Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be especially true if you are a woman who is unused to making sexual demands , or if you are already in a long-term relationship when you begin to ask for safer sex . |
| 2 | Fledglings are in a transitional stage because they ca n't quite fly yet but there having to learn how to feed and their parents are teaching them . |
| 3 | People must have the right not to belong to a union , but where more than half the workforce demonstrate in a postal ballot that they want to belong , they should be allowed bargaining rights . ’ |
| 4 | Erm I do n't think it assists at all in terms of location and I think it is a strategic matter however in terms of erm the structure plan and would probably be best incorporated into policy H two in a revised form and I suggested . |
| 5 | One of the craft was in a mighty hurry when he set Judas for Jesus at John vi.67 , as happened in 1609 ; and so was his descendant in 1653 when , at Corinthians vi.9 , he pronounced that ‘ the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of God ’ , which must have been a great comfort to a considerable number of citizens under the Commonwealth . |
| 6 | After much remonstrating during which I was told very kindly and politely that there was no problem , till I felt like tearing my hair out , I was sent to sit in a corner ( just a woman you see ) and Mr Fleming was ushered off to meet an official , rush off somewhere and come back with a piece of paper which was duly stamped , passport returned , and off we went to meet our contact , who explained in a jocular fashion that I was the problem . |
| 7 | His wrists are in a cocked position and he has no time to release the clubhead with any force . |
| 8 | General Secretaries would then be obliged to satisfy the membership and could be put in a classic squeeze when they were approached at top level , even if supporting NoS was against their better judgement . |
| 9 | For example , all of us have a stake , or an objective interest , in a healthy environment but we may not be aware of the ways in which the environment is being polluted to the detriment of our health . |
| 10 | Folly finished the sentence for him in a flat voice that she hardly recognised as being her own . |
| 11 | that there are gon na be so many thousands of people in a right mess and they 're |
| 12 | Spend half an hour in a feeding centre and you walk away feeling as though a nightmare has flashed before you . |
| 13 | And with her jealousy came anger that he could so easily hold her in a close embrace while he still had Doreen in his system . |
| 14 | One job , to paint an ambassador 's wife in Paris , ended in a shouting match after she had altered the canvas overnight , painting in crude alterations to the eyes and mouth . |
| 15 | The latter lived up to their name with gusto by getting helplessly drunk , being in a celebratory mood because they 'd signed their lucrative CBS contract that very afternoon . |
| 16 | Trade marks are especially important in a fast-moving industry and it is very comforting to buy goods with familiar names when so many products and businesses come and go in rapid succession , as happened with microcomputers in the early 1980s . |
| 17 | ‘ It makes you look rakish , ’ she decided , and drew in a ragged breath as she encountered a smouldering look in his eyes . |
| 18 | Superficially , Mr Akhtar 's compromise has appeal in a liberal/secular society because it is designed to protect human sensitivities which we all recognise , rather than to appease a deity in whom relatively few believe . |
| 19 | And I think a lot of the things to do with the way we viewed men were to do with women experiencing profound and debilitating sexism within all those respective movements and this is why we had to really re-think things in a radical way and I 'm very proud of that . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think Elizabeth can be here , ’ she said , wishing to indicate in a roundabout way that she did n't think Beuno was here either . |
| 21 | In between , I continued my studies in a haphazard way for they never really interested me , knowing in advance my fate . |
| 22 | It is useful for would-be choreographers to study the historical development of classical style so that they may stage a ballet in a traditional way when it has a story firmly linked to a particular time and place . |
| 23 | It was put away in a dark basement because it was too horrible . |
| 24 | The passenger was sitting in a dark corner and I could not see his face . |
| 25 | Then , in a lower tone as she gazed about her , ‘ No wonder ! ’ |
| 26 | Taff was in a foul mood as I jumped down into the trench . |
| 27 | Kick off your hand-tooled leather moccasins and kneel in a prayer-like manner as we parade the rumpy pumpy king of lurve techno , BLAKE BAXTER , before your reddened and disbelieving eyes , or go and see a play about clubbing , Excess XS , check out the GROOVE CHECK Single Of The Week , and familiarise yourself with BUMP 's all-time prime movers . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , we have a situation where women find themselves discriminated against and often in a disadvantaged position because they are caring for others . |
| 29 | We were shooting the film in North Wales in a terrible wet month in a tiny village and he smoked and read and did his crosswords and smoked . |
| 30 | ‘ Towing a whale around in a tiny cage when it is used to roaming the oceans defies belief and serves no purpose in welfare or education terms , ’ he said . |