Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions . |
| 4 | I always said if I won the 100 it would be very hard to beat me in the 200 . |
| 5 | For their part , trade unions showed little or no interest in the new community-based movements that emerged from the late 1960s , and saw little to interest them in the educational work that developed around community struggles . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Your GP may be able to point you in the right direction , and it 's worth finding out if the psychology department of your local hospital takes referrals . |
| 8 | Your dealer should be able to point you in the right direction . |
| 9 | You will then be able to soak them in the medicated solution for maximum effectiveness . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He smiled and opened it , surprised to find it in the original Mandarin . |
| 12 | But even that performance is only sufficient to put it in the middle ranking of the world 's stock markets . |
| 13 | The last two made her suspicious of Russia , and even ready to fight her in the 1870s . |