Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am in debt to you . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm in bondage to him to the tune of three hundred guineas which he 's squeezing me for , crushing me to death like a snake its prey . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm in chains to this place . ’ |
| 4 | But through his eyes Watson was enabled to describe events of the utmost absurdity in a way that makes you believe , if only while you are in thrall to each book , that they really might have happened . |
| 5 | And probably you 're in hock to the Service 's being friends ( the Service always had banking friends ) for this boatyard , too . |
| 6 | Psychologically it is costly because we are in bondage to the person we will not forgive . |
| 7 | We are in thrall to the uniquely Western illusion of cheating time by investing the temporal with immortality . |
| 8 | Use prominent and clear price tickets ( but make sure they are in proportion to the size of the goods ) . |
| 9 | We counsel people if they are in debt to other organisations as well as ourselves we offer money advice to help them to manage their debts so that they pay off all the debts at |
| 10 | In the second stage , usually identified with areas 18 and 19 ( also known as prestriate cortex ) , information about where things are on the retina is lost and replaced with information about where they are in relation to each other . |
| 11 | The further risk both the vendor and purchaser will wish to minimise is alerting the particular customer or supplier as to how significant they are in relation to the business . |
| 12 | Delusions are based on wishes too , but they are in contradiction to reality . |
| 13 | A shy man who finds his refuge in self-deprecating humour , Hennessy is an astute observer of life 's peculiarities , whether it be in reference to teenage lust as expressed in the subtext of ‘ Messenger Boy ’ , or the immorality of war and its consequences , outlined as beautifully in ‘ Army Man ’ . |