Example sentences of "in [pos pn] [noun] [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A senior police officer and a police surgeon , both very pleasant and helpful , admitted that in their courting days they had indeed persevered and had sexual intercourse despite protests from the women they were with ; an actor asked in fascination how it could possibly be called rape if a woman had gone so far before protesting ; a dentist [ stated ] ‘ I have had it with dozens of women against their will . |
| 2 | We start with er er a fine and exciting topic for Monday morning the topic of boils and in their finalist form they 're shown here as starike . |
| 3 | In their winter aspect they are exceptionally dangerous … ’ |
| 4 | In their majority verdict they also expressed the view that the crime was committed under provocation . |
| 5 | Another , related , charge against the players is that in their dress violations they — again like the ‘ street ’ transvestites — transgressed the natural and fixed order of things by wilfully confusing distinctions which it was thought imperative should be kept distinct , especially within the categories of rank , class , and gender . |
| 6 | In their handling characteristics they could scarcely be more different . |
| 7 | In their stone walling they used large blocks , often polygonal , without cement . |
| 8 | In their undergraduate years they are drilled in factual knowledge and scientific method , and rarely see patients outside hospital buildings . |
| 9 | Got it all in their living room they got about four bloody great boxes full of bread rolls ! |
| 10 | The youths studied — and you might like to consider the extent to which their experiences and expectations are commonplace — and are aware that in their leisure time they are doing nothing , are bored with it . |
| 11 | In our afternoon sessions they would explain the differences between folk music from the Gulf or from the Levant , between the good and the mediocre , the great and the awful . |
| 12 | In our Church they see bigotry ; in our homespun cloth they see provincialism ; in our wooden ploughs they see something primitive ; in our fallen bridges they see corruption . |