Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [adj] [noun] " 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 | She says a man tried to abduct her in similar circumstances around the time of the murder . |
| 4 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 5 | ‘ You have come to challenge me in mortal combat . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Voluntary organisations took mainly ‘ first offenders ’ and tried to place them in domestic service . |
| 9 | I want to get you in three-quarter profile . ’ |
| 10 | At my weekend surgery three pensioners came to see me in considerable distress because of the difficulty that they faced in paying their water and electricity bills and other bills from private utilities following the large price increases . |
| 11 | Indeed the business was said to have made ‘ the very best of progress ’ and its move to open systems is reckoned to stand it in good stead for the future . |
| 12 | Once a routine of breastfeeds is established the mother can then choose to eliminate them in gradual succession . |
| 13 | Although the thing is initially being tested under OS/2 2.0 and AIX , IBM plans to incorporate it in future operating systems and to do versions of the Distributed System Object Model for other systems — and the Taligent Inc joint venture with Apple Computer Inc also has licence to the technology . |
| 14 | I 've experienced more now , and it 's going to stand me in good stead . |
| 15 | He then has more chance of meeting females and is better equipped to overpower them in mating fights . |
| 16 | The theme of this EP , if the sleeve is owt to go by , is that aliens are going to put us in big test tubes full of pink bubbles . |
| 17 | Kant thinks , for example , that one who breaks a promise , because it is going to land him in personal difficulties to keep it , can not will that everyone would break their promises in these circumstances , for the situation in which no one kept promises which it turned out in the least difficult or vexatious to keep is an impossibility . |
| 18 | Dear Rothenstein , Now that the Mexican president has provided you with the beak and talons of an Aztec eagle you may perhaps feel better equipped to face me in open contest . |
| 19 | So I write that down because that 's going to involve me in extra work at the end of the month . |
| 20 | But the fact that it is protected by unwritten convention rather than by a legal constitution means that there is no external brake upon Parliament or the courts moving to restrict it in particular ways , as the mood of the times takes them . |
| 21 | Without any preamble , except the customary offer of a cup of tea which I declined , the Inspector began to take me in painstaking detail through my account of my discovery of Froggy 's body . |
| 22 | ‘ You know what you can do with your sphyg , ’ said Wexford , proceeding to tell him in lurid detail . |
| 23 | I would prefer to keep it in natural wood if we can but |
| 24 | Set against these points is the maintenance problem ; softwood doors need regular decoration to keep rot at bay , and even hardwoods require regular treatment with preservative and stain to keep them in good condition . |
| 25 | Most of her guests brought flowers when they came , knowing how she liked them , and how she loved to arrange them in tall glass vases on the kitchen table while people gathered around her , chatting in a tight excited crowd . |
| 26 | Being a single mum is not very easy and it was important that there was lots of people to contact to encourage you in difficult times . |
| 27 | One minute We 're welcome to collaborate with the person next to you , you do n't have to do it in splendid isolation . |
| 28 | Do you have to dip it in hot water or something ? |
| 29 | Every night I go to see her in different plays and she 's always wonderful . ’ |
| 30 | and I , I went to see her in open evening , I could n't understand her , cos she you know , she real , I mean she is French |