Example sentences of "[vb base] in [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discipline means having an agenda , starting and finishing the meeting when you said you would , answering the client 's questions with authority ( and if you can not give an answer , say you do not know but you will find out ) ; having your paperwork neat and easily at hand ; offering the best hospitality you can provide , such as telephones , a cup of coffee , a comfortable chair and a pad and pencil in case he did n't bring his own . |
| 2 | But I do not think it was open to them to state a sum constituting the … deficit and then say in effect they were not sure if the sum was correct . |
| 3 | Imagine in December it would be absolutely murder . |
| 4 | And it 's a bit of a nonsense to say that pigeons perch in trees you may see an odd pigeon sort of settle in a tree but not for long . |
| 5 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 6 | But actually ’ — Agnes 's voice became pure Oxford ( the university not the town ) — ‘ that was just Track One was n't it ? — cover in case we noticed anything on Track Two which was a small destabilisation group . |
| 7 | Erm b but there was no reason why we should sit in wait in case they might go up because they might have gone down further . |
| 8 | When we look in detail we find — it would be worrying if we did n't — that the convergence is not total . |
| 9 | Wherever you travel in England we invite you to some unforgettable places in history . |
| 10 | It is covered in ivy by day and by night in mystery and when I lie in bed I see men and women through it passing by . |
| 11 | If these things happen in fields you do n't particularly notice them , because the vegetative cover is self-healing . |
| 12 | It 's still the general feeling by several of Scotland 's well known bands that the only place to record is London and if they record in Scotland it 's a bit parochial . ’ |
| 13 | Everything that he greatly cares about demands order , proportion , measure and control In poetry he considers decorum the grand masterpiece . |
| 14 | you know in case he were ill |
| 15 | A part of that obviously I think is going to be that there was an expected higher level of productivity than we 've actually achieved , cos you know in January I think in , in Christine 's area for example , to start off with I mean er er er productivity plummeted erm and it 's now , and she changed the system and , and one or two other things . |
| 16 | Now Mr referred to a two percent clear up rate , I 'm not quite certain what figure that is , I know in Wiltshire it 's much better than that in the thirties and forties . |
| 17 | I 'm due I 'm meant to go to a diabetic clinic again , you know in Strathclyde you know . |
| 18 | I got them in umm you know in Penge it was Payless was n't it ? |
| 19 | For someone used to the tiny creatures we get in England it was something of a shock , and I said as much as I leapt into the air . |
| 20 | once you get in bed you 'll be like |
| 21 | that Jackie will tell you the same , I told her mother anything from thirty to forty years ago I said , that do n't matter some toss what political power they get in power you 'll find the unions will run the country |
| 22 | ‘ If we get in front we wo n't make the same mistake of lying back and letting them in as we did in Belfast , ’ said captain and centre back Alan McDonald ( Queens Park Rangers ) . |
| 23 | If they get in front it is difficult to contain them . ’ |
| 24 | and you soon get in arrears you know ! |
| 25 | From the foregoing work that Tim Grant and I set in motion I believe that we have gained certain value . |
| 26 | As you gain in confidence you and the children will probably soon find that there is never enough time to do all the things you want to do . |
| 27 | On the other hand , what they gain in power they lose in speed and mobility . |
| 28 | The remainder comes mostly from the countries around the Mediterranean , but what the original almond growers lack in quantity they apparently make up for in quality . |
| 29 | What they lack in brawn they make up for in skill . |
| 30 | No but I mean in Manchester it was shocking was n't it ? |