Example sentences of "[pron] in [adj] [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | But both found themselves possessed of a consuming interest in astronomy , to which in due course they devoted the rest of their lives after disposing of other distractions — in Hubble 's case , his law , and national service in two world wars . |
| 2 | With opinion polls showing Labour ahead of the Conservatives , many health service managers are biding their time , not prepared to press forward rapidly with changes which could soon be reversed and which in any case they are reluctant to endorse . |
| 3 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 4 | If 2 carriers have children , there 's a one in 4 chance their child will have normal blood cells , a one in 2 chance they 'll have children who also be carriers anda one in 4 chance of them having a sickle cell sufferer . |
| 5 | Under contract TEC come here usually one day a week to carry out these interviews erm they poke me in any corner they can find . |
| 6 | In Avon , Dr Peter Fleming , or a member of his team , will visit the home within 24 hours with the General Practitioner to give an explanation , as best they can , as to what has happened , to explain the post-mortem findings , and to counsel parents and help them in any way they can . |
| 7 | If they can not do it in that time they never will . |
| 8 | Like , all their films came , like Alex 's film of er Spain empties the camera basically puts it in this pile they keep in a drawer somewhere of films , okay ? |
| 9 | That is not correct in as much as every individual officer was tasked to an individual action and therefore there was no need to come into that bedroom the area er if they 'd have heard shouting or whatever in that bedroom they would have known not to come into that area because there was obviously a threat in there . |
| 10 | You do n't believe for a minute that this government will stand by while the two biggest general unions get together , no way , they 'll attack us in any way they can and I warn ya they have n't run out of ideas yet . |