Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb base] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is my purpose to expose such ideas as erroneous and offer in their place an account based on social processes . |
| 2 | You should also make sure that the leash is tied firmly in place , so that the dog will not be able to wriggle free and disappear in your absence . |
| 3 | This is not to say that women 's experience , perceptions , feelings and emotions are self-validating and constitute in themselves an epistemological standpoint , or even to say that they are always correctly identified and described , but it is to suggest that philosophy would look rather different if women 's experience had the same rights of entry as that of men . |
| 4 | Each step should be simple and complete in itself — preferably with some indication that successful completion has been achieved , for example the appearance or the change of colour of a signal light , or the noise of a motor starting or a change of pressure which indicates that there has been a change in the flow of some material . |
| 5 | I was terrifically embarrassed , but Karen did not once so much as glance in my direction , and after a while I began to suspect that she had made a mistake too . |
| 6 | It showed good form — and was , I ventured to imagine , rather romantic of Tod — to go outside like that and stand in his slippers on the wet sidewalk . |
| 7 | I will be glad and rejoice in you ; I will sing praise to your name , O Most High . ’ |
| 8 | But if my fair kinswoman will but be patient and abide in my house until we have brought all into order , and made proper search for this money … ’ |
| 9 | There was wonder and doubt in her eyes . |
| 10 | You are so comfortable and secure in your little island . |
| 11 | Now the young woman , as tidy and trim in her dark uniform as Alice in hers jeans and bomber jacket came slowly towards her , an annoyed , decided little face showing that words were being chosen to put Alice in her place . |
| 12 | She stood in the angle , shapeless and erect in her aged but once — good suit with the foxhead-and-riding-crop brooch on the lapel ; the well-pressed faded blouse ; the sensible heels planted apart ; the leather gloves softly slapping the palm of the hand — and of course , a new hat . |
| 13 | For this protective advertisement to be effective , it must be seen ; so these frogs , unlike most others , are active not at night but during the day , moving boldly around the forest floor , confident and secure in their brilliant livery . |
| 14 | The blue should have reminded her of his flaming , instead of entrancing her by its own beauty , the beauty which had seemed to be utter and complete in itself . |
| 15 | The great 16th century Venetian architect San Savino said that ‘ a city should be built to the convenience and satisfaction of those that live in it , and to the great surprise of strangers ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Each one blossoms and they return home to be far more independent and mature in their own little way , because they have done and seen things in a way they 've never been able to do before . |
| 17 | This tendency is proud and secure in its bureaucratic status and it identifies equality ( antiracism ) with efficiency and good management practice . |
| 18 | ‘ Terry and Cheryl met at school , married at 17 and live and work in their native Birmingham . |
| 19 | There was nothing secret or mean in his character , and we soon became good friends . |
| 20 | The Daleks are right behind them , attacking any that stand in their way , including the crew of the clipper , who hastily abandon ship . |
| 21 | He saw the hurt and anger in her eyes . |
| 22 | If Labour Members want to encourage inward investment , they should come clean and clarify in their own minds what their plans for national insurance contributions are . |
| 23 | The house was thus one structure for the family , horizontal and open in its plan ; to the servants it was quite another , vertical and confined from attic to basement . |
| 24 | One of them , small and dusty and obscure in its corner , took the sunlight as he drew it towards him , and showed him the vigorous sketch of a face he knew well , a face he had seen long ago in the triforium , when he had crouched against the wall in the last embrasure of the walk , listening to the approaching footsteps of his enemy . |
| 25 | A lover who would hold her close and whisper in her ear ? |
| 26 | antic and feed in its depths . |