Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [pron] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where a decision affects everyone in general and no one in particular it is much harder to define sufficient interest . |
| 2 | A struggle to realize what in some sense already exists . |
| 3 | You pay a forfeit to put him in that race . |
| 4 | One delegate commented : ‘ It could be used as a trick to keep us in residential care . ’ |
| 5 | A journalist attacked him in 1791 for the ‘ permanent predominant prejudice , that the music is everything , and the words , nothing ’ at the Opéra : ‘ one is made aware of just one author , the author of the music . ’ |
| 6 | It would n't take a very big hit with the mass of a forklift to dent it in actual fact . |
| 7 | The we means ‘ someone in my group ’ , and when a Zuwayi used we in this sense , the reference group was small and was likely to include his own ancestors and relatives , men he could name in a line of descent which included both speaker and audience , which explained the existence and identity of each person , and provided them with a character and loyalties . |
| 8 | Anne knew Nina could easily find a place to kill herself in private . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a hell of a job to win one in three games . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you , ’ a friend asked her in 1980 , ‘ hate all institutions ? ’ |
| 11 | Soak your nails in warm olive oil once a week to keep them in good condition . |
| 12 | It costs upwards of £300 a week to keep someone in residential care . |
| 13 | A society organises itself in such a way that people adhering to cultural norms are rewarded whilst those that deviate are ‘ punished ’ , to a greater or lesser degree depending upon the culture . |
| 14 | Ian Wiley of Ireland had a time some 3 seconds faster than the winner but his 5 second penalty for touching a gate put him in 4th place overall . |
| 15 | Commonly we consider a disease to be the symptoms that we experience when ill but if we are to take the susceptibility into account then we need a word to include it in this larger view of disease . |
| 16 | To be involved professionally in a thing as creative as this is a great privilege and we have a duty to make it in such a way that we can help bring pleasure and a sense of fulfilment to those who are not so fortunate . |
| 17 | However , where a company establishes itself in another member state all the rules of that member state which Apply to its own nationals apply equally to that company . |
| 18 | In these sessions they practised their kicking and wheeling ; John brought in a sergeant-major to train them in military marching . |