Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their exposure to instant recall of their liabilities is tolerable because the Bank of England stands ready to assist them in time of a shortage of liquidity . |
| 2 | Last season , he served a six-month suspension for misdemeanours in the Hong Kong Open and referee John Robinson , an ex-policeman , seemed determined to keep him in line . |
| 3 | One man , who appeared to have understood and accepted the fact of his mother 's death , still got ready to visit her in hospital that evening . |
| 4 | Western economies are certainly prone to crises , but the state seems able to keep them in check . |
| 5 | The whole route was lined by men of the Cent-Gardes , whose immobility was such that according to one guest ‘ they might have been statues ’ , but she felt unable to study them in detail , so terrified was she of slipping on the highly polished parquet that her whole mind was fixed on arriving safely at the dining room . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got to manage Crystal Palace in the way I see fit to help it in business . |