Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 : - ) ) |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Although I recognised several , there was a formidable blankness about them in that setting which precluded mutual acknowledgment . |
| 4 | I found it a bit odd that a sensible girl should write about them in that — that romantic way . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And I do this because I think Shakespeare encourages us to make inferences and to think about them in that way . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | And shortly afterwards the television carries a special report about them in all the four main languages — Malay , Chinese , Tamil and English . |
| 10 | I 've read about them in one of my stories . |
| 11 | I 'll question you about them in one hour . ’ |
| 12 | Our dramatis personae are the people who inhabit these places and the people who speak about them in various public ways . |
| 13 | Tell me about them in incredible detail . " |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ However , I have concluded that it is too much to expect of my colleagues in Government and in Parliament to have to put up with a constant barrage of stories about me in certain tabloid newspapers . |
| 20 | ‘ It would n't actually trouble me if men thought about me in that way . |
| 21 | ‘ What about me in all this ? ’ |
| 22 | We went slowly through them in low gear , rolling like a ship in a heavy sea , our rigging of ropes , which lashed all the bags in place , creaking loudly . |
| 23 | One advantage of a card file is that it is very easy to pick up handful of cards and flip through them in odd five minutes in order to memorise some new words . |
| 24 | Altogether then er , an encouraging set of results and I 'll hand you over to Frank to take us through them in more detail . |
| 25 | The rebels held their fire till the dragoons were within ten yards [ 9 m ] of them , then replied with ‘ a very sharp , popping kind ’ of volley which did such execution that one bystander ‘ saw daylight through them in several places ’ . |
| 26 | There is no future for them in modern India . |
| 27 | John has always gone out of his way to try and persuade similar sufferers that there may be help for them in alternative therapies . |
| 28 | Apartments had been booked for them in one block and they shared in couples . |
| 29 | It performs weddings and baptisms , funerals and services for people who find nothing for them in separate dominations or who ca n't get to church . |
| 30 | Then we 've done our work , I would say that my average of ten company representatives went over , perhaps two would find it was useful , useful fact finding mission , but it did n't achieve much , two would click instantly and have orders while they 're there , and the remainder would over the period of six or nine months later , if they worked at it , gain orders or perhaps , perhaps more importantly agents or distributors to sell their products for them in that country . |