Example sentences of "in [pos pn] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | I blink my eyes for some inkling of orientation , but the high-pitched multi-signals whine and cascade about in my head just to make things quite clear that they 're not going to be harassed into full-powered service tonight . |
2 | I am very careful in my advice never to say ‘ never ’ . |
3 | So everyone every everyone everyone should have a copy of the questions in their book just to tell what they 've worked on . |
4 | Holders Stockton have no game , but will stage a special celebration in their clubhouse tonight to mark the 50th birthday of fourth team full back Jimmy Collins . |
5 | He 's forgiven because it 's in their essence never to hold back , and all their pent-up frustration is , if anything , a guiding focus for their supercharged spirit . |
6 | Her greatest frustration was being unable to run her family home , and she had lost confidence in her ability ever to do that again . |
7 | The non-punitive approach of the course is reflected in its policy neither to reward low scores nor to punish underscoring . |
8 | It asserted that Hereward had held cures in Malta and Italy and the Bishop ‘ had every confidence in his ability fully to discharge the duties of Rector of St Benet Oldfield . |
9 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
10 | Bearding the lion in his den just to ask about some knitting was a bad idea . |
11 | He paused in his writing only to listen to a rather attractive Finnish poetess reading a sequence about her marital problems . |
12 | Allowing giving them time , I mean maybe this is what we should be , you know , hopefully we 'd be doing this anyway , but just using what we use in our family anyway to talk to , you know , as them questions . |
13 | I certainly wanted it to be true because I was the only boy ( well , nearly the only boy ) in our class never to have had a girlfriend and I was beginning to feel a bit left out . |
14 | Therefore , it is important in your essay always to identify what is original and what is not . |