Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my experience a great number of these are people who lacked little in terms of orthodox belief or depth of experience but who have never understood why their faith is true . |
| 2 | In my experience the crucial factor is simply one of opportunity . |
| 3 | In my experience the best setting for groups or individuals is a comfortably furnished room , not too reverberant , with plain , unobtrusive decor and a choice of armchairs and upright chairs which are easily shifted depending on the particular grouping needed for the activity ( one-to-one discussion , four grouped round a table , two rows facing each other , a circle and so on ) . |
| 4 | The interesting thing about this — in my experience the first ever co-ordinated attempt to find a target — was that despite the assurance of all the enthusiasts to the scheme ( one Plt Off Leonard Cheshire included ) that the run was made with great care , not one of a dozen or more taking part in this quite unofficial experiment claimed to have ever seen one of the other 's flares or Very lights . |
| 5 | In my experience the unexpected response ‘ children ’ causes the questioner to smile in puzzlement and change the subject . |
| 6 | In my experience the smart rejoinder to a put down usually occurs to me on the bus on the way home , but at least some of my guests were quick thinking enough to exact their revenge … |
| 7 | Although the political will has been expressed in vigorous , interesting and dramatic terms at international conferences , in my judgement the political will to follow through that policy right across the globe to a degree that will be effective does not exist . |
| 8 | Gradually , over the last few minutes , I had become conscious.of a growing discomfort , a tickling , burning sensation in the face and hands , and even In my hair a stinging sort of unpleasantness that suddenly became insupportable . |
| 9 | I got in my bed the other night it were red hot , I thought ooh God I must n't put it on too early , you know ! |
| 10 | Jessie Young fired my imagination with her tales of warfare , politics and terror at Berwick , and fanned in my heart the first flames of a lifelong fascination with Scotland 's history . |
| 11 | Twenty children were flown to Croydon , and ‘ They were all cheerfully sick , enticed by the little paper bags , except a baby of one who slept peacefully in my lap the whole time . ’ |
| 12 | In my day the only coaches we had were called charabancs and had four wheels and a man in a peaked hat . ’ |
| 13 | To meet fully matured politicians of the higher quality at a time when I was still young enough to sharpen my wits on their arguments and dialectics was a real — and in my case an undeserved — pleasure . |
| 14 | In my case the third effect is that someone shouts ‘ Stop leaning forward ! ’ |
| 15 | Half way to the door I swivelled and , as if simply following the script of this particular hangover , strolled back to the table and came to a halt with my hands in my pockets a few feet from Davis 's chair . |
| 16 | In my constituency the Rutherglen Liberal Democrats supported the privatisation of care for the elderly . |
| 17 | I have in my possession a new drug which will have the required effect upon him . ’ |
| 18 | The tokens encouraged me in my search a great deal , as did the next find to appear , a 14th century strap-end buckle . |
| 19 | My proposal , and er notice I have in my hand a final draft which will be submitted later this week for approval by headquarters . |
| 20 | I did n't know exactly where Leicester Square was , but 1 did know it was n't far from Piccadilly , I had seen it in one of those tourist maps I had in my hand a short while ago , did n't know where it went , probably left it in the cinema showing the explicit sex film which was n't . |
| 21 | I have in my hand a wonderful book called Children 's Letters to God . |
| 22 | All these species are common migrants which appear in Shetland every year , and I could n't help wondering if any of those we were hearing and seeing may have been feeding in the bushes in my garden a short time before … |
| 23 | In my garden the yellow Welsh poppy , Meconopsis cambrica , Corydalia lutea , alkanet , the evening primrose , Oenothera perennis , Alchemilla mollis and forget-me-nots seed themselves freely around . |
| 24 | In my book the only time a manager should consider resigning is when he starts believing his own programme notes . |
| 25 | The general implications of this view of life are explained and elaborated in my book The Extended Phenotype , and I sha n't repeat the arguments here . |
| 26 | In my opinion no such implied agreement can properly be inferred . |
| 27 | In my opinion no such double taxation could occur … |
| 28 | In my opinion the European Parliament is very expensive and will get worse . |
| 29 | In my opinion the best law change alongside the tackle law . |
| 30 | But in my opinion the best way to recover your memory is to stay close to the place where you lost it . ’ |