Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [pron] in the " in BNC.

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1 Agencies are given budgets and are expected to use them in the most efficient way possible .
2 These types of individuals are the ones who are said to stab you in the back in order to achieve their ends ; and ( b ) the conservers — motivated by the desire to retain the status quo .
3 And we 're going to do it in the most slovenly way possible , with a nibble here and a nibble there , leaving great
4 You 're going to knock on his door and you 're going to bring him outside and you 're going to put him in the car . ’
5 It 's when we 're going to take it in the kitchen and put it away when we 've finished .
6 And part of the reason why we 're not really out of the recession , is that people are not willing to commit themselves to any further expenditure because they 're not quite sure in six months or twelve months time , as to whether they 're going to have anything in the way of a job .
7 Despite the recent and continuing efforts of the United States Tennis Association , and indeed , other National Tennis Associations , to provide better opportunities for all , ( see Main Point ) , it remains a fact that , if you 're an aspiring black tennis player , you have to be something very special if you 're going to make it in the professional game these days .
8 you 're meant to get them in the bin not out of the bin .
9 You 're trying to put them in the same leg darling .
10 IF ONE HAD been going to cast anyone in the title role of a movie called Little Big Man , there would not have been many actors in Hollywood one could have thought of besides Dustin Hoffman .
11 I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him .
12 But we are going to review it in the light of the criticism . ’
13 Only those who have shown the resolve to defend the freedom of the West can be trusted to safeguard it in the challenging , turbulent and unpredictable times that lie ahead . ’
14 If students in the 1990s have difficulty in distinguishing all the political parties and coalitions that sprang up in Petrograd after the February Revolution , how could a peasant in 1917 be expected to assimilate them in the place of the Tsar , who at least represented a more easily understood form of political authority ?
15 Are we presuming that those students will not be expected to pay anything in the charge that they pay for staying in the halls of residence ?
16 ( d ) Recognise the medium of the message — for example , the style , language , form or mode of expression may in themselves be of importance , and some attempt should be made to convey them in the precis .
17 That regional neglect has fuelled a feeling in many regions that perhaps they should be empowered to assist themselves in the face of an unsympathetic central Government .
18 This feedback will be used to guide us in the possible uses of the tape when we come to launching the 4th edition in early 1990 , which will be the published version of the tape .
19 The collaborators can be used to play themselves in the drama .
20 If you do and they complete a report and give you their best advice you can still say no thank you I 'm going to put it in the building society .
21 This has a lovely , but er I think I 'm going to put it in the back because my er arrangement is rather heavy , and I do n't want it to fall over .
22 Well as I say , I 'm going to put it in the big one once a year .
23 I 'm going to put mine in the cupboard now . ’
24 ‘ Well , you do n't think I 'm going to keep it in the fridge , do you ? ’
25 It meant the ability to educate and supervise his own children rather than be driven to place them in the mill , and to preserve a customary life-style .
26 But I do n't see why they should be asked to shoot themselves in the foot by paying to train a competitor 's workforce , and neither do they ! ’
27 Such people should be diagnosed by experts and given appropriate treatment which will prevent them from re-offending ; if necessary they can be detained to incapacitate them in the meantime .
28 Staff and parents should be encouraged to question anyone in the unit who is not wearing identification , while anyone leaving the hospital in a stealthy manner should also be questioned .
29 ‘ Because it suits me for Louis to believe I have problems , and that I 'm trying to forget them in the arms of an attractive young woman I 'm not willing to share . ’
30 It was important , too , that we took time to understand the existing strengths of the Festival , while examining how we should be trying to position it in the future to maximise audiences . ’
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