Example sentences of "in [adj] a [noun] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But its situation , ’ continues Johnson , ‘ seems well chosen for pleasure , if not for strength ’ ; and then in half a sentence he gives us a glimpse of local life and activity : ‘ It stands at the head of the lake and , by a sloop of sixty tuns , is supplied from Inverness with great convenience ’ — which description immediately conjures the vessel plying up and down Loch Ness with provisions , armaments , soldiers ' wives . |
| 2 | We were in such a state we decided to swallow what seemed the bitter pill of Thatcherism . |
| 3 | ‘ They reckoned it was haunted and no one would buy it , and in the end it got in such a state they got the council to pull it down . |
| 4 | In fact , when he drove us home he was in such a state I had to get out of the van . |
| 5 | They say that in such a case you search for your mother for the rest of your life . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure ! ’ he replied in such a way it made Maggie giggle again . |
| 7 | ‘ I was in such a fury I hung up . |
| 8 | In such a context it speaks plainly of the blindness of the people , and their preoccupation with the needs of the moment . |
| 9 | And in such a situation it becomes difficult to say whether the temporary worker is brought in because of a shortage of permanent staff or because there is ( now ) a once-off task to be performed . |
| 10 | In such a situation it becomes crucial to understand the economic effects of changes in defence budgets are likely to be . |
| 11 | ‘ … in such a thing I do not trust myself . |
| 12 | I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that |
| 13 | In such a setting we learn as much through observation and experience as we do through deliberate instruction or training . |
| 14 | In such a liturgy it becomes apparent , in a way in which in a traditional liturgy , with a man celebrating , it does not , because there is not the same incongruity , that women are , at the very core of their religion , dependent on the male world . |
| 15 | But in such a climate they begin to look unique . |
| 16 | In such a climate it seems even more suitable to pursue the creation of a radical , insider ethnography and in the not too distant past this even seemed to have official support . |
| 17 | When Meg arrived at Uppark as its first chatelaine in many a year she found all the original fabrics in place , but hanging , through neglect , ‘ like grey seaweed ’ . |