Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to such a theory , if we , in English , call both our mother 's brother and our father 's brother by the same term — ‘ uncle ’ — it is because these two relatives are , to us , the same ‘ kind ’ of relative , and that probably the fact that we use the one word causes us to see them in that way . |
| 2 | I do n't want to see Sarah in that way , and I would n't want her to see me in that kind of light either . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And if you are too tired to write you must come to see me in any case , and then I shall know you are safe . |
| 4 | The act of the king touching them in this way protects them from the otherwise dangerous consequences of being in contact with the power of the king . |
| 5 | Once you have been through the various categories listed above and picked out all the names to be included next step is to arrange them in some sort of order . |
| 6 | Ask yourself the question , ‘ Is it my desire , my greed , my wish to be in control that drives me in this matter , or do I feel the lightness of purpose that is a mark of the guidance from within ? ’ |
| 7 | For example , Hungary , Poland and Romania were inserted into the upper-middle-income group , where their apparent per capita income scores would locate them in any case , whereas Angola , Cuba and North Korea were transplanted from lower-middle-income to nonreporting nonmembers . |
| 8 | ‘ There is nothing , ’ she said caustically , ‘ that you could do that would make me in any way feel good . ’ |
| 9 | England has an excellent crop of young players , but my role as Captain and Selector precludes me from naming them in these pages . |
| 10 | ‘ Julius does n't affect me in any way . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't want them in this country . |
| 12 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
| 13 | Clive had got so used to being able to fool everyone in this circle that he was unnerved by her obvious clear-sightedness . |
| 14 | Erm , it has actually worked , erm , in that it seems that there 's a very fair chance that er , in spite of the very discouraging things that were said by some of the people on my right when I moved this , erm , there is a very good chance now for a reasonable er , settlement in South Africa , which I think should erm , make everyone in this chamber very happy , and it is that , undoubtedly the case that economic pressure had a great deal to do with that . |
| 15 | ‘ To treat them in this way is disgraceful . ’ |
| 16 | The advantage of using them in this situation is their low cost and the speed with which the wall can be built up . |
| 17 | Before including them in any press pack the question " Will this be of any use to the recipient ? " must be answered in the affirmative . |
| 18 | Two of these are worthy of a wider audience and thus I make no apology for including them in this month 's Surgery ! |
| 19 | He was trying , insanely , to preserve everyone in this family in just the state in which he had first encountered them , when they had given him that delightful sense of secure , harmonious , integrated living . |
| 20 | Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not . |
| 21 | Right , now then , be like this I 'll pretend that I 've done something that needs to be , a high sling to support me in this fashion . |
| 22 | Anybody who is interested in helping them in either capacity should phone Mrs. Noakes on Petersfield 263749 . |
| 23 | Bill 's call had shaken me in more ways than one , so I dispensed with discretion . |
| 24 | I wanted to continue my studies as a postgraduate at U.C.L. I was now interested in modern linguistic research , but knew very little about it , since linguistics had so far made little impact in the U.K. , and there was no teacher in the Department who could adequately supervise me in that area . |
| 25 | I wo n't let you hustle me in this way . |
| 26 | And working at the Shakespeare School of English does n't exactly hinder me in that direction . |
| 27 | Pollensa and Alcudia were in the north of the island and Fernando owned nothing in that region . |
| 28 | There was also no lack of contacts , who , starved of literature , were exhilarated to be able to talk about Eliot : a Captain Richardson , whom I met in Eritrea , engaged to a charming Italian , proved one of those contacts whom the war brought together and separated , reminding me in some ways of the young Eliot and Jean Verdenal . |
| 29 | ‘ Roman , I have never imagined you would hurt me in any way ! |
| 30 | The nationalist movements and the new nations which made their appearance after the Second World War thus displayed features which distinguish them in some ways from the earlier movements which led to the formation of nation states in Western Europe , because they arose in a very different international context — in a highly developed capitalist world economy , in the aftermath of a division of the world among powerful imperialist nations , and in the midst of political transformations resulting from the growth of the socialist movement . |