Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One case report has described a 38 year old homosexual man who developed fever , diarrhoea , and weight loss and in whom radiography showed terminal ileilitis .
2 Seldom in my experience did English women demonstrate the slightest interest in learning from us , from our struggles and from our political experiences .
3 He had whilst I was lying intoxicated on my bed in my quarter had oral sex , had masturbated over my body and had entered my vagina for about 10 seconds .
4 I would like to set up a 42″ × 20″ × 15″ tank in my lounge to house small specimens of our native freshwater fish .
5 I 'm usually too absorbed in my work to spend much time looking at the other students . ’
6 ‘ Mr Stanforth , ’ she said now , ‘ I 've never once in my life had any communication from my Great-Uncle Alan .
7 God knows you 're the only thing in my life to have any meaning since Johnnie died .
8 A 33-year-old widow with four children in my constituency lost free school meals and housing benefit — a total loss of £25 .
9 It is not in my nature to accept this kind of diddly-shit which Lucker hands out without a thought .
10 Earlier I had told the Posi who runs everything in my ship to hold all calls .
11 I had plenty of time to think this through as I sat in my leisure jam that Sunday .
12 Peter Jackson , Middlesbrough council 's Conservative group leader , whose council ward includes the proposed site , said : ‘ I will do everything in my power to resist this development . ’
13 In my letter dated 3rd February 93 to your predecessor I drew attention to the road works on the west side of Gubberford Lane Scorton just south of the railway bridge .
14 It does not in my view exclude any B class development .
15 In fact none of the books in my list had any markings to suggest that they were duplicates ; quite the reverse .
16 In fact MI5 was wasting its time because Khrushchev and Bulganin were well aware of this and spent much of the time in their suite holding nonsensical conversations that appeared to include tantalising references to important matters but were in reality pure rubbish .
17 All pupils are assessed in their knowledge and understanding of the contexts specified by the Scottish Examination Board , and in their ability to evaluate different types of relevant information .
18 Although dogs have a much greater acoustic range than humans , cats exceed even dogs in their ability to hear high-pitched sounds .
19 Hickson take pride in their ability to solve technical problems quickly while maintaining the highest safety standards .
20 Relying , as they do , on irregular , inadequate , notified , and often superficial inspections , or on data provided by the corporations themselves renders state regulatory agencies and the police ( where they are relevant , as in say the fraud squad ) very defective in their ability to locate corporate crime .
21 It 's also why , when you suggest that it might not be the most credible thing for a label in their position to sign old bores like Paul Weller and Madness , McDonald looks bewildered and offers that Go !
22 In their anxiety to eliminate sinful love they presented lovers as relatives , thus transforming the boring Hollywood sex code into a frolic of perversions .
23 Lord Mackay accused critics of ‘ throwing down their own stones ’ in their anxiety to find concealed horrors under them .
24 The role of the individual constituents of duodenal juice in the genesis of complications and of surgical procedures such as antireflux surgery and duodenal diversion in their prevention merits further investigation .
25 They will now be classed by UEFA as ‘ assimilated ’ — and United can choose two of them in their squad to face Russian side Moscow Torpedo in the UEFA Cup first round clash later this month .
26 However , under the 1981 monetary control arrangements banks have agreed to advise the Bank of England in advance of any significant change in their decision to hold operational balances .
27 C. Both the climate and the soils have guided Mr O'Rea and other farmers in their decision to use most fields for grass .
28 But it is not so generally known and acknowledged that some of them in their day held high positions in the scientific world , nor has sufficient commendation been bestowed upon the whole body for their unselfish zeal in the promotion and encouragement of the study of Natural History , and especially Botany , as an essential element of medical education .
29 Their power to affect the public and the importance of public confidence in their loyalty give special importance to their fidelity to justified authority .
30 During the Seventies a hazy eroticism was on offer every week , courtesy of Pan 's People in their gold Lurex hot pants .
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