Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 2 | ‘ Even though other bidders have reportedly put in lower bids I have pointed out to Hong Kong ministers that in the past some of those have not always been able to complete the job , ’ said Mr Lilley . |
| 3 | I erm have n't done a survey of this , but from my experience of meeting people in different universities I do get the impression that there tends to be many people of a religious persuasion , whereas in the sciences of the very small , biology and so on , there is not . |
| 4 | This technique is a favourite of mine and can be found in different songs I have recorded . |
| 5 | Well they 're not new blimming , new pict though they 've decorated have n't they , they 've done one coat now , I look like Nora Batty with wrinkles in this tights I told her to phone me from Woking station but she 's probably er |
| 6 | In arguing that the instrumental response is quite proper in some circumstances I do not mean to imply that it always can operate . |
| 7 | In some instances I used opposite light colours in outline to the main colours to be blocked in to give more contrast . |
| 8 | Yes but I mean , in some cases I 've got ta say in some cases it is inappropriate to make a lot of comments with |
| 9 | So if we could look at those things and talk to the Government to see if it 's possible , it maybe it is n't possible then that 's a different argument but we should be seen to be doing something er to let this die on it 's own will A , will deprive other people for odd jobs and in some cases I 've met the representation two guys there who used their redundancy money for Airways to purchase er a small aircraft and are running a flying school . |
| 10 | ‘ As it happens , I think prevention is better than cure , but in some cases I 've found that safety procedures leave a lot to be desired . ’ |
| 11 | There is no need to be too rigid in your choice of material for each season , unless you feel it is important , but nevertheless you should still maintain the overall feeling of each season , although in some cases I chose a few out-of-season flowers to give a better colour or shape . |
| 12 | In some cases I had to accept that information given to me to help me understand problems of academic publishing was to remain confidential , but once credibility had been established the publishers were very helpful . |
| 13 | And I 've got to say this , in some cases I had additional time as a shop steward and a convenor , to spend on major problems er affecting the incentive scheme . |
| 14 | Sheep automatically seem to connect people with food , so that they become bothersome and , in some cases I saw , dangerous as they tried butting until harassed walkers gave in and handed over some of their food . |
| 15 | In some cases I opened that menu and selected exit . |
| 16 | All the money I have earned over the years has gone — in some cases I do n't why or where — but the fact is that at the age of 40 , I have no savings . |
| 17 | In some cases I have deliberately not mentioned a particular plant because I consider it to be unsuitable for pressing , but I am sure that there are many plants not listed that will press very well . |
| 18 | In some ways I wish I had something to fall back on but I wanted to play guitar in a band , not waste time at university . ’ |
| 19 | All that stuff on our first two records I think is really cool and in some ways I prefer it to what we 're doing now , and I knew that once we took any of those songs and put them in an electric context people would go , ‘ Duh , it 's a good song ! ’ . |
| 20 | Well erm in some ways I mean what we 're doing in , in social say , most of that you can pick up out of the textbook where it 's discussed in , in rather , slightly more detail and I stick in , you know , different kinds of examples and things like that to try and |
| 21 | In some ways I remain permanently a diplomat , allegedly detached but with a tendency to go native , which , of course , is what I did here . |
| 22 | In some ways I thought it had been too easy for me . |
| 23 | In some ways I envy what has happened to Paul Downton who , while he was with Middlesex , spent a couple of winters with James Capel , the City stockbrokers . |
| 24 | ‘ Because I come from a booky family , in some ways I 've taken writing for granted — it 's like coming from a family of butchers and going into the meat trade . |
| 25 | in some ways I bet ! |
| 26 | Further comment relating to the method included the ‘ … spotty , speckled effect — which in some ways I find not particularly satisfactory … a little difficult to enjoy ’ , and the paint which is sometimes ‘ dragged on ’ but also often ‘ dragged and spread in such a way that there 's some sort of movement ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ In some ways I have my mother in mind . |
| 28 | But he is not unsympathetic to the idea : ‘ In some ways I do n't think Prebble is radical enough . |
| 29 | Marion Dawkings , senior social worker , physical disability , Wakefield SSD : ‘ In some ways I do n't change think there will be much change , but the process will be more cumbersome with client and carer choice more limited ’ . |
| 30 | In some ways I feel her peculiar dilemma parallels my own for she described her stance as one which distanced her from the classical anthropological mode , creating a ‘ memorable adventure ’ , which she claims , ‘ has marked me for life ’ ( ibid. 22 ) . |