Example sentences of "[verb] in a [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she wo n't , she 's , she 's just on the , oh I do n't want to work in a boring office we 've , we 've tried to say not , you do n't have to work , it 's an in , it 's an in to what you want |
| 2 | His timing was exact : even when he moved in a clumsy way he never knocked anything over . |
| 3 | If I behaved in a similar fashion I would expect to lose my ‘ ticket ’ and be imprisoned for a considerable time . |
| 4 | each the same sort of components , the same components are each colour say in a red individual they 'd all be pinky red colours and in a blue individual they 'd all be a blue colour |
| 5 | That is why if Jill knowingly leads Jim to expect that she will behave in a certain way she bears a responsibility to prevent harm to Jim as a result of this reliance , and so on . |
| 6 | Whether or not one regards this as a prime example of the way in which a political settlement was undercut by the optimism of those Frenchmen who believed in a military solution it should also be pointed out , as Irving does , that ‘ Any policy which might have been construed as the abandonment of Indo-China would have been rejected by the National Assembly in 1947 , if not by an overwhelming majority , then at least by a decisive one ’ but this , in turn , did nothing to resolve the US dilemma . |
| 7 | If colour is applied in a robust manner you may need some support to the canvas where it crosses the stretcher , or you could work on canvas mounted on board . |
| 8 | When acting in a judicial capacity he is thrown back on his own resources , whereas in his ministerial capacity he is assisted by the staff of a major department of state . |
| 9 | Although it was said in a jocular fashion it was too much for Maura . |
| 10 | ‘ Even if we celebrated in a small way we would have attracted tourists from all over the world . |
| 11 | Used in a limited way they are very effective . |
| 12 | This may not seem much in terms of Hong Kong 's caseload of more tha 40,000 Vietnamese , but set in a historical context it is an achievement . |
| 13 | ‘ By encouraging people to manage in a certain way you make it seem more appropriate to appoint women . ’ |
| 14 | Rather than stay in a stuffy room we decided to carry on with our lessons out of sight of the road in the back garden , which was more distracting but more pleasant . |
| 15 | If your aircraft is not painted in a standard colour you will often find details of the exact type and colour in the airframe log book . |
| 16 | singing in a strange voice he did not recognise . |
| 17 | No they 're not gon na exploit their own workers but surely the , the , the whole idea of the build up towards land reform is that you are making , I mean in a Marxist sense it 's the only way in which you can do it is , is you make progress through conflict . |
| 18 | If a large predatory bird sits in a conspicuous position it may find itself being mobbed by smaller birds , which call , display , and even attempt to dive-bomb it with pecking attacks . |
| 19 | When next you 're tempted to indulge in a cheap witticism you might remember that . ’ |
| 20 | With Rune 's jaw hard and his mouth set in a straight line it was easy to imagine just how terrifying their enemies had found the invaders . |
| 21 | Her mouth set in a stubborn line he knew so well . |
| 22 | When a crack appears in a strained material it will open up a little so that the two faces of the crack are separated . |
| 23 | Without this single find in a remote country we should only have doubtful knowledge , from some remarks in Herodotus , of archaic decorative metal-work on this scale . |
| 24 | If it just went in a straight line it would take fifteen minutes . |
| 25 | Though cast in a Scottish framework it is hoped that the project will also shed light on the general process of agrarian modernisation in western Europe . |
| 26 | You tend to find that you become accustomed to the timing on your local water and that when sailing in a different place it takes a while to learn the timing of a different wave pattern . |
| 27 | However , the content through which these mathematical skills are taught has a set of messages all of its own and because we live in a capitalist society we can easily be unaware of these messages — about the exploitation of labour , the sexism , the inequalities based on racism and social class — that are all a part of the ideology of capitalism . |
| 28 | If you live in a medium-risk area you stand a one in 35 chance of being burgled in any year . |
| 29 | If we live in a free society we can not carry out experiments on the real world so it would not be possible to go ahead and build the road just to see what would happen . |
| 30 | The other victim , Gary Robson , was working on a Colchester Mascot machine when his gloves got entangled in a rotating bar he had tried to stop wobbling . |