Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't tell her that they had brought him here unconscious after torturing him in the main building . |
| 2 | Everybody 's got ta do it in the long run . |
| 3 | She added that the effect had been enhanced by Miss Minoprio 's " curious mannerism of waving the club to and fro above the ball instead of addressing it in the conventional manner " . |
| 4 | A report has recommended that logging in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest region of the USA be cut by more than half as a means of sustaining them in the long term and protecting their wildlife [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 5 | The maximum fees that companies can charge for inspection or copies are now prescribed by regulations ( the former practice of stating them in the primary legislation did not work well in an inflationary climate ) and these regulations clarify the obligations of companies regarding inspection and copies . |
| 6 | Up to five hundred Soviets arrive every day , and it 's the Israeli government 's policy of settling them in the occupied territories of the West Bank that cause most Arab hostility . |
| 7 | ‘ There was some talk of replanting it in the late Sixties when you were back in London . |
| 8 | Having seen herself properly dressed again , she could not bear the thought of confronting him in the skimpy , shabby , ready-made clothes of wartime London . |
| 9 | State any biases you would expect to find , and what measures you would suggest ( either in the planning of the enquiry or in the statistical analysis ) for remedying them in the following situations . |
| 10 | If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ? |
| 11 | Unless it was true , as he 'd alleged , that the women had robbed him before tossing him in the stinking water . |
| 12 | Although the case for commitment accounting improving budgetary control is a good one , there is a real problem involved in adopting it in the financial accounts . |
| 13 | He had picked up one of the pups and examined it roughly before replacing it in the cardboard box with the others . |
| 14 | This was partly due to ‘ The Loco-Motion ’ , remixed by Stock , Aitken and Waterman and her third single on the PWL label , succeeding in breaking her in the all-important American market when it climbed to number three in the US charts . |
| 15 | One of the possible kidnapping charges and that of theft relate to two incidents in which Mrs Mandela was part of a group which allegedly abducted three people before assaulting them in the old Mandela home in Soweto . |
| 16 | He had grown up in Weston-super-Mare and had been working in local radio in Bristol before joining us in the mid 1970s . |
| 17 | It is always wise to examine a flower very carefully before placing it in the blotting paper as if it contains any tiny insects they will think they are being provided with a picnic lunch and eat their way through the contents of your press ! |
| 18 | These negative or unenthusiastic reactions from the primary Gulf states showed that the prospects for involving them in the proposed neutralised area were poor . |
| 19 | Many businessmen fear that , while Peking may stick to its open door and reform policy in name , officials responsible for implementing it in the southern provinces may lose their jobs as hardliners attempt to tighten their political grip . |
| 20 | I am looking forward to seeing him in the French Open and hopefully he will win it this year ! |
| 21 | Well thanks very much for that Dave I 'll look forward to seeing you in the near future . |
| 22 | The committee looks forward to seeing you in the coming year . |
| 23 | Since launching it in the late 1980s , Microsoft has sold over 25m copies . |
| 24 | I used the privacy to make some calls on the house phone without logging them in the red exercise book Mr Goodson had drawing-pinned to the wall . |
| 25 | These should be used to prove the technology , with a view to introducing them in the other gardens between 1995 and 1997 . |
| 26 | If the post is a pivotal one , consideration should even be given to advertising it in the local press and community newspapers . |
| 27 | ‘ For putting me in the right frame of mind for facing that rat Silvio . |
| 28 | We got ta put them in the deep fat fryer . |
| 29 | Indeed , if it is possible to talk of a Keynesian revolution in economic policy , then there is a strong case for placing it in the early 1950s rather than around 1947 . |
| 30 | Why do I wan na put it in the big mug for ? |