Example sentences of "in [adj] [art] [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But its situation , ’ continues Johnson , ‘ seems well chosen for pleasure , if not for strength ’ ; and then in half a sentence he gives us a glimpse of local life and activity : ‘ It stands at the head of the lake and , by a sloop of sixty tuns , is supplied from Inverness with great convenience ’ — which description immediately conjures the vessel plying up and down Loch Ness with provisions , armaments , soldiers ' wives . |
| 2 | If it was something he had n't seen before , he 'd bend over it like it was a babby , and in half an hour he 'd know that machine inside out . ’ |
| 3 | In such a case he would be bound to take the woman as he found her , if sued by her , and her pregnancy would be just as much a a physical condition in his victim as would be the case of a person having an eggshell skull . |
| 4 | If the postman worked in such a situation he would be insane . |
| 5 | If the PRO felt that a number of different editors were interested in such a picture he might decide to take two or three different shots : one perhaps with a child drawing or learning to write , another in an office setting and another in the home with a woman writing a shopping list . |
| 6 | Finally , when he has taken in all the information he can assimilate , after a dramatic ‘ I will go ’ or after waking one morning knowing that the problem has solved itself in his sleep , he applies for his visa , resigns his job , packs his bags . |
| 7 | This is apparent in all the advice he gave to discontented monks . |
| 8 | He was more frightened than he had been in all the time he had been with them , and he could tell that the girl was frightened too , by her quick , shallow breathing . |
| 9 | In all the time he had know Joe , he had never seen anyone else in his room ; indeed he had never seen him in company , except at the meetings of the IRB . |
| 10 | Meanwhile the logical part of his mind acknowledged that in all the world he could hardly have chosen anyone more hopelessly wrong for him . |
| 11 | I owe him much in this regard and shall always be grateful for the interest and encouragement he gave to me on his visits to our school , in particular the visit he paid only a year ago when he addressed my staff and helped them all by his understanding and the depth of his practical knowledge and experience . |
| 12 | Underwood 's position as England 's leading try-scorer , with 35 to his credit , has a two-fold RAF connection because when he scored against Ireland in 1990 the record he overtook had previously been held by another RAF pilot and winger , Cyril Lowe , who totalled 18 between 1913 and 1923 when winning 25 consecutive caps . |