Example sentences of "[noun sg] in the [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admitted the murder in the few words he spoke to the people . |
| 2 | But that was the first case of that absolute determination which he was to use to great effect in the later films I did with him . ’ |
| 3 | She was also asked to keep a diary of her week , monitoring the extent of her sense of achievement and pleasure in the various situations she was in . |
| 4 | ‘ They are great pals , the prince enjoys her company and he has found her of great help in the recent troubles he has had at home . |
| 5 | Although the SNP recorded swings in several seats it failed to breakthrough in the Labour seats it would need to win in any significant nationalist revival . |
| 6 | I once calculated that I did about a thousand hours ' work in the three years I was there , an average of an hour a day . |
| 7 | The blast has led to concern that the bank might be forced to decamp to another set of temporary premises — its third resting place in the 18 months it has been in existence — although this now seems unlikely . |
| 8 | This project aims to identify the local leaders who were responsible for chapels , schoolrooms and manses in a period of nonconformist growth , to study their place in the religious bodies they served and in the communities where they lived . |
| 9 | ‘ When I think how it was when I joined up … you 're not so badly off down in Florence where at least you 've got a central canteen , but ever since we 've had to do without a resident housekeeper in the smaller stations we 've had to spend half our time teaching mothers ’ boys to cook pasta . ’ |
| 10 | He is going through a dry patch at the moment as he has won only on match in the five tournaments he has played so far this year but I am sure he will work his way back again , he has got it in him . |
| 11 | More than 2,700 children went through the paediatrics department at Middlesbrough General in the five months she was there . |
| 12 | A final tip — be sure to take plenty of cash in the three currencies you 'll need . |
| 13 | In Brisbane , Sri Lanka ground out their highest score in the three Tests they have played against Australia , adding 194 in six hours yesterday to end the third day of the first Test on 275 for six . |
| 14 | Her successes include winning the 1987 Gosforth Junior Open , the 1988 Tyneside G.C. Girls ' title and selection for the Durham County girls ' team for whom she had a 100 per cent record in the four matches she played . |
| 15 | This is very much my experience of this organisation in the eight months I 've worked here . |
| 16 | In so far as war recruitment affected the labour market , by emphasising labour shortage in the brisk years it may have helped advance money wages , while in the worst years it may have limited the extent of unemployment . |
| 17 | And of course in the old days they just were n't available because they were n't on the market . |
| 18 | And having l your mother and father left er , your parents had left you with such low money in the early stages you could n't In any case you could n't My friend was a nurse , but you 'd got to have a special background . |
| 19 | Nevertheless he dismissed the residents ' protests as mere ‘ inconveniences ’ and insisted ‘ The closure of our Cork plant is in no way a reflection on our workforce , on the IDA , nor the Irish government which extended all possible facilities to our corporation in the difficult times we experienced . |
| 20 | There had been little birdsong in the devastated places I had come from and I think it was the striking on my ear of the calling of a blackbird , so meaningful somehow as it sounded out clearly from the delicious chatter in those trees that made me feel the war was over . |
| 21 | When the king commanded deer to be taken for his use in the royal forests it was usually the warden 's responsibility to see that this was done in the proper manner . |
| 22 | Just time for a few hours sleep before the early morning call in the biggest beds you have ever seen . |
| 23 | From my position at the entrance to the dug-out I could see the wounded in the sunken road in the same positions they were in before the shelling started . |
| 24 | I can only emphasise the point that Her Royal Highness has already made on the requirements for us to have a much larger membership to allow us to speak with strong voice in the many debates we find ourselves involved on behalf of our sport whether it be windsurfers , dinghies , offshore sailing craft , motor cruisers , powerboat racing , anything that virtually goes on the water we look after . |
| 25 | Whilst therefore making full allowance for the diversity of gifts God has given to his Church in the varying capacities he has accorded to different members , Paul insists that the Spirit creates unity , and that it is the job of the Christians to keep that unity and not spoil it . |
| 26 | Using profit maximising analyses and based on a model of a mainly cereal farm in the eastern counties he has calculated the likely impact of various assumed changes in the economics of farming . |
| 27 | Dana had been badly shaken ; her clothes were dusty and there was a tear in the red shorts she was wearing . |
| 28 | There is a Biblical cadence in the last words he shares with his mother : ‘ Wherever there 's a fight so hungry people can eat , I 'll be there . |
| 29 | It seems to me to have been one of the greatest tragedies in the Province in the 27 months I have been Secretary of State . |
| 30 | Time was suspended and the police heard my life story at least twice with patience and good humour in the 80 minutes it took to cut my right leg free from the car . |