Example sentences of "[indef pn] in [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so furious that she drove with exaggerated care back to Kalkara , in case she crashed into someone in her distracted state . |
| 2 | One cup of tea and half a custard tart later it dawned on her that she felt a remarkable glow of well-being , for someone in her particular dilemma . |
| 3 | There were several technical innovations but the spirit of the time made it likely that the man of the moment would be someone in whom technical boldness and artistic pretension would be sustained by the need to preach . |
| 4 | This booklet is written for secondary school children and young people who want to understand something about AIDS or who know someone with AIDS — possibly a friend at school or someone in their close family . |
| 5 | Or is saying ‘ Oh , I 'm so tired ’ , although it is a learnt , and not an involuntary , expression of tiredness , as natural a part of the tiredness-syndrome for someone in our linguistic community as yawning ? |
| 6 | ‘ Someone in his financial position could easily have got a doctor 's certificate to pull him out of tournaments but to his credit he never even considered it . ’ |
| 7 | Detectives hunting the murderer of an old age pensioner say they 're convinced that someone in his tiny village community is shielding whoever is responsible . |
| 8 | A local general practitioner of twelve years ' standing , concerned about the increased incidence of myelomas ( a type of bone marrow cancer ) in his area , told me that nobody in their right senses would eat cockles and mussels from Morecambe Bay . |
| 9 | Terry Empson , director-general of the Historic Housing Association , said Althorp was not only virtually impossible to value but almost certainly unsaleable : ‘ Nobody in their right minds would want a ducal palace designed for an entirely different age . |
| 10 | The new proposals contained a revised list of the territories the Gruagach were prepared to cede to Reflection in exchange for her daughter but Caspar , who had managed to get a look at these , had told Floy that the Gruagach were only ceding some barren bits of wasteland surrounding the Robemaker 's workshops , the Lake of Dhairbhreach — which nobody in their right minds would want — and a mountain or two . |
| 11 | Blood-tests are now available to tell whether someone has had German measles in the past , and nobody in their right mind would suggest that such a positive blood test indicated the presence of active German measles long after the patient had recovered from the infection . |
| 12 | The whole stereotype was a media creation anyway , so nobody in their right mind could claim to represent the Manchester scene . ’ |
| 13 | Previously it had been an area of Bengali sweat shops which nobody in their right mind wanted to know about . |
| 14 | Nobody in their right mind gave up their holiday in favour of work ! |
| 15 | I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this . |
| 16 | Nobody in their right mind , do you remember that , were you there when that guy from Kuwait |
| 17 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 18 | Mahoney was one of your boys , and nobody in his right mind would go gunning for him , unless there was a big pay-off . |
| 19 | ‘ Nobody in his right mind , ’ Agnes agreed . |
| 20 | Nobody in his right mind would try to fill a bath with a hole in it and so , I reasoned in my simple way , let the poor soul get on with it and let's all have a bit of peace . |
| 21 | He reminded me that there were plenty in his early lifetime . |
| 22 | This was a tremendous achievement , as she recovered little selective movement in her leg , and none in her left arm . |
| 23 | The Worm turned and reared up at them , and there was something in its sightless head that they knew showed satisfaction . |
| 24 | The expectation is that if Durham , the first new first-class county since Glamorgan in 1921 , are to win something in their inaugural season , it will be a one-day competition . |
| 25 | Defries realized that she was holding something in her right hand . |
| 26 | She was clutching something in her right hand , something covered in white powder , as she weaved towards us and sat down heavily and out of breath . |
| 27 | Cathy Carne had also been told something in her damned letter . |
| 28 | It makes me feel pleased that I 've achieved something in my chosen career . ’ |
| 29 | Something in his private life we know nothing about . ’ |
| 30 | His personal religious feelings would not make him doubt Ramsey , for he owed something in his private religion to that tradition of the Oxford Movement which Ramsey represented . |