Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like we 're sort of living here together — you know , sort of like we 're married or summat and living in a proper house of our own and all that . |
| 2 | But then he restrained himself and said in a quiet voice , ‘ Know anythin' about sailin' ? ’ |
| 3 | I found it was possible with Paradise to talk about individual and personal responsibility , something which if set in a contemporary context would have had a preachy feel about it . ’ |
| 4 | This provided an example of a well-understood formalism which if interrogated in a particle-like way gave particle behaviour and if interrogated in a wave-like way gave wave behaviour . |
| 5 | We reached Mandalay and I went straight to the Winchester Mission where dear Willie Garrad looked shocked to see me and said in a scandalised voice , ‘ Oh , but you ca n't possibly stay here ’ — it was a Brotherhood you see ! |
| 6 | It should be stressed that large wooden articles such as doors are usually far better stripped by removing them and dipping in a caustic tank . |
| 7 | Nevertheless any such other business will be likely to interfere with the partner 's ability to devote his full time and attention to the firm : such matters should be discussed between all partners and special arrangements agreed as necessary in relation to individual partners to be either incorporated in the partnership agreement itself or contained in a separate memorandum to which all partners are signatories . |
| 8 | I think this is mainly due to the fact that , Rosa Guy , the author of the novel is black herself and raised in a black community in Harlem . |
| 9 | Werewolf softly whistled Mark Knopfler 's Going Home from Local Hero and did n't stop even when Jenkins walked up to him and said in a plummy voice : |
| 10 | Tavalouze sidled up behind him and said in a low voice , ‘ Remove your hood , the veil . |
| 11 | But Modigliani did not forget and in 1915 , when Indenbaum met him in Montparnasse , looking pale and unshaven , Modi came up to him and said in a hoarse voice , ‘ I 'm going to paint your portrait . ’ |
| 12 | I leaned over him and said in a different tone , " Do you know where Toby is ? " |
| 13 | Well , she 'd lost her bonus now , she observed ruefully to herself as the tall dark stranger turned once more to look at her and remarked in a scathing tone of voice , ‘ I would say that , considering the state your car 's in , about the only thing it 's good for is to be used as a battering-ram . ’ |
| 14 | When they stood up she thought with ill-humoured relief that Nicole was about to step into her car and drive away , but Piers turned to her and said in a flat voice , ‘ I 'll see you later . |
| 15 | He looked at her and said in a hard voice , ‘ I do n't suppose you know what it 's like to feel simply damned useless . ’ |
| 16 | Then he looked at her and smiled in a shamefaced way . |
| 17 | He stared at her while drawing in a deep breath , which expanded his broad chest further ; then he said , ‘ Well , if you want to know , you should n't look as you do ; you attract the wrong kind . |
| 18 | All cetaceans draw in fresh air through this nasal orifice down into their lungs , releasing it and drawing in a fresh supply whenever they return to the surface . |
| 19 | Think about it and try in a different way another time . |
| 20 | Only a few people can keep up with the rapidly advancing frontier of knowledge , and they have to devote their whole time to it and specialize in a small area . |
| 21 | Yet another view regards it as formed in a similar manner from the gonopods of the 10th abdominal segment . |
| 22 | Doors with wood or aluminium frames are widely available from builders ' merchants and timber yards , and you can either do the work yourself or call in a local builder to do it for you . |
| 23 | Wood , steel and aluminium frames are widely available from builder 's merchants and timber yards in a range of traditional standard patterns and sizes , and you can either do the work yourself or call in a local builder to do it for you . |
| 24 | Ca n't we sell them ours and put in a new one |
| 25 | If young attachés were unpaid this made it more difficult to treat them as cogs in a bureaucratic machine . |