Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are interested and associated but not absorbed and should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — Shall we speak for thee to the king or captain of the host ? ' — we should reply , Nay sir , for we dwell among our own people' ’ . |
| 2 | The experience in Gentle Jack and the speech that caused all the problems in that play stood him in good stead . |
| 3 | They produce beef that no one will buy at the price at which they want to sell it , so they are subsidised by the European taxpayer to dump it in West Africa , where it destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers . |
| 4 | In Chile , in an address to the Congress , Bush stated that the country 's economic policies put it in the " forefront of the free-market movement now taking hold across Latin America " and that this made it a " prime candidate " for debt relief proposed under the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative . |
| 5 | In that case use it in scientific and then it will work that way . |
| 6 | Farmers still dilute a concentrated formulation to apply it in 200 litres or more of water per hectare . |
| 7 | Look out for anyone standing around on their own , and if possible try to involve them in what you are doing . |
| 8 | If possible try to frame them in a dramatic way — because this is a further pointer for the children showing how you are going to work together . |
| 9 | Our second introductory case places you in this situation . |
| 10 | that experience changed him in every way . |
| 11 | One small technical trick to aid you in keeping the police at bay , I add , is for your corpse to be supposed to be the result of an accident , often seeming such to everybody but your incurably inquisitive heroine . |
| 12 | Indeed it has been almost necessary for the agricultural industry to ignore it in order to develop the modern chemical systems of farming . |
| 13 | Obviously all the planets that we see orbiting the sun must be travelling at exactly the right speed to keep them in their orbits , or we would n't see them there because they would n't be there ! |
| 14 | For each node , every word in its left sub-tree precedes the word at the parent node in the alphabet , and every word in its right sub-tree follows it in the alphabet . |
| 15 | Each side takes it in turn to bat . |
| 16 | Got killed when that horse kicked him in the head . ’ |
| 17 | The sharp hiss of an angry breath drawn through clenched teeth stopped him in his tracks . |
| 18 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 19 | The savings on operating costs alone were immense , some experts putting it in the order of £2 million a year . |
| 20 | Will the Prime Minister take this opportunity to join me in expressing joy at the release of Terry Waite and Tom Sutherland from their long and terrible captivity ? |
| 21 | The Prince is also very keen on deer stalking , another pull to keep him in the Highlands for as long as he can manage . |
| 22 | The projects focus on maintaining and protecting the species ' habitats , and in some cases establishing them in new habitats . |
| 23 | The FE market was large and growing , and the recent Budget had allowed still further provision to expand it in line with government policy to increase student numbers by 25% over the next three academic years , Mr Whitnall said . |
| 24 | This differentiation puts us in a place of desire and of choice . |
| 25 | Suddenly the events of the last few hours gripped him in a violent despairing spasm . |
| 26 | Evaluation of the McClellan system is difficult because there have been so few opportunities to see it in operation . |
| 27 | The brown eyes regarded her in a contemplative manner until he said , ‘ You must meet Matt . |
| 28 | For a long moment all she could do was stare back at him , his dark fathomless eyes holding her in thrall . |
| 29 | It 's in books a few books have it in it . |
| 30 | But , while these points may be reasonable , and some of them may be true , this attempt to embed them in a general theory or schema seems unhelpful . |