Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] was [pron] [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought uncharitably that he looked like a gangster , although there was nothing menacing in the smile that played on his lips whenever he addressed Simone . |
| 2 | This has been considered in a number of recent winding-up cases , notably in Re Abbey Leisure Ltd [ 1990 ] BCC 60 , where the Court of Appeal said that two grounds for preferring a winding-up order to the transfer notice procedure and valuation by a company 's auditor were : ( 1 ) that there was nothing unreasonable in a petitioner with a minority holding refusing to accept a discount being applied to the valuation of his interest in the company , which an auditor was likely to decide on ; and ( 2 ) that there was machinery available in winding-up for the proper determination of claims , which was not available to an auditor . |
| 3 | It was annoying but I used to tell myself that there was nothing personal in it . |
| 4 | In many ways one could argue that there was nothing new in the FMI ; it was simply that many of these changes were almost two decades late in being recommended since they closely resemble many of the proposals contained in the Fulton Committee Report of 1968 ( Cmnd. 3638 ) . |
| 5 | Although Scott obviously thought that there was nothing wrong in MPs lobbying Palmerston on his behalf , he was upset at the idea of fellow architects criticizing his appointment . |
| 6 | For the past two years I 've felt that there was something odd in some of the accounts . |
| 7 | It means accepting , as one grieving woman put it , ‘ that there was something alive in you , and that you ended that process ’ . |
| 8 | Now he seemed to be implying that there was something immoral in how she earned her living . |
| 9 | ‘ I think ’ , he says , ‘ that the Germans had convinced themselves that there was something noble in their quest to clean up the world . |
| 10 | This led Popper to believe that there was something fallacious in the proofs , thought adequate for ascertaining truth . |
| 11 | Or simply told the truth — told them there and now that it was n't Syl 's smile that repelled me but that I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in him , something unwholesome by virtue of being undeveloped , something that would , sooner or later , cause me to turn on him with bitter cruelty as Nour had turned on me . |
| 12 | We had a stable rate base for a long time and we saw no reason to doubt that there was anything untoward in the ratings that had been made within our borough . |
| 13 | The little girl was not worried or frightened , being unaware that there was anything unusual in her relationship with her cousin . |
| 14 | Although Paisley drove Doherty to his first meeting with Murdoch and Marshall , there is no evidence that he was himself involved in the discussions . |
| 15 | Then Laura appeared , and there was something odd in the manner of her appearance . |
| 16 | There was something in that , and there was something plausible in Morton 's attitude . |
| 17 | However , that did not invalidate the expert 's decision , and there was nothing wrong in the expert meeting both of the parties to discuss his certificate . |
| 18 | He 'd gone through the drawers once , looking for something — he could n't remember what , but there was nothing personal in that desk . |
| 19 | But there was nothing personal in it . |
| 20 | There was even a moment when he looked directly into Julian 's eyes , and she opened them wide to take him in , but there was nothing alive in him to enter . |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't count on that , ’ Roman said almost lazily , but there was nothing languid in the glance he gave Claudia . |
| 22 | In the darkness he could see that Firelight was lying down , but there was nothing unusual in that . |
| 23 | But there was something strange in the garden by the fence : a ‘ For Sale ’ sign . |
| 24 | They helped me in many ways but there was something sick in my mind . |
| 25 | I think it may give the Reader a worse Idea of her Person than it deserv 'd , which was very far from being shocking ; tho' there was nothing extraordinary in it . |
| 26 | Given all this criticism , the obvious question to try to answer was whether there was more than hype to Making Belfast Work , whether there was anything valuable in it . |
| 27 | She gave me hell when I was her junior in Cas . ’ |
| 28 | He did , though there was nothing deferential in his action . |