Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's what they teach you in military service , is it ? ’ remarked his father , from one end of the table . |
| 3 | Cereal farmers are using less nitrogen fertiliser and have changed the way that they apply it in direct response to concern over nitrogen pollution , according to a report form the Home Grown Cereals Authority . |
| 4 | They stood her in good stead when her father enrolled her at her next school , Riddlesworth Hall , two hours ' drive from Park House . |
| 5 | Whitlock had spent most of the afternoon with them and he 'd come away with the distinct impression that they held him in little regard . |