Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] in [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Putting my hand in one window I turned the catch and forced open the window . |
| 2 | Since the point has now been taken that in my judgment in that case I did not support that particular passage from the Master of the Rolls ' judgment , I should state that the reason was because I did not find it necessary to do so in the particular circumstances of that case . |
| 3 | In fact , in my time in central recruitment we have not used headhunters in any way , and there is little prospect of our doing so in the near future . ’ |
| 4 | The prince always let her spend her money in any way she liked . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've done it again , ’ she said , twisting her lips in that way she had of showing disappointment with herself . |
| 6 | This led some people to maintain that he had derived the idea of civil disobedience from Thoreau , a fact which Gandhi himself denied.a In due course he substituted the phrase ‘ civil resistance ’ for ‘ civil disobedience ’ on the grounds that it conveyed the notion of non-violence better , but he continued to regard civil disobedience as a branch of satyāgraha . |
| 7 | To understand its meaning in this case it is necessary to consider Table 4.5 . |
| 8 | Like her heroine in Prime Suspect she found success the hard way … |
| 9 | The object of the game is to see who can shake it off in the shortest time without using their hands , but they can move their head in any direction they wish . |
| 10 | ‘ The sovereign Parliament quite clearly could limit the potential activities of its creatures in any way it liked . ’ |
| 11 | Since jealousy has its roots in emotional insecurity it is these feelings , so often experienced but not recognised , that you must try to treat with sympathy and imagination ; remembering that you , one day , may feel just as your mother-in-law does . |
| 12 | It is also the complement to the extraordinary cult of the Great Patriotic War , whose presence in Soviet society it is impossible to escape : in the Ural Military District , where no German soldier set foot , there are 675 monuments to war dead . |
| 13 | For his work in this field he was awarded the Order of the Hop medal at the International Hop Growers Congress in Tasmania in 1986 . |
| 14 | Norman was called upon , he was standing on the rock just behind Issaacs , swaying on his hips in that way he has , with his face turned up to the night . |
| 15 | Through his efforts in this direction he effectively mocks much that is dear to scholars , historians , literary critics and art historians , especially the concept of a clear chronological sequence : his answer to the problem of how a Mexican can ‘ belong ’ to the dynasty of European art is , as it were , to invade it retrospectively . |
| 16 | Shortly after his arrival in Spanish Town he wrote to his cousin William Charles , informing him that : ‘ … some of your shawls sold for 200 and 300 per cent.profit … ’ , but adding : |
| 17 | Allen had no home but slept in the church porch and earned his keep in any way he could and scavenged and begged when that was the only way to stay alive . |
| 18 | With your foot in that condition you can not go very far . |
| 19 | John said : ‘ By reducing our holding in this block we are spreading our risk and freeing up funds for development elsewhere . |
| 20 | From our site in Old College it is only a few minutes walk to Parliament House , where the highest criminal and civil courts in Scotland sit , and to the local Sheriff and district court . |
| 21 | If you define your requirements in enough detail you could find that a good word processing package used with a laser printer could satisfy your needs . |