Example sentences of "of the [noun] in front of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of the papers in front of you this morning , Chair , the position is that , that is addressed over the three year period , and the figures do fluctuate between years , so there is a , as we 'll see later in the paper , there is a , a net expenditure total in year one which increases in year two , but then is offset by a , a reduction in year three . |
| 2 | Some Californians who visited us are now setting up a centre in San Francisco , ’ said Tabkay. — Tabkay seated in one of the gompas in front of a geling , a wind instrument he has mastered . |
| 3 | Robert did not shift his eyes , waiting for another image to swarm out of the chamber in front of him , but all he could hear , now , was groaning . |
| 4 | They 're just shadows , ghosts who dance under the shade of the spreading yew trees which border the far end of the lawn in front of my manor house . |
| 5 | Quickly Chesarynth re-hung a memory of the helix in front of her mental gaze . |
| 6 | Depending on the make of motor vehicle , normally there are two wipers fitted and both must work as regulation 34(1) of the above regulation insists that … an adequate view of the road in front of the near and offsides of the vehicle … is required . |
| 7 | Roman asked the receptionist for Garry 's room number and Claudia saw the girl 's polite manner deepen to one of appreciation of the man in front of her . |
| 8 | Julian asked in the ear of the man in front of her . |
| 9 | A full-breasted woman clambered over the shoulder of the man in front of Marcus , a rose clenched between her teeth , her curves undulating with the ripple of the man 's back . |
| 10 | Miss Honey paused and leaned back in her chair behind the plain table that stood in the middle of the floor in front of the class . |
| 11 | He placed one of the plans in front of Stephen , who bluntly refused to look at it . |
| 12 | " Now , " he continued , not looking at them , " the two men standing on either side of the gate in front of us have been there since morning . |
| 13 | Shales picked up one of the newspapers in front of him and pitched it down the table in Dowd 's direction . |
| 14 | I am much less worried by the kisses than by the question of the identity of the officer in front of me . |
| 15 | He 'd lifted the near edge of the door up about three inches above the top of the joist in front of him . |
| 16 | He reached the top of the bank , lizards scattering out of the way in front of him . |
| 17 | Sat at the end of the row in front of us , a gentleman whose office we might or might not be standing in at this very moment . |
| 18 | I turned the pages ; but the top of the pew in front of me , upon which I was balancing the book , was narrow and my fingers cold . |
| 19 | She ‘ writes ’ the first letter with her finger on the back of the girl in front of her . |
| 20 | To get the distances correct , have them place their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them . |
| 21 | Stick out a front leg and touch the shoulder of the person in front of you . ’ |
| 22 | It was a cold , wet February ; and Branson spent most of the weekend in front of the blazing log fire , reading . |
| 23 | Then , in your own words answer the question at the top of the sheet in front of you as honestly as you can . |
| 24 | Just then he heard footsteps approaching and a figure loomed out of the fog in front of him . |
| 25 | At the moment we 're er just sorting out the price of things , we think it will be available at around about ninety nine pounds and that will include your travel there , your hotel accommodation and I 've got the leaflet of the hotel in front of me and it looks pretty spectacular actually . |
| 26 | I could see the outline of the soldier in front of me , at least that is an improvement on yesterday evening 's march . |
| 27 | Judging by the thickness of the file in front of me we are going to be working together for some little time yet . |
| 28 | The wooden soldiers were in the middle of the room in front of them . |
| 29 | At one and the same instant the audience burst into a thundering shout ; the orchestra pealed forth the strains of the Hallelujah Chorus ; the wheels of the great Ellis engine in Machinery Hall commenced to revolve ; the electric fountains in the lagoon threw their torrents towards the sky ; a flood of water gushed from the McMonnies Lake and rolled back again into the basin ; the thunder of artillery came from the vessels in the lake ; the chimes in Manufacturers Hall and on the German building rang out a merry peal , and overhead , the flags at the top of the poles in front of the platform fell apart and revealed the gilded models of the ships in which Columbus first sailed to American shores . |
| 30 | My voice was taut with anger as I pulled it out of the shelf in front of me and opened it on my knees . |