Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] in [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Socialist League began to find itself in the same critical relationship with the Labour Party which had forced its predecessor , the ILP , to disaffiliate . |
2 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
3 | THE story goes that many centuries ago some fishermen in the South China Sea were driven north by a typhoon , but were fortunate enough to find themselves in a splendid natural harbour protected by a large island . |
4 | It is difficult to combine them in a valid mathematical relationship . |
5 | All we want to do is go along and put forward our policies to discuss them in a well-mannered reasoned way . |
6 | I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him . |
7 | You can do it , you do n't have to do it in a great long line , you can do it in a sort of cube or something . |
8 | I intend to do it in a proper English accent ( You can do it ) . |
9 | To put it in the broadest possible terms , we can see that intonation makes it easier for a listener to understand what a speaker is trying to convey . |
10 | If you keep your leading fist slightly to the correct side of the centre-line , then you will be able to use it in a direct thrusting action . |
11 | ‘ What is the use of doing up the house , if you are to leave yourself in the same poor condition ? ’ demanded Rose . |
12 | They had woken in the morning , stiff and damp , rushed into the house to warm themselves in the huge old-fashioned bathtub , cooked an enormous breakfast and driven back to the city so Cameron could interview some visiting fireman from Washington . |
13 | I had a thought for no-one 's but your ears , That you were beautiful and that I strove To love you in the old high way of love , That it had all seemed happy … |
14 | They ordered her to strip , then took turns to rape her in a terrifying hour-long ordeal . |
15 | Preference dividends can be accumulated if there are not sufficient distributable profits or cash to pay them in a particular financial year whereas , as noted above , loan stock obligations are a contractual commitment and must be paid whether the offeror makes profits or not . |
16 | I held out my free hand to catch the gooey bits before they fell on the rug and , mischievously I thought , Dawn proceeded to place them in a precise bloody pile in the palm of my hand . |
17 | She rolled out the pastry and , using a small cutter , cut out seven small tarts and started to place them in a six-sectioned tart tin . |
18 | I prefer to rinse the olives well if they have been bottled in brine and then to toss them in a little olive oil and leave for an hour or two before serving . |
19 | He knew he had performed well and he was able to present himself in the best possible aura , that of self-satisfaction , because Hopper gave him carte blanche to edit his own part on film . |
20 | seven o'clock , well I thought I 'd come a bit earlier forget that they want a tidy living room , they want to get the toys out of the way , they want to present themselves in the best possible light so they 'd be more forgiving if you 're late than if you 're too early to be on time . |
21 | ‘ The Palace wants to portray us in the worst possible light . |
22 | Occasionally you might like to indulge yourself in a little olive oil for example on salads ) and this is fine as an occasional treat . |
23 | Dorothy 's Wrinkled Stocking tearoom — named after broom-wielding battleaxe Norah Batty — has been overrun with trippers since BBC chiefs chose to feature it in the evergreen Pennine series . |
24 | Because of the passage of the st'lyan along the road there was a cloud of dust and it was hard to see anything in the failing red light . |
25 | This can turn into a driver where people then feel they have to achieve everything in the fastest possible time . |
26 | So it is vitally important to complete the form to show yourself in the best possible light . |