Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] it in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years . |
| 2 | The castle changed hands many times during the Scottish Wars of Independence and remained a thorn in the crown until James V sacked it in the sixteenth century ; but before the level of the loch was raised in the 1930s , |
| 3 | Dampt disgrace that couple that done it in the Golden Divans . |
| 4 | He should understand that ‘ the story of Christ is simply a true myth : a myth working on us in the same way as the others , but with this tremendous difference that it really happened : and one must be content to accept it in the same way . ’ |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions . |
| 6 | Right they all make the salt , they all make it in the same way Hydrochloric acid would make ? |
| 7 | In other words while the public may have all watched the same news they did n't all see it in the same way . |
| 8 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 9 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 10 | United won it in the second half . |
| 11 | That puts it in the worst quarter of local authorities . |
| 12 | He smiled and opened it , surprised to find it in the original Mandarin . |
| 13 | Thought you were so damn smart getting it in the first place , and drink has blurred you so much you 've blown it . |
| 14 | But even that performance is only sufficient to put it in the middle ranking of the world 's stock markets . |