Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a democratic point of view this would , of course , be no improvement if the will of the Protestant minority then similarly counted for nothing in that larger context . |
| 2 | ‘ Do my wishes count for nothing in this house ? ’ |
| 3 | You do not get something for nothing in this world and they know this . |
| 4 | Reputations count for nothing in this game . ’ |
| 5 | They are just as much a product of the youth system as any youngster from the FA School of excellence though — so I reckon were OK to gloat about them in future years : - ) ) |
| 6 | I am presently considering what measures should be included in the first Welsh Agri-Environment Plan and will consult widely about them in due course . |
| 7 | Although I recognised several , there was a formidable blankness about them in that setting which precluded mutual acknowledgment . |
| 8 | I found it a bit odd that a sensible girl should write about them in that — that romantic way . ’ |
| 9 | I myself , for example , tend to be an old-fashioned Coleridge and psychologistic critic , you know , I look for motives in Shakespearean characters , in ways which Elsie Knights told us we should n't do , and I do this because I think Shakespeare encourages us to make inferences and to think about them in that way . |
| 10 | And I do this because I think Shakespeare encourages us to make inferences and to think about them in that way . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn ( Mr. Hargreaves ) spoke eloquently about them in general and about how they would apply in his particular case . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's why human rights violations , even those by Idi Amin in Uganda , have been such embarrassments , because you ca n't legally do anything about them in international law , ’ Prof Wilkinson says . |
| 13 | And shortly afterwards the television carries a special report about them in all the four main languages — Malay , Chinese , Tamil and English . |
| 14 | I 've read about them in one of my stories . |
| 15 | I 'll question you about them in one hour . ’ |
| 16 | Our dramatis personae are the people who inhabit these places and the people who speak about them in various public ways . |
| 17 | Tell me about them in incredible detail . " |
| 18 | As far as I know , the first person to discuss black holes was a Cambridge man called John Michell , who wrote a paper about them in 1783 . |
| 19 | If you are new to machine knitting and the electronic is your first machine and you want to know more about these accessories , I 've written about them in this month 's Silver punchcard feature . |
| 20 | By registering the product , you are added to the mailing list , and will be notified of any new versions , bug fixes and so forth , usually well before you read about them in any of the nation 's magazines . |
| 21 | The referee 's first task of a damp evening was to ask Wasps to change their jerseys in order to avoid confusion and they emerged with a far more waspish look about them in black-and-yellow hoops . |
| 22 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 23 | There are too many scenes of people talking about nothing in particular and , when characters are differentiated , not by what they do , but by what the author says about them , the effect can be static and unsatisfying . |
| 24 | After pouring the tea and talking to Yanto for five minutes about nothing in particular , she turned to her husband . |
| 25 | His letters to friends are often funny in a less self-conscious way , and he will ramble in a high-spirited or nonsensical manner about nothing in particular . |
| 26 | What , however , of states of feeling , perhaps being depressed or feeling good about nothing in particular ? |
| 27 | They sat sipping the strong , dark brew and chatted idly about nothing in particular , enjoying the warm velvety air , the star-dusted turquoise sky slowly changing to amethyst and the heady-sweet scent from a clump of yellow broom . |
| 28 | Let us look in more detail at the difficulties inherent for everyone in appropriate penetration and then at the problems that can arise in marriage when these are or an extreme nature . |
| 29 | Its principal aim , according to Mellor is that there should be ‘ something for everyone in all parts of the country , and that everyone should have an opportunity to try something new and widen their horizons ’ . |
| 30 | For everyone in higher education would agree that A levels are at best a very rough and ready guide to a pupil 's future development . |