Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A patient with chronic pancreatitis is described in whom thrombosis of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm occurred . |
| 2 | In my tradition on a Christmas day and Hogmanay , we have the old fashioned Scottish Ceilidh |
| 3 | However , the problem is that , if this is true , there is nothing whatever that I , in my capacity as a subject of experiences , can coherently and unequivocally say about myself as a corporeal subject ( not even that I do have a body ) ; and hence that , strictly speaking , the theory itself can not be clearly stated ! |
| 4 | I I will talk about the fund as I found it in my capacity as a very recent chairman . |
| 5 | I said , " Yes " , and I plugged it that I 'd done it while I 'd had Louisa and that 's what I think went in my favour in a way . |
| 6 | One respondent in this school of thought commented on the strength of the bond between even inadequate parents and children , saying : ‘ The astounding thing , in my experience as a social worker , is that for the most part kids are crazy about their parents , even when they 're being badly treated . ’ |
| 7 | In my experience as a parent with three children , parents are already very well informed , through parent visits , information , and report cards , the latter detailing each subject and giving grades for effort as well as achievement , which I approve of . |
| 8 | erm unfortunately , it might sound extremely erm severe , but I can think of a number of people I 've met in my experience as a pastor who really and frankly could not help themselves and need to be treated almost like children again and made to receive help , and there are quite number of those sort of characters , unfortunately , on the streets of Oxford . |
| 9 | ‘ Since we 're obviously about to enter a discussion on ethics , may I suggest it might be more comfortable to do so in my apartment over a cup of coffee and a glass of aquavit ? ’ |
| 10 | In discussing ( below ) answers given by the women in my sample to a test of self-attitudes , I shall present some evidence in favour of this interpretation . |
| 11 | Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day . |
| 12 | At the siege of Belle-Isle I was there all the while ; All the while , all the while , At the siege of Belle-Isle Until last month these lines were only a nursery-rhyme to me , accompanied in my memory by a crude illustration of a tower by the sea and square-rigged warship balancing on humped waves . |
| 13 | What is more , Celtic and German dialects received very early the Greek verb in the sense of " to graft " : it has given " enter " in French , " impfen " in German , and I like to remember that I first met this word in my childhood as a current term of Piedmontese agriculture . |
| 14 | Well what I 'll do is I 'll stick it in my diary for a couple of weeks . |
| 15 | Vern 's dad 's face hovered in my head like a dream . |
| 16 | I sit there repeating a wish in my head like a child . |
| 17 | I stayed up all night trying to think , and all the time Radcliffe was there in my head like a demon , telling me you did n't care about me . |
| 18 | And that knowledge is lodged in my heart like a splinter . |
| 19 | I 'm confident enough in my ability as a mother to know my daughter had never been pressurised by knowing there was a part of my life that was illegal . |
| 20 | There are some other interesting strategies recommended in the book and as someone who has always been frustrated by his inability to draw nicely I am bound to admit that the exercises suggested by Miss Edwards have brought about an unexpected improvement in my performance as a draughtsman . |
| 21 | Immediately , therefore , I was involved in the gay movement and for the first time in my life in a couple relationship . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've had to be stubborn , single-minded and downright selfish in my pursuit of a movie career . |
| 23 | Mr. Graham : Perhaps they are the professional advisers who advised the Government to sell the royal ordnance factory in my constituency for a pittance to people who later recouped the price in one sale . |
| 24 | Four weeks ago I met every single G P in my constituency in a meeting . |
| 25 | [ aside ] I 'll nip this bud by the time it begins to open and place it in my bosom for a year or two at least . |
| 26 | I said , squaring up to him with the fish slice in my hand like a machete . |
| 27 | That is in my garden on a Sunday . |
| 28 | Put her in my office with a WPC if you can find one . ’ |
| 29 | She says ; I feel I would be failing in my duty as a hostess if I did not tell you everything in this house stops for tea . |
| 30 | At some earlier , more enthusiastic , stage in my career as a detective I had compiled dossiers on everyone of any importance in the City . |