . |
| 19 | ‘ They just want to do the job they are paid and trained to do and they want to do it in suitable clothing , ie in uniform . ’ |
| 20 | I am rather surprised that Martin Frears has found himself in this predicament . |
| 21 | And it is apparent that Ackroyd has found himself in this manner — through exposure to Wilde , Eliot , and now Chatterton . |
| 22 | The system has found itself in dire need of a new way of legitimating itself , and this need has given rise to a variety of responses . |
| 23 | Nutrition is the process by which the body acquires all the foodstuffs it needs to keep it in good working order and converts them into energy , new body tissue and those substances necessary to keep all the body processes ( metabolism ) going . |
| 24 | For although the particular details might vary , history was expected to repeat itself in each katun , and significant events would follow the pre-ordained general pattern . |
| 25 | Now somehow I want you to break out of that and to , as I say , shout it from the rooftops , because in the end , the public applause from that will protect you from those who might seek to neuter you in that role . |
| 26 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 27 | This has put us in good heart for Leicestershire . ’ |
| 28 | Voluntary organisations took mainly ‘ first offenders ’ and tried to place them in domestic service . |
| 29 | Was there an intention to try to blackmail her in some way as well as Derek ? |
| 30 | I want to get you in three-quarter profile . ’ |