Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] in a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were tipped as a recovery stock after investors had lost much of their money in a few months . |
| 2 | Hardly anyone over 40 does , though they will have absorbed its influence in a hundred ways , from the design of their daily paper to the styling of the latest television lager ad and the clothes and music their children consume . |
| 3 | On the assumption that they would continue to fall at the same rate as in the first half of the decade , it was estimated that the population would be only one tenth of its size in a hundred years time . |
| 4 | The result was pale and sickly , stress lines showing how much she would look like her mother in a few years ' time . |
| 5 | In the meantime , archery had retained its appeal in a few places around the country , two of them being the neighbouring Ayrshire towns of Irvine and Kilwinning , in both of which contests were held annually . |
| 6 | Emeruwa , a teacher , takes his place in a new-look Wasps back row which includes the former Cambridge University captain Steve Kelly and Mark Rigby , while the former England centre Kevin Simms plays his first Courage Clubs Championship game of the season . |
| 7 | Her parents Robert and Carol joined in the hunt , which ended on Boxing Day when a man walking his dog in a nearby lovers ' lane found Johanna 's black trainers in a hedge . |
| 8 | ‘ If you had to sum up our philosophy in a few words , it would be : ‘ Do as you would be done by ’ , ’ says Margaret . |
| 9 | How would you feel about living out your life in an old folks home ? . |