Example sentences of "in the [adj] [noun sg] [that] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the old houses , there were none in the immediate area that I knew of , other than these which had been built as a nostalgic memento , as a reminder , as a gift both to himself and his family from a man who must have known innately that in discarding the past his people were in danger of losing their touchstone . |
| 2 | It is not the case that we can or do simply distinguish , in a completely neutral way , some major historical types of political system , even in the non-evolutionist manner that I have suggested ; for on one side , what is seen to be significant in the past is influenced by current concerns , and on the other side these concerns have , in any case , a very great practical importance and are bound to engage much of the attention of political thinkers . |
| 3 | I was so uninterested in the damn thing that I did n't bother to keep a copy . |
| 4 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 5 | I told him about Charlotte and he said would I describe her , in the smallest detail that I could . |
| 6 | I tried the church door one last time in the vain hope that I had mistakenly found it closed , but closed it remained . |
| 7 | It is in the middle ground that I would question the viability . ’ |
| 8 | " And in the rare event that I should miss , young Mister Deadeye here will be raring to let fly with a deadly Holland and Holland cannon of the same calibre . |
| 9 | We are working to achieve an agreement at Maastricht in December , but it must be an agreement that I could make in the confident expectation that I could commend it to the House . |
| 10 | I dressed in black to reduce the chance of being seen and could n't believe my luck when I found that the house opposite his was unoccupied , with big bushes in the front garden that I could hide behind . |
| 11 | My next thought , since saving my life 's work was out of the question , was for a pair of underpants in the probable event that I would shortly find myself in public . |
| 12 | Well , the studies that I 've been involved in , the computer has performed certainly as well as a consultant , and at times much better than a junior doctor in the particular situation that I 'm talking about . |
| 13 | So I 'm uncomfortable , but in the positive sense that I did n't go to no acting school , so all I 'm doing is being myself . ’ |
| 14 | None in the conventional sense that I take it that you mean mark down you mean clearing merchandise |
| 15 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
| 16 | ‘ So I 'll get clobbered if people read suddenly in the Daily Mirror that I 've been giving some away . ’ |
| 17 | But in the severe turbulence that I encountered I had no control over my canopy and there was very little that I could do . |
| 18 | Erm however , if it could be made clear perhaps with an extra paragraph in the explanatory memorandum that I would welcome that . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , OK , yes , we do feel shabby — in the same way that I felt bad when we re-released ‘ Rubbish ’ . |
| 20 | In the same way that I doubt your power of judgement . |
| 21 | I speak without volition , in the same way that I do everything else . |
| 22 | ‘ I have a good cry sometimes , ’ she said , ‘ in the same way that I sometimes have a spring-clean . |
| 23 | I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you . |
| 24 | Not in the same way that I knew of his brother , who made money in biscuits and owned a gleaming Daimler car which he drove very cautiously over the potholes in the road outside our house . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been told by my superiors that I could use it in the same way that I would to prosecute anyone found mistreating a dog . |
| 26 | If you obey my command you will o remain in my love in the same way that I have obeyed my Father 's commands and remain in his love . |
| 27 | ‘ In the same battle that I lost my leg , old Pew lost his sight . |
| 28 | ‘ This woman here is not a moral agent in the same sense that I am , or that you will become . |
| 29 | Jolosa stormed : ‘ If he played in the same league that I do , he 'd end up in trouble too . ’ |
| 30 | The next generation which is taking over the reins of industry is a generation who were not brought up in the same milieu that I was brought up in . |