Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he was able , he fed himself with the meal he 'd prepared earlier , and stripped off the heavy insulating robe to dress himself in Tech-Green drab . |
| 2 | They produce beef that no one will buy at the price at which they want to sell it , so they are subsidised by the European taxpayer to dump it in West Africa , where it destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers . |
| 3 | No-one has the complete freedom to do anything in our modern , regimented society . |
| 4 | Farmers still dilute a concentrated formulation to apply it in 200 litres or more of water per hectare . |
| 5 | Look out for anyone standing around on their own , and if possible try to involve them in what you are doing . |
| 6 | If possible try to frame them in a dramatic way — because this is a further pointer for the children showing how you are going to work together . |
| 7 | Our second introductory case places you in this situation . |
| 8 | One small technical trick to aid you in keeping the police at bay , I add , is for your corpse to be supposed to be the result of an accident , often seeming such to everybody but your incurably inquisitive heroine . |
| 9 | Indeed it has been almost necessary for the agricultural industry to ignore it in order to develop the modern chemical systems of farming . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't worry , I wo n't get any idea that you 're interested in me ! ’ she replied in a weak attempt to say something in her own defence . |
| 11 | Obviously all the planets that we see orbiting the sun must be travelling at exactly the right speed to keep them in their orbits , or we would n't see them there because they would n't be there ! |
| 12 | For each node , every word in its left sub-tree precedes the word at the parent node in the alphabet , and every word in its right sub-tree follows it in the alphabet . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's an end to an auld sang , ’ said Lord Chancellor Seafield when the Scottish Parliament dissolved itself in 1707 . |
| 14 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 15 | ‘ What infinite variety presents itself in this enchanting spot , ’ wrote Abbot in his diary on first seeing it . |
| 16 | He must still be in with a chance of making the tour — although Andy Gregory 's 11th-hour decision to put himself in the frame must have reduced the odds somewhat . |
| 17 | They have been written about in Scotland and Wales , and a fascinating piece of field work and historical research awaits someone in this country who head . |
| 18 | Confronted with the crass sexual exploitation of mainstream pop , alternative British rock shrouds itself in shapeless jumpers and stares heavenwards . |
| 19 | The modern-day locator has everything in its favour — provided only that it is fitted with a functioning battery . |
| 20 | The old lady saw it in her face . |
| 21 | ‘ The old girl left us in the dark , ’ said Iris with a jerk of her head towards the empty desk . |
| 22 | As he opens the door the lid snaps up and as he looks at me the social dimension locks me in its perspective . |
| 23 | The methodological criterion on which our own study must be based is the following ; that the supremacy of a social group manifests itself in two ways , as ‘ domination ’ and as ‘ intellectual and moral leadership ’ . |
| 24 | Demidenko ( Hyperion ) is also highly individual , not to say idiosyncratic , even if his penchant for the mildly unexpected will not be to everyone 's taste , and Katin 's sensitivity and rare gift for sustaining a seamless melodic line ( Olympia ) is let down slightly by his converse reluctance to immerse himself in those many passages when the note-rate increases alarmingly . |
| 25 | While her unpleasant husband shut himself in his room and wrote letters , she explored the island with Paul Masson and for the first time in her life ‘ tasted and touched the salt , the sand , the seaweed , the odorous soft bed of the receding sea , the dripping fish ’ . |
| 26 | The generous buffet is both pleasing to the eye and the taste buds , with free wine to get you in the mood for an evening of entertainment . |
| 27 | The trained person applies them in ways that are laid down during training . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend had it in a nutshell . |
| 29 | Mr. Raffan : Will my right Hon. Friend join me in congratulating the miners at Point of Air in my constituency for their dramatically increased productivity since the miners ' strike ? |
| 30 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming the £24 billion programme for public housing over the next three years detailed by the Department of the Environment yesterday ? |