Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darwin 's great innovation , for example , was not so much in finding out new flora and fauna during his voyage in the Beagle , but in thinking about them in a new and interesting fashion ; one of major consequence for our understanding of the nature of life on this planet and driving much of biological research explicating and developing the programme that Darwin 's theory initiated . |
| 2 | He sorted through them in a numb panic . |
| 3 | Residential workers have the difficult task of finding a balance between guiding young people forward , perhaps before they are ready , and caring for them in a personal way which does not threaten loyalty to their parents . |
| 4 | And so a strong tradition has grown up that teachers must know their pupils , care for them in a general way , interest themselves in their moral development , and give them as many educational opportunities as possible outside the class-room as well as in it . |
| 5 | This must have been a joke , as he laughed , or perhaps any mention of marriage was a joke to Gordon , who walked past Nenna and settled himself between them in a small chair , actually a nursing chair , surviving from some earlier larger family home and much too low for him , so that he had to try crossing his legs in several positions . |
| 6 | We assembled laser sculptures of " the subtle anatomy of man " , with the acupuncture points hanging in space and the lines of " qi " energy flowing between them in a shimmering web . |
| 7 | The world spread out for me in a new map of associations and sensations . |
| 8 | Heads came bursting from every doorway to see them pass , and the warm hum of excitement and eagerness span after them in a golden thread , the voice of the brightness that flashed like sparks from face to face . |
| 9 | The others gaze after her in a casual way and resume their Beatles medley . |
| 10 | He threw a stick into the river and the dog went after it in a flying leap , landing with a huge splash and paddling furiously , its black head sleek like a seal . |
| 11 | He was starting to feel like a bundle of notes about himself in a case-history folder in hospital , one of the folders labelled ‘ NOT TO BE HANDLED BY PATIENT . ’ |
| 12 | It was each for himself in a hard , competitive world . |
| 13 | It could have been any one of many faces opposite me in a fashionable Italian restaurant , a woman heavily scented , expensively ajingle . |
| 14 | From one of those shadow-pools a small , semi-spherical object came sailing towards me in a high looping arc . |
| 15 | He flung out his other hand towards them in a desperate plea , and Cardiff moved to take it . |
| 16 | At first Creggan had mantled at these free birds , raising his great wings and lunging his beak towards them in a threatening way . |
| 17 | ‘ Male fans ask for pictures of me in a bathing costure ’ |
| 18 | Men have been known to write and ask for a picture of me in a bathing costume . |
| 19 | It was here that they were found , over 30,000 of them , stored in boxes and covered in dust , some of them in a poor condition . |
| 20 | If they were packed tightly there could be 5 thousand million of them in a cubic centimetre of inflammation . |
| 21 | No one is quite sure whether there will be more or less of them in a warmer global climate . |
| 22 | Put a layer of them in a not-too-deep earthenware casserole . |
| 23 | ‘ I dream of them in a big house . |
| 24 | You can play any of them in a single match , or contest the Sea Cup ( not quite as interesting as the D-cup ) . |
| 25 | ‘ For cutting animals up and disposing of them in a public place . ’ |
| 26 | Sam had been responsible for the departure of her mother 's lover , but Pam had not complained openly , since it put all of them in a bad light : her lover had been revealed as pusillanimous , Sam as a harridan and herself as a person of no control or strength of will . |
| 27 | ‘ I hope you 'll be watching the box on Thursday night , ’ he said to each of them in a humorous voice . |
| 28 | My personal feeling is that singularities are probably still present , though one can continue time past them in a certain mathematical sense . |
| 29 | God is God , not man writ large ; and he can not be spoken of simply by speaking of ourselves in a loud voice . |
| 30 | However , it remains possible that people do see the support which they give to elderly relatives as part of a two-way pattern which stretches over time and across generations , and where they themselves will benefit ultimately from the support of someone in a younger generation . |