Example sentences of "in [adj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In vain I sought the ducks penned in safety from the foxes … . |
| 2 | In vain I adjusted the needle . |
| 3 | I flew too high , and then I was going higher , faster , I could n't stop , like a feather finding a vent I just shot up to the spindle , and there I stuck , dangling in zero-g I kicked and flailed , I was hopeless , I had no idea how to get away I had n't got anything I could throw I could n't even see straight anyway , my eyes were tearing The pollution was pretty bad up there , I started coughing , and then I could n't stop |
| 4 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 5 | ‘ Like Dorigo and Stuart Pearce , I like to weigh in with a few goals and in pre-season I joked with the lads that I 'd get 15 this year . |
| 6 | I had been horrified at his scarecrow appearance when I first saw him at the clinic , and when I met him by chance in Tala-Tala I felt so sorry for him that I asked him if he would like to come for dinner . |
| 7 | and erm , ha , got home , did n't wan na go out , there was me I got changed , I put on those new leggings I was all in black I thought I looked rather nice , you know , and Gary said what you all dressed up for ? |
| 8 | family and they put me onto valium , but having worked in psychiatric I knew the results of valium , so I I gradually broke them down and got off them but for six full months I could n't sleep |
| 9 | In short I have laid an excellent foundation . |
| 10 | In general I thought the campaign was well presented and dealt with by Media Action given the shortness of time they had to prepare the sketches and the associated scripts . |
| 11 | We er we got very close to beating Bellevue at Bellevue which was okay I mean everybody 's a bit rusty so and we were experimenting with tyres and everything and er it was only a challenge , but it was nice to get the first meeting on the way and er I was very impressed by some of er the team members of what I saw , I knew er team mate Dean Bargger was doing particularly well scoring 11 points and er he 's really a promising er youngster which I think we can get a lot of use out of , and er in general I mean you know Ellis Stevens was doing particularly well as well , so if those two can keep doing well during the season , then okay mine had a few problems , she only scored 3 points , but that was just a one-off so yeah I thing we look quite strong on paper again now . |
| 12 | But in general I warmed to his fresh and unmannered account of this Concerto , and the orchestral accompaniment under René Leibowitz is especially supportive . |
| 13 | The rule is firmly established that we may not look at Hansard and in general I agree with it , for reasons which I gave last year in Beswick v. Beswick . |
| 14 | I rarely speak or am active on guillotine motions and resulting business arrangements on timing , because in general I have long been in favour of timetabling all Bills from the start . |
| 15 | I must explain that I do not like combined heater stats ; in general I find that the heater part packs up within a year , as , regrettably do modern heaters , and I would rather throw away a £5 heater than a £10 plus heater stat . |
| 16 | ‘ In general I think it 's quite good as you find increasingly in metropolitan areas throughout the world that a large sector of the cinemagoing public is gay or lesbian . |
| 17 | But in general I think people accept the fact that with used vehicles erm that , depending on the age and mileage of the vehicle they 've got , they accept that obviously they ca n't have a thousand pound cover on say a hundred thousand mile Sierra for example . |
| 18 | School playgrounds are supposed to be safe places , and in general I suppose that they are . |
| 19 | ‘ One thing in particular I noticed was that Liverpool girls do n't mind shelling out the money to get what they really want . |
| 20 | Then he said , ‘ I 've managed to get a sprinkling of young men , and there 's one in particular I 'd like you to meet . ’ |
| 21 | In particular I wish to address the development of the OPAC and the associated issue of retrospective conversion of catalogues of ‘ important ’ collections and networked access to them . |
| 22 | They were magnificent ; in particular I remember a Don Giovanni with Duhan as the Don . |
| 23 | There are two in particular I thought she might like . |
| 24 | I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch . |
| 25 | In particular I know of no estimates of the numbers who continue on a part-time basis , undeclared for tax , to sell skills acquired during their working life time . |
| 26 | In particular I hope my portrayal of the Queen is affectionate . ’ |
| 27 | In particular I value the record by the Dutch ensemble Quink ( Etcetera KTC 1031 ) , which starts with the Mass for Four Voices , ends with four pieces from Gradualia , and in a miscellaneous central group finds space for one of Byrd 's contributions to Sir William Leighton 's Tears of 1614 , the delightful ‘ Come , help , O God ’ . |
| 28 | In particular I want to highlight the words recorded by Mark where Jesus said ‘ But from the beginning of the CREATION God made them male and female . |
| 29 | In particular I want to consider what conceptions skilled and unskilled workers hold ‘ in their minds ’ about their working environment and authority within it as represented by management and , conversely , what conceptions managers hold in their minds about the status and process of management . |
| 30 | In particular I think that the new settlement strategy proposed in the structure plan is of particular relevance er to the needs of Greater York , focused as it is on the historic city . |