Example sentences of "[pron] in [adj] [noun sg] and [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Find one in good condition and it will give endless pleasure but , being an old design , expect a fair amount of maintenance .
2 It was because the Communist Party fed me , that my learning stood me in good stead and I know at least this much and I live like this .
3 It 's stood me in good stead and I 'll keep doing it .
4 Rostov addressed them in colonial argot and they grinned in response .
5 I shot them in cold blood and I enjoyed every minute of it …
6 Both women looked at him in joint appeal and he marched to the door , pulling it open with unnecessary force .
7 The Forest boss said : ‘ I watched him in five-a-side training and it was as if he 'd never been away .
8 But there was no time to give this disturbing idea attention ; Tealtaoich was nearly at the Trees and the Trees were grouped together watching him and waiting for him in complete silence and it was important not to miss a single instant of any of it .
9 Her eyes widened and for a moment she looked scared , but her model 's training stood her in good stead and she showed no other sign of what must have been a shock .
10 The girls ' parents had held her in high regard and they had become firm friends .
11 That er it in actual fact and I 'm gon na hold you lads to all this .
12 We 've got it , we bought it in good faith and we 're keeping it
13 There 's no other one like it in flying condition and I feel that it is the finest P-40 in the world today . ’
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