Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] in a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Naturally , one desires to suppress the personal element so far as possible , but if one has an opinion to express there is nothing to offend anybody in a straightforward ‘ in my opinion . ’ |
| 2 | I met her in a big line-up of people and it was very difficult for her . |
| 3 | A few weeks later I met him in a wild part of Laggan . |
| 4 | I heard no more from the Head ( could someone have come worse than me ? ) and also I found myself in a new dorm filled with chaps who were in the top classes at school . |
| 5 | At the top I found myself in a wide gallery looking down onto the floor below . |
| 6 | Strangely , and almost coinciding with this modification to weight reduction , I found myself in a lack-of-petrol situation . |
| 7 | and I found myself in a bare street . |
| 8 | I found myself in a rough cubicle with a torn curtain hanging to approximately knee-height . |
| 9 | I was terrified of him , but I found myself in a horrible Catch 22 situation . |
| 10 | I found myself in a grey council estate that faced the river . |
| 11 | I found myself in a smart town square surrounded by glittering bars , hotels and souvenir shops . |
| 12 | I found myself in a large room , where the curtains were closed to allow no daylight in , and the candles were lit . |
| 13 | All of a sudden , I found myself in a festive gathering , as I had absent-mindedly gatecrashed an exhibition launch at the Gallery of Photography . |
| 14 | I found myself in an increasing dilemma at that school . |
| 15 | Last month , I found myself in an unknown place . |
| 16 | I found them in an old file . |
| 17 | I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs . |
| 18 | I found it in an unexpected place . |
| 19 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 20 | ‘ I would n't kick out anyone who did n't perform , but when they came back I would make sure I put them in a safe place , ’ he says . |
| 21 | I soaked it in a hot bath last night ; it should be okay now . ’ |
| 22 | I isolated them in a holding pool and treated them with salt baths , but they all died . |
| 23 | There are even times when I enjoy it in a masochistic kind of way — those are the times when you are really running free , bouncing along in a relaxed and easy manner , with the mind and the body in tune . |
| 24 | ‘ I screwed her in a hot-air balloon . |
| 25 | Can I interest you in an aerial photograph of your house ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Never , ’ writes Boswell , ‘ did I see him in a better frame ; calm , gentle , wise , holy ’ — with Johnson opining that the essence of the Crucifixion lay in showing to the world that even the Son of God suffered on account of sin , and in doing so , displayed how heinous a thing sin must be . |
| 27 | I cooked it in a cheap saucepan . |
| 28 | ‘ You see , I find myself in a similar position . ’ |
| 29 | So I settled myself in a small tavern just down the street . |
| 30 | I I I recorded it in a closed classroom during the lunch-time playtime |