Example sentences of "[pers pn] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Am I in a good position ?
2 Er I 'll just talk erm just talk briefly about emergency access money , cos this wi this covers one point I in the next session .
3 ‘ Am I in the same room ? ’ she asked .
4 ‘ Well , she went just for a lark , y'know , but this Mabel , she 's very serious , never got married , y'know — not surprisin' either when you see 'er in a strong light .
5 ‘ He was never yours in the first place .
6 The contempt is his in the ridiculous sentence for the loss of two young lives by someone intoxicated by both drink and drugs .
7 No , his , his in the right place I suppose in the event of any thing happening are n't you .
8 Well his in the Australian airport .
9 Most people kept their papers in tobacco tins ; one man kept his in a biscuit tin , and one shaikh stored his in an old suitcase .
10 Phonelink also intends to broaden the possible applications of the product with the launch of Tel-Me in the first quarter of 1994 .
11 A slim hand shook each of theirs in a powerful grip .
12 But there appears not to have been , for instance , any of that sterile rivalry between man and wife which is now the bane of middle-class society with any claims to cultural or intellectual interests ; plainly Mrs Lowndes and the young matrons who were her friends did not seethe resentfully at having their intellectual and imaginative capacities shackled to kitchen and nursery , whereas their husbands could exercise theirs in the great world .
13 Treat ye me well , and keep ye in the same state :
14 Are they both unskilled workers or is she in a higher class than her husband ?
15 And she in the blinking car
16 Christopher Petrie and Jane lived for a year as neighbours : he in the manor and she in the stables-converted cottage , which she made much cosier and more inviting than the manor — one reason perhaps why Christopher spent so much time there .
17 And as she stirred her cup of tea , and sipped it , she lost track of the conversation entirely , so engrossed was she in the visual aspect of the scene presented to her : she did not know where first to look , so dazzling and amazing were the objects and vistas and arrangements before her .
18 Evaluating the options will involve you in doing some of the calculations that you would normally expect to find done for you in a respectable feasibility study .
19 It would have been a richer joy — but , indeed , as I so often tell you , I delight to picture you in a childlike serenity .
20 Coleridge , his thoughts still at Racedown , immediately saw the opportunity for bringing all his friends together at Stowey , and on 29 June wrote to Joseph Cottle to suggest — unsuccessfully — that he should take the next coach to Bridgwater : ‘ T. Poole would fetch you in a one horse Chair . ’
21 Try some of our treats — they 'll put you in a better mood without spoiling your figure
22 As Jim Russell at Wild Turkey tells you in a southern drawl : ‘ If you do n't make a good product to start with , a charcoal barrel ai n't gon na help . ’
23 The next time your having a trim it might be worth taking a closer look at the stylist snipping the curls around your ears and the junior getting you in a right lather at the backwash .
24 Never say you do not know why you picked certain subjects , or that other people decided for you , as this will show you in a negative light .
25 R's like they are putting you in a helpless position and expecting you to be able to operate from there .
26 I think if you got maybe a twenty five year old who came to your school for a week and got you in a small group and talked about it , it would be great on a one to one basis .
27 ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’
28 I have n't seen you in a long time .
29 Doctor : ‘ Well , we put you in a private room and feed you nothing but veal escalopes and pancakes . ’
30 ‘ If I have to look at you , ’ Aunt Emily said without rancour , ‘ I should like to see you in a new dress .
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