Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Reports I read in the national press suggest that retail sales are not improving , and that has certainly been borne out by our experience in Scotland over the last few weeks . |
| 32 | I read in the ministerial journals — the Secretary of State for the Environment will certainly know about it — that the Minister of State said that , once a person is in a band , his property would be in it probably for perpetuity . |
| 33 | ‘ I think I need 350,000 points to guarantee selection , and I will pass that total if I finish in the top two tomorrow , ’ said Lane . |
| 34 | He also considered an argument based on freedom of speech , but rejected it for reasons which I consider in the next section of this judgment . |
| 35 | I glance in the rear-view mirror to see other cars close behind ; slowing down but then speeding up again . |
| 36 | I stand in the early darkness and watch as Crilly is bundled into the back of the red and white van and taken away , siren silent but the bright lights flashing . |
| 37 | When I stand in the direct path , say three yards away , I prevent projections of the sound from going any further , though this is a good position for myself to hear ‘ my sound ’ . |
| 38 | Suavely , I propagate in the tepid |
| 39 | Now I know in the original draft nature conservation interest was mentioned and er I 'd like to hear from North Yorkshire why that factor is taken out of the policy . |
| 40 | I know in the free market , resources will be allocated , erm , in an optimal way , in that those , er , those sectors that , that are the most productive , in economic terms , you know , they can produce more output per unit input , alright , those sectors that can do that will get the resources . |
| 41 | I may well know how I would react if I could remain consistently aware of what I know in the abstract , yet yield to the opposite reaction , so that ‘ I see , and approve , the better : I follow the worse ’ ( Ovid 's Video meliora proboque , deteriora sequor ) . |
| 42 | I remember in the terrible winter of 1962 – 63 we sat out eating a picnic lunch when everybody across the harbour was frozen to death . |
| 43 | ‘ I remember in the early days there were only green fields and a few cottages and farmhouses . |
| 44 | I erm unfortunately , er , agree with the previous speaker that a very strong calvinistic streak runs through me and I believe in the two parent family and also in the efforts that you should make to keep the family ge together , but I think too , there 's sp , er , perceptions of individuals and particularly , younger generations now in society , are so much different from my own perceptions when I initially became married and started my own family but what society has to look at the perceptions and expectations of the individuals in society . |
| 45 | I believe in the tall poppy syndrome that if you grow up too tall there will always be people ready to cut you down to size . |
| 46 | The basic presupposition here is the indivisibility of Truth and the essential unity of life , a presupposition Gandhi maintains when he says : ‘ I believe in Advaita , I believe in the essential unity of man and , for that matter , of all that lives . ’ |
| 47 | " I believe in the instinctive wisdom of our well-tried democracy , " declared Churchill in 1945 — shortly before going down to election defeat . |
| 48 | I believe in the true God . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ I believe in the American motto : do n't get mad , get even . ’ |
| 50 | Zero Mostel told the chairman , ‘ My dear friend , I believe in the antiquated idea that a man works in his profession according to his ability rather than his political beliefs . ’ |
| 51 | This gives the authors opportunity to make alterations and additions to the text , and I am particularly grateful to have this opportunity to revise I Believe in the Holy Spirit . |
| 52 | In more senses than one we can say with the Creed , ‘ I believe in the Holy Spirit , the Lord , the Lifegiver . ’ |
| 53 | Since we 've been thinking these past few weeks about what Christians believe , the first text would be in the er skeleton outline that we 've been taking in the Apostles ' creed , which says I believe in the Holy Ghost . |
| 54 | I believe in the Holy Ghost . |
| 55 | I believe in the Holy Spirit . |
| 56 | I find In the Bleak Midwinter a dirge if you 're not very careful . |
| 57 | Ignoring all the preliminary pages ( 'prelims ' ) and reaching the ‘ First Booke of Moses called GENESIS ’ , I find in the bottom right-hand margin the capital letter A. The next leaf is number A2 . |
| 58 | In addition to all the rationally established facts I formulate in the indicative mood , there is the imperative to respect them , expressed in injunctions of varying generality imposing varying degrees of obligation , ‘ You ought to know that ’ , ‘ You should have had more sense ’ , ‘ You had better check that ’ , ‘ You were wrong to overlook that ’ , and sometimes directly in the imperative mood , ‘ Face facts ’ ‘ Know thyself ’ , ‘ Think what you 're doing ’ . |
| 59 | ‘ Yes , Bill Black and I quit in the fifth year , just before Elvis went into the Army . |
| 60 | I suppose in the nineteen fifties we all thought that was the answer to energy production , but there seem to have been a lot of problems over these since then . |