Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pers pn] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't kick out anyone who did n't perform , but when they came back I would make sure I put them in a safe place , ’ he says . |
| 2 | There are even times when I enjoy it in a masochistic kind of way — those are the times when you are really running free , bouncing along in a relaxed and easy manner , with the mind and the body in tune . |
| 3 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
| 4 | ‘ The trouble is I love her in a different way . |
| 5 | I got so tired of having juice pouring into my bag that I take it in a little lemonade bottle now . |
| 6 | I see him in a white coat . |
| 7 | No it 's probably er a reaction like you do if you tickle him in a certain place they go do n't they ? |
| 8 | Mr Browning paced about and then said , ‘ You place us in a difficult position , Wilson , and one we can hardly approve . |
| 9 | ‘ You know you put me in a bad position going off like that . |
| 10 | If you put them in a hot room they do n't do so well . |
| 11 | You put them in a little brazier thing , like a tiny cup , and they smoulder — the man said they 'll scent the whole room . |
| 12 | When you switch to thinking of it as just another resource in the classroom , you put it in a different perspective . |
| 13 | When they know you , in a personal capacity , you have credibility when you contact them in a political role . |
| 14 | You use them in a Spanish drink called horchata , which is made as follows : |
| 15 | ‘ If you leave it in a dark place and keep it wet it 's bound to grow big . |
| 16 | Now if you want to do this in a proper way , then you do it in a proper way . |
| 17 | You do , they gr they you see them in a different light . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , she went just for a lark , y'know , but this Mabel , she 's very serious , never got married , y'know — not surprisin' either when you see 'er in a strong light . |
| 19 | Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him . |
| 20 | McAllion ) very seriously and I suggest that we debate them in a sensible manner . |
| 21 | Doctor : ‘ Well , we put you in a private room and feed you nothing but veal escalopes and pancakes . ’ |
| 22 | He or she is doing a certain thing and we interpret it in a certain way which elicits a given emotion . |
| 23 | When computers , as we understand them in a modern sense , first came into use in the early nineteen-fifties , they were huge , expensive and unreliable . |
| 24 | We find him in a disgusting attitude of respect towards predecessors whose intellect is vastly inferior to his own . |
| 25 | We approach it in a hit-and-miss sort of way instead of through a systematic communication programme . |
| 26 | So presumably he 's actually believing these ideas I mean I would 've thought he , he if he came back and said there 's tension , there 's , you know it was , between the two classes and we go in and we direct them in a certain way , put the right ideas in their mind , that we can harness the revolution . |
| 27 | We have them in a lovely big room with refreshments , buffets and so forth and they have a whole entertainments evening . ’ |
| 28 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
| 29 | No , they send it in a bloody big one . |
| 30 | These become almost like rituals as the cat grows older — little routines that reward the animal because they involve it in a social interaction with its owners or their guests . |