Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It came just at the time Michael 's voice was breaking and Britten wanted him in that part , so he rewrote it as a young tenor . |
| 2 | When Melinda answered him in fluent Arabic , they all looked at her as if they had seen a ghost , bade us goodnight , and melted away into the darkness again . |
| 3 | But God wanted us in that society and we now have a choice . |
| 4 | Modigliani painted him in tiny brush strokes of colours reminiscent of the Divisionist style , in vibrant reds and blues , as if he was celebrating a return to the colours of the spectrum . |
| 5 | George thought shrugged and said : ‘ Sprague told me in deepest confidence but … |
| 6 | In 1938 Leo Amery expressed it in this way : ‘ when we are faced with the competition of a people who lay stress on the healthy development of their young manhood and womanhood , how can we afford a situation in which something like twenty-five per cent of the children of our country are growing up under-nourished and likely to belong to the C3 rather than the A1 type when they grow up . |
| 7 | Mrs Sowerberry watched him in silent horror , already thinking about her future food bills , then took him upstairs to the shop . |
| 8 | I was beginning to think that we 'd missed the boat , even though we knew in our heart of hearts that the Lord wanted us in some form of full-time capacity . |
| 9 | Parker downed it in one swallow . |
| 10 | And , perhaps because his time in France immersed him in French culture , which takes the social sciences more seriously than Britain 's , he has plenty of respect for medical sociology . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't remember what I actually said , but obviously Mandy misinterpreted it in some way . |
| 12 | Life can take many strange twists , ’ Jonas told her in all seriousness , then softened the whole with a laugh . |
| 13 | Would involving Nebamun put him in any danger ? |
| 14 | Penry Vaughan studied her in brooding silence for a moment , then glanced at the forgotten tray on the bedside table . |
| 15 | Martinho encouraged him in this opinion-he liked to make out that the organisation had been moderate until hijacked by extremists who believed in violence . |
| 16 | Paul expressed it in this way : ‘ I live ; yet not I , but Christ lives in me . ’ |
| 17 | José informed us in perfect English that he would pick up the sail in the morning and deliver it , completely repaired , by that afternoon . |
| 18 | Rostov addressed them in colonial argot and they grinned in response . |