Example sentences of "in a certain [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I 'm sure you , Brian , would acknowledge that in a certain sense we are all laymen most of the time . |
| 2 | I 've lived in this town long enough to know that when people are talking about a picture in a certain way you do n't need to spend a lot of money on hype , just a little in the right media and the nominations start piling up . |
| 3 | ‘ By encouraging people to manage in a certain way you make it seem more appropriate to appoint women . ’ |
| 4 | That is why if Jill knowingly leads Jim to expect that she will behave in a certain way she bears a responsibility to prevent harm to Jim as a result of this reliance , and so on . |
| 5 | I knew he was there , and that if I tried to move in a certain direction I 'd bump into him . |
| 6 | It makes sense to say , and in a certain situation it will be true , that ( 1 ) if the switch is not flipped , the wipers will not start . |
| 7 | No it 's probably er a reaction like you do if you tickle him in a certain place they go do n't they ? |
| 8 | No , no , you see it 's the fact that you 're working , your conditions , your environment , if you 're working in a certain place it 's almost built up in the beginning . |