Example sentences of "[adj] in [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think you did send this in intending it to be a postal application Mr ? |
| 2 | It was important to learn about , for example , bookselling from experienced booksellers who then , accepting the genuineness of my interest and the possible value of my research , were generous in helping me with it and allowing me to carry out surveys in bookshops . |
| 3 | Although I know that my hon. Friend is interested in switching it to the autumn , we have no plans to do that because there are different views about it . |
| 4 | This will equip those who are interested in developing themselves with the tools to reach greater responsibility and promotion , and of course greater rewards . |
| 5 | Well , we 'd like to think that er people , once they 've been introduced to these different sorts of drinks , and become a bit more aware about different sensible levels , would actually be interested in buying them in the future and trying them out themselves . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd be interested in reading something of yours , that is , if you did n't mind . ’ |
| 7 | He was more interested in telling me about the tactics of the attorney general . |
| 8 | To my acute embarrassment , the children seemed far more interested in meeting someone from television . |
| 9 | Because , she thought , she had never been there with anyone who was interested in taking it at anything other than face value . |
| 10 | I 'm not interested in taking it off anybody . |
| 11 | God is not as interested in getting us through a conflict as he is in how we respond to it . |
| 12 | Anybody who is interested in helping them in either capacity should phone Mrs. Noakes on Petersfield 263749 . |
| 13 | Some of them have posited underlying mechanisms of language change to account for this ; some have been more interested in relating it to social realities , treating language as a sort of cultural key rather than as a self-contained system with its own particular dynamic ; others have seen it as their main task to suggest linguistic reforms that will modify or eliminate offensive usages . |
| 14 | ‘ I was wondering , ’ Brassard confided-to his wine glass , ‘ whether you 'd be interested in joining me in a new agency . |
| 15 | He was very interested in restoring them to their proper significance . |
| 16 | They do n't seem to be interested in making money , they seem to be interested in spending it to my mind I could be wrong you know |
| 17 | He wanted to know if I was interested in doing something on it in the magazine . |
| 18 | He said a small group of people who were interested in doing something about the issue would be interested to hear from people who had views or experiences on the subject . |
| 19 | Both are interested in doing everything in their power to increase production of Chlorohydra eggs . |
| 20 | They are interested in doing it in certain terms . |
| 21 | He 'd never heard of Vecchi and was n't interested in finding anybody by that name . |
| 22 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 23 | She was also instrumental in nudging him into giving 25 per cent of the positions in the Socialist Party to women . |
| 24 | The reflection implied that this tract of wild land might have come from my own time , the epicentre of the disturbance , and so might be instrumental in restoring me to my own day ! |
| 25 | She had been instrumental in putting him in touch with Liza although , as things had turned out , he could not help thinking that it might have been better if he had never bumped into her that day in Piccadilly . |
| 26 | The Lake District was fortunate in having plenty of fast-running water , not always available in the towns , and cloth to be fulled came to the area from many places . |
| 27 | My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education . |
| 28 | Just as mainstream Surrealism made a point of emphasising the intuitive powers of women , and delighted in portraying her as an earthbound sorceress , so many women artists also presented their image as subject to the cycles of nature and magical forces . |
| 29 | Does the Secretary of State believe that the action of the board of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. in disqualifying us from competing for this work is fair to Cammell Laird ? |
| 30 | He is assiduous in plying me with melba toast , and has the charm one always associates with a private homosexual . |