Example sentences of "[adv] in [pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the delicacy of her person and the brilliancy of her eye she had tinder enough in her constitution to catch a well struck spark and I trusted I should know how to set her ablaze in a few months more . |
| 2 | She had said she could n't stand living in such close proximity to quite so many facial quirks , but there was something deeper in her decision to take a small flat near the school . |
| 3 | As he stood in uncertainty , still clutching his rupee , the people pushed him aside in their hurry to buy a little favour with divinity . |
| 4 | They sometimes got incredibly bold in the competition for the fish offal ; I have seen a fisherman cleaning out the insides of a fish while a gull was hanging on to the tail tugging frantically in its attempt to get a meal ! |
| 5 | IVAN Lendl was today looking to Britain 's grasscourt season to resurrect his flagging career after failing miserably in his bid to land a fourth French Open title . |
| 6 | It was therefore in their interest to get a minimum price fixed for the cloth . |