Example sentences of "in a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm in a fever to try it . |
| 2 | ‘ A great many years from now , in another universe , a man in a mirror told me to do nothing . |
| 3 | and we were going their house , but it was n't Judith 's , it was Rob 's mum and dad 's down Road and er we went in and you did n't know anything about it , and I walked in a Rob said she 's had it ! |
| 4 | More than half the 500 people quizzed in a poll said they would not use the Chunnel . |
| 5 | The actual process of driving yourself in a Porsche makes you feel good . ’ |
| 6 | There was no other option as the Hurseys live in a known highrisk parvovirus area and carrying around a Great Dane puppy in a blanket to acclimatise him to street life — as one might with Yorkshire terrier pup — is hardly practical AND needs a very large owner ! |
| 7 | In a basket scram it 's three wheel I 've had as many as a hundred and forty pound loaves in a scram to push from to Street up to Road . |
| 8 | Go out once in a while do I ? |
| 9 | This could be I do n't think acid spends itself as it sits in a bottle does it ? |
| 10 | An inch of ash spilt from his cigarette as he raised his hands in a threat to hit me . |
| 11 | In a field landing it often happens that on the final approach or even during the hold off you realise that the first part of the field is not as smooth as it is further along . |
| 12 | Okay occasionally it happens , but I for one am a and I have the unpublishable manuscript in a drawer to prove it . |
| 13 | But they are n't in a position to harass you as the British on their home ground would be . |
| 14 | It is a common good defined by those who have been in a position to define it as such ( through their access to the processes that determine the nature of legal rules ) . |
| 15 | I asked because I wanted to know if I would be in a job if Sharon was in a position to employ me . |
| 16 | well we always had entertained friends but we 'd never been in a position to put them up so that erm most of our friendly visits were from people who did n't live very far from us , it meant that families , nieces , nephews etcetera were difficult to accommodate because they had to sleep on a couch or a settee in the living room with all its diff difficulties , especially when it meant in the morning for breakfast you had to get them up and dressed before you could start thinking about breakfast , and I think that those sort of things are things that er people ought to take into consideration when thinking about new housing . |
| 17 | ‘ My human sympathies ’ , said Lord Diplock , ‘ are with Mr Cheall , but I am not in a position to indulge them ; for I am left in no doubt that upon all the points that have been so ingeniously argued , the law is against him . ’ |
| 18 | And in a year or two perhaps I might be in a position to take you up on it . " |
| 19 | Of course I was not in a position to contradict her . ’ |
| 20 | True , Alfred was not now in a position to contradict her , but why should she lie ? |
| 21 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
| 22 | Mugabe and ( Minister of Foreign Affairs Nathan ) Shamuyarira are for it and they are in a position to effect it . ’ |
| 23 | I I have only one point I would like to raise , Mrs , and this is whether or not er you are in a position to give me any comments er in relation to the er colony of Great Crested Newts in this pond . |
| 24 | When we have resolved the matter we shall be in a position to give them all the reassurance they can ask . |
| 25 | In this regard , the teacher will know the pupils who need more help , and , as in all classes , will be in a position to give them any extra help needed in order to achieve the learning outcomes . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , A , he 's not in a position to give it to me , and B , I would n't stoop to that sort of thing . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But the Secretary of State is not in a position to give it the go-ahead at the moment and the companies involved will be worried . |
| 28 | Your supplier should be in a position to give you information on the bigger ones . |
| 29 | Our intended publication of a Lothian Rail Development Strategy has slipped somewhat , and I am not in a position to give you an indication of likely completion dates . |
| 30 | The court will then be in a position to enable it to form its own opinion as to the plaintiff 's chances of success . |