Example sentences of "in [noun] [unc] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Simons 's words it ‘ goes beyond the information given ’ to identify the interests which shape the ‘ facts ’ . |
| 2 | At the lowest point in David 's fortunes he is forced to evacuate Jerusalem . |
| 3 | And because each of the directors seems to have a share in the brother 's or brother in law 's concerns you know we all thought right , if they 're gon na play the game together , we 'll play the game together , and see what happens . |
| 4 | Derby was a weak man whose subservience could usually be taken for granted ( in Haig 's words he was like " the feather pillow [ who ] bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him " ) , but he was very conscious of his position in the party . |
| 5 | In nature 's terms it is the fittest that survive and therefore maintain the health of the population . |
| 6 | Luce thought , suddenly ashamed that in Michele 's arms she had n't even remembered Paul 's existence . |
| 7 | While Gould was away in Bass 's Straits she described how she occupied her time without him , painting plants and flowers for later use in the plates , and sketching the bird specimens delivered to her table . |
| 8 | To Christina 's thinking it was a mess , but seeing the faraway look in Stephen 's eyes she knew he viewed it differently . |
| 9 | I mean all that kid do was scream , scream , scream , scream , I mean Ross was n't the best one to be with , cos he was selfish and of course in Julia 's eyes he never did any wrong but Kerry come off worse all the time and I said childminding is fine and it 's necessary but the people , you know that , that people ca n't know people and Julia was a spoilt brat so |
| 10 | In Dicey 's words it meant that ‘ whenever men act in concert for a common purpose they tend to create a body , which from no fiction of law but from the very nature of things , differs from the individuals of whom it is constituted . ’ |
| 11 | It was an intelligent , thought-provoking script , but in Whitaker 's eyes it just did not work . |
| 12 | " Alas , it 's not physical danger that I fear for him or rather , I fear that too , but since we are all in God 's hands I trust that He will not forsake us no , it 's another danger that I fear for him . |
| 13 | Again , explain what 's been said to a close friend and keep reminding yourself that in God 's eyes you are a successful , important and useful person . |
| 14 | He was elected by his brethren for a purely utilitarian purpose , but in God 's eyes he remained just another humble seeker . |
| 15 | In Lawrence 's essays it goes along with that familiar stance of hard-earned adjustment whereby sickness is always someone else 's problem — the masses , the modern world , women , homosexuals , whoever . |
| 16 | In ladies ' shoes it was a thinner leather and the men 's shoes it was a thicker leather . |
| 17 | I played everywhere , and because we , in the Music School , were taught by tutors in men 's colleges I got to know them well , and went in and out in defiance of the chaperone rules — which were then still in force … |
| 18 | In Carnelian 's hands I was vulnerable to the hydra … ’ |
| 19 | Melchiori in one place actually describes ‘ the I ’ as being ‘ the poet who voices his own feelings ’ , and says that the absence of the I form in some sonnets ‘ is an impediment to the dialogue , to the theatrical quality ’ , which he describes in disappointingly literal terms : ‘ Normally in Shakespeare 's Sonnets we find a truly dramatic dialogue between two characters : the persona of the poet himself ( the speaking I , not the man William Shakespeare ) ’ — a welcome disclaimer ! — ‘ and a ‘ you ’ , the actor playing the role of a lovely boy , a worthy or unworthy mistress , possibly a rival poet' . |
| 20 | In Diana 's words it can provide ‘ disabled people with freedom from the wheelchair they spend so much of their life in , making them as mobile as the next gust of wind ’ . |
| 21 | In Nina 's stories it is Modigliani who was pushed off the bench , made to carry the beer in for a party . |
| 22 | There was more but in laymen 's terms it was a breakthrough . |
| 23 | In Easthope 's hands it becomes a particularly malleable concept . |
| 24 | But in Jung 's terms she was an intuitive-feeling type . |
| 25 | She had seen that instantly the next afternoon ; in Rachel 's eyes she recognised the same melting joy as she had seen in Lisa 's . |
| 26 | In Leicester 's lands they certainly would not want to linger . ’ |