Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb base] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joined as an M C. Erm , effectively I I mean I work in a Direct Marketing Department , all the junk mail for the un uneducated . |
| 2 | so I , I mean I suppose in a sense it would be good if you did actually change something but that 's not entirely necessary for me . |
| 3 | There are still no signs of multi-culturalism to be found which is disappointing and worrying — surely the publishers realise we live in a multi-racial society ? |
| 4 | you 're relax you speak in a totally different way . |
| 5 | ‘ This historic loco is just the attraction and boost we need in a recession , and I 'm confident it 'll be just as popular with the public in Devon as it proved to be on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in Cornwall . ’ |
| 6 | The Russians have said they believe in a negotiated settlement to the civil war , but they are continuing to supply arms to President Mengistu , apparently to allow him to negotiate from a position of strength . |
| 7 | How much do you think you cost in a year ? |
| 8 | It was like the sort of bullying you see in a public school yard carried out by men who are supposed to be professional politicians to put pressure on the weaker ones and the new boys . |
| 9 | When it comes to good quality bathing beaches the EC report shows we trail in a poor seventh behind Italy , France , Denmark , Germany , Spain and Holland . |
| 10 | But I would hope we live in a more enlightened age . |
| 11 | They heard her say in a bright voice : ‘ Good morning , James . |
| 12 | If you are running a rally aimed at inspiring and motivating people , do n't start by having them arrive in a strange city to find the car park full , the nearest suitable alternative two miles away and no taxis available because it 's Sunday evening and pouring with rain . |
| 13 | I mean , I suppose I do in a way . |
| 14 | but I suppose you do in a way |
| 15 | ‘ I believe we live in a world which is marred deeply by crudity and vulgarity , bereft of beauty , culturally impoverished to an amazing degree . |
| 16 | But I believe we live in a representative democracy , not one where we 're delegates of our constituents . |
| 17 | The citizens of most countries like to believe they live in a democracy , i.e. the state being governed by all the people . |
| 18 | She watched him sprawl in a cane chair on the terrace , light a cigar , and pick up a book , uncaring of the many and varied insects homing in on the light above him . |
| 19 | Perhaps less curious when one remembers that mentally handicapped people have always been ostracised by those who believe they live in a comfortable world of normality . |
| 20 | The convenience of major shopping developments and the wide range of goods and produce they provide in a concentrated location , must be judged in future against wider environmental and social criteria . |
| 21 | Ybreska watched it depart in a swirling dust-cloud . |
| 22 | , And much as she had disliked the old women when they were grasping at her and joking about her , she did notice that they comforted her mother , talking about her two lovely clever daughters , and made her join in a bit of a singsong and made her laugh . |
| 23 | They do n't actually know I 'm an artist , they think I work in a factory or something . |
| 24 | They do n't actually know I 'm an artist , they think I work in a factory or something . |
| 25 | Well I had , there 's some soup in the freezer from when I put a tin , a tin of chicken soup and Di used the last of the turkey in it , and we had some and what was left I put in a dish |
| 26 | It , it ought not to matter , but unfortunately I think it does , I think we live in a society where the visual appearance is every thing . |
| 27 | It is the ‘ heaps of fantastic things ’ in the old curiosity shop which , by making her exist in a kind of allegory , suggest her story to him , ‘ holding her solitary way among a crowd of wild grotesque companions ’ . |
| 28 | Oh well , she said , you see , it 's my work , she said I work in a , in an insurance office and she said I 'm in and out the courts all the time , you see so he knocked down the wrong person |
| 29 | We may regret we live in a permissive society but I doubt whether even the most staunch defender of a better age would maintain that all or even most of those who have at one time or in one way or another been led astray morally have thereby become depraved or corrupt " . |
| 30 | one mistake you know forget something and you 'll be going round like this five pints I use , I use to see quite a lot of things missing you know in a certain time |