Example sentences of "[noun sg] in a [adj] [noun sg] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hiding from the rain in a smoky bar we missed the twelve o'clock chiming of the Town Hall clock . |
| 2 | Said Len Brealey : ‘ The plain facts are that after Mr Woolhouse failed to reach payment in an original contract we set up a new agreement . |
| 3 | Many couples continue to enjoy sexual intercourse once or twice a week into old age , but some people have neither the inclination or ability for this , and of course in a long relationship we do adjust to our partner 's needs . |
| 4 | Furlong is correct , however , in suggesting that anxiety was rife , and because of this and establishment obsessions with a belief in a statistical truth we were constantly being asked to give numerical estimates of how many there were ‘ out there ’ who were ‘ fixing ’ , ‘ using the weed ’ , or ‘ dropping acid ’ . |
| 5 | Although these techniques developed by Sibbald et al ( 25 ) using a computer programme to determine the optimum allocation of land to agriculture and forestry make it possible to reach a more objective decision about the allocation of land to agriculture or forestry in an integrated scheme we , as yet , know little or nothing about the impact of agriculture or forest development on rural communities . |
| 6 | To maintain rapport in a postal survey we must always put ourselves in the position of the respondent . |