Example sentences of "in [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well there 's no point in bringing them in-house then because the people need them at their homes |
| 2 | Rover believes in catching them young as Judith Jackson discovered in Swindon The body shop Motoring . |
| 3 | They try to keep everyone happy , but somehow succeed in annoying us all . |
| 4 | People working in these professions often take pleasure in describing a sales campaign in which surplus stocks of milk were dispersed by persuading the public that it had a taste for a new mass product , such as yoghurt , or in reminding us that ploughman 's lunches could be invented to persuade a new group to patronize pubs . |
| 5 | Fortunately , most of the essays in Make It New were brought back into print in 1954 , when Eliot edited Literary Essays of Ezra Pound . |
| 6 | Among the most important of these indirect effects is the role which test cases can play in politicising issues by forcing them onto the political agenda and once there in keeping them alive . |
| 7 | In the meantime , to keep you occupied — and to ensure that some part of the considerable sum of money invested in keeping you alive is repaid — we would like you to do some work for us . ’ |
| 8 | The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again . |
| 9 | Could it be that someone had an interest in keeping it alive ? |
| 10 | Thirdly , by its very nature , abuse is likely to be ‘ hidden ’ and difficult to discover ( except in its grossest forms ) , with the abused person , as well as the abuser , having a stake in keeping it secret . |
| 11 | This success also gave City their first League double of the season , but it was a little ironical that in a game where the respective goalkeepers played a prominent part in keeping it goalless for 70 minutes , an error by the Halesowen custodian should have produced the match winning goal . |
| 12 | Every time she vowed to get closer to Matthew , she only succeeded in driving him further away . |
| 13 | Even the programmer himself has difficulty in driving it two days later ! |
| 14 | For the time being it 's a convenient argument and there 's no point in pressing him further . |
| 15 | The time may yet come when we shall have to face the bullets of our fellow workers in warning them that armed force is no remedy , whether in the hands of the capitalist or the worker . |
| 16 | In writing them this way we have assumed that labour is rationed on the supply side , i.e. , that in the factor market . |
| 17 | I delighted in the intrigue , in the drama , and in writing it all down . |
| 18 | For example , the words ’ made ’ , ’ making ’ and ’ makes ’ are all inflections of the root form ’ make ’ , so there seems little point in assigning them separate indices when their origins ( and hence much of their semantic content ) are shared . |
| 19 | In presenting it that night , Robert Naish would most certainly have expected it to be rejected by the weight of bondholders already known to oppose redemption . |
| 20 | It is with much concern that I find myself unable to comply with a request from you and Mr. Browne , but indeed you pay me too great a compliment in supposing me capable of writing upon any subject that is proposed to me . |
| 21 | " Your aunt became interested in selling them some time before she died . |
| 22 | In a book published in 1975 , he praises Montini for the courage he had displayed in supporting him twenty years earlier , but adds this comment : One does not have to accept all of that to recognize that the assessment is shrewd . |
| 23 | What 's the point in getting them all stuffy about it ? |
| 24 | Unfortunately there have been some problems and delay in getting them reprinted , and we have now decided with Margot to re-launch the campaign with a new logo , new stickers and leaflets . |
| 25 | Alan got a message for you all the stewards and secretaries within Pilkingtons and also the A E U , M S F and the T & G thanks very much for the initiative you 've in getting us all together and the initiative you 've took in getting us part of the European set-up company Pilkingtons , at this present time are very negative . |
| 26 | The time consumed in getting it all in . |
| 27 | However , the critical few moments at the start of the launch are not always fully understood , and often there is an element of luck in getting it right . |
| 28 | More than that , it had served to prove yet again that Sweetheart was quite justified in calling him worthless and good-for-nothing . |
| 29 | ‘ I am sure the town will do everything it can to make the officers and crew feel at home and join me in wishing them all the best for the future . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |