Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly the leg shape is tricky to achieve , and to have shaped a pair of legs in mahogany before I touched the ebony was good practice . |
| 2 | Fortunately I had heavy duty minders in the form of my sister , Karen , mum and aunt , who were able to keep the kids in line while I translated the menu and discovered it came down to largely burgers , chicken , steaks and ‘ flipper friendly ’ fish . |
| 3 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 4 | It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet of flowers . |
| 5 | It lasted three days in court and I had to do night duties and then , finishing between 12 and 2 a.m. , going on nights again , going off early , going to court . |
| 6 | If I went out at the age of 68 at Drury Lane to celebrate Rory Bremner 's 50 years in showbusiness and I had n't got my pyjamas on , somebody would shout ‘ Where 's your pyjamas ’ ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Even Husak has spent many more years in jail than I have , ’ he said . |
| 8 | But , by and large , and Wanda was an exception , all the things in life that I 've most enjoyed have been the things that I 've been paid really very little for , and most of the things that I 've been paid most for have been the least interesting . |
| 9 | We 're very obsessed with things called viewing figures in television and I worked out quite simply that if everybody among the eleven million people who are supposed to view Keeping Up Appearances every Sunday , popped a penny into a money box for Save The Children Fund one Sunday night , that would raise a hundred and ten thousand pounds within an hour , now why do n't we get going and encourage people to do that . |
| 10 | actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone |
| 11 | Too difficult ! ’ and oaths in Arabic that I did not understand . |
| 12 | I was so caught up in my plurals or situations in hardship that I did n't notice that the subject in more senses than one is a singular lack , and the verb should be is and not are , therefore I must ask the indulgence of the general assembly to change the verb . |
| 13 | I 've seen the laws in action and I have n't been too impressed . |
| 14 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) went through the various clauses in detail and I do not want to add to anything that he has said . |
| 15 | The Muslim Palestinian defenders of Beaufort were ignorant of all this , sitting around the walls in silence when I told them of this historical the old tale of fear , treachery and pain . |