Example sentences of "in [pos pn] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In my early days I was into Pere Ubu and Josef K , but now I 'm more mellow and listen to Lyle Lovett and some classical stuff . |
2 | But in my early days it was quite common for some of the old horsemen to walk anything up to two or three miles , and sometimes more , to bring harness down to the shop . |
3 | In my first job I was required to wear a suit . |
4 | ‘ In my first season I was referee-of-the-year in Chesterfield . |
5 | In my spare time I was taking boat parties out from Mid Yell , and I ‘ used ’ that animal all summer , rarely failing to find it . |
6 | My father worked on the railway and in my conscious life he was a supervisor , he was called an inspector , Inspector . |
7 | In my own case it was not that I was considered pastorally unsuitable , or academically unable , which led to my being refused ordination . |
8 | In my own case I was given a section — a small area in the central division — with just over 300 crimes per year . |
9 | In my own opinion it was largely the former . ) |
10 | I think that in my secret eating I was saying , speech also being an oral activity , all the resentful and hostile things I wanted to say about the school and about my life in general . |
11 | In my elevated state I was afraid only that the cop might search us and discover the Dexedrine in Dana 's pocket . |
12 | However , since inflation was well established in people 's expectations and was therefore reflected in their price-setting behaviour it was thought that a sudden reduction in monetary growth might cause demand to fall short of nominal output and cause a rise in unemployment . |
13 | It was what was in her immediate life she was fed up with — anything distant or in the past could bring out her interest . |
14 | Although quiet and demure in her first term she was no goody goody . |
15 | And for once in her misbegotten life she was right . |
16 | But in her small corner it was as if time had decided to take an extended coffee-break . |
17 | For , to conceal the fact that in her utter astonishment she was looking ready to drop , Naylor moved his chair closer to her and drew her attention by planting a light and loving kiss on her cheek . |
18 | Although in her 94th year it was always a pleasure to visit . |
19 | And erm in her particular way she was quite a good cook too . |
20 | In her first year , it took her a day or two to settle down to London , but in her last year she was there the moment she stepped on the train . |
21 | It had disturbed her enough , and even if the unwritten reproof had been solely in her own imagination she was not about to look again and check it . |
22 | It was exactly as I had always imagined the Dark Ages to be , and in its terrible way it was apt . |
23 | In its early years it was called the Ulster Saturday Night , but this was soon extended to its present title Ireland 's Saturday Night . |
24 | In its earlier years it was extremely outspoken in its condemnation of anything that failed to gain its approval . |
25 | During the five minutes that he spoke about the Bill in his 52-minute speech he was floored by his own seconds — Conservative Back Benchers — when they expressed their concern . |
26 | And what was the greater plan that Chant hoped in his final hours he was a part of ? |
27 | In his sober moods he was inordinately proud of his beautiful daughter . |
28 | But Eleanor too had to travel a great deal , and in his earliest years it was almost certainly Richard 's nurse who provided love and security on a day-to-day basis . |
29 | ‘ Pat would never like to be regarded as special but even in his critical condition he was still in fighting spirit . ’ |
30 | In his second year he was already marking the Greek essays of first-year students and giving them some classes , in order to raise money . |