Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [pn reflx] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | They just let themselves in the back door , he said , took the money and smashed the place . |
2 | Neither would a sovereign state 's government necessarily want to oppose transnational corporations , for the former often find themselves in the unenviable position of needing the latter more than the latter need them . |
3 | Since power has the capacity to sanctify crimes , almost in strict proportion to their enormity , corporate officials frequently discover themselves in the enviable situation of being able to conclude that ‘ it will ’ . |
4 | In the meantime Margery has exposed her ability to think and indeed picture herself in the vulgar , crude terms of the fabliau world : ( " That shall never be that I shall do such falsity in bed or on the floor . " ) |
5 | Then amuse yourself in the long autumn evenings , ’ said Thorfinn , ‘ working out what bargain he made with them before he came north . |