Example sentences of "[verb] in those [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , it means that once you 're caught in those waves you might as well give up . ’ |
| 2 | Put in those terms it may seem a strange statement , but it is one of the essential differences between true epics and novels , which deal , on the whole , with the world of ‘ reality ’ . |
| 3 | Er two bedrooms , it was a number sixty six Street in those days , there were new houses built on where it is now , I have n't been into Palfry for years but er there were five houses in the row , there was a family named at one end , there was us my nan of course we were next to , next to us was Mrs , a Mr and Mrs , and then er that was one side of the entry the other side of the entry was a family named , they had quite a large family , there was er two or three of those married Mrs and then er then Mrs they were all relatives , cos there was no such thing as overcrowding in those days you got as many in as you could you see , there was , another was Mr and Mrs she was a daughter of Mrs there was Mrs and Mrs she was another daughter of Mrs , and then er there were , there was a , a young man he was a son of Mrs , the were I think show people originally cos they were a bit anyhow there were five houses down the yard we had n't got running water in the sink , we had a , a big stone pump pipe in at the bottom of the entry we all had to go and draw out our own drinking water from this one standpipe . |
| 4 | That 's another thing they used to do in those days they never do now , a lot of men when they bought a pair of boots , they had them what they called plumped . |
| 5 | But I mean people lived in those days you know I mean , you know where the is do n't you ? |
| 6 | I do n't think in those days they wanted women with minds of their own , did they ? |
| 7 | I do n't sort of , I mean in those days they had wh apprenticeships and , and that sort of thing . |
| 8 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 9 | How anybody can walk in those things I do n't know of any . |
| 10 | Because when you were trained in those days you only had two children or otherwise you had another nanny if you had more . |
| 11 | And there was a satisfaction about it although I always think in those days we had to work so fast that there was n't the time to do what you 'd really like to have done for the patients . |
| 12 | why should they put in those sub-headings you what 's the point of putting passion , what 's the point of your sub-heading loving and potion . |
| 13 | It it 's sitting in those chairs I was yeah sitting on them , on them sloping chairs |
| 14 | To do it well , indeed , requires the property we have identified in those organisms we generally recognize as living : a whole variety of different and complex molecules , all working in concert . |
| 15 | But er not really seriously because you see in those days it , it was illegal for anything like that . |