Example sentences of "in [pers pn] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I I you are going to be in thee and I going to thee in you . |
| 2 | Since October 1921 military detachments had been sent out to the local villages to billet in them and to insist on the tax in kind ( shades of expropriation by force in the period of War Communism ) . |
| 3 | When they were wet from rain or swimming in the oceans , the light might catch on some deep oil in them and they would glimmer shadowy rainbows of colour , like oil spills on a road . |
| 4 | A couple of them 's got ‘ B's in them and I try and work out which one 's for me , but it 's too hard . |
| 5 | Even where a bituminous felt layer was laid on top of the boarding , this form of construction is likely to compound problems of rainwater penetration once a gap appears in the roof covering because the water which enters , instead of draining out of the construction at the eaves , settles on the upper edges of the local slate-fixing battens , inducing rot both in them and the boarding . |
| 6 | There was no elasticity in them and nothing at all of the swelling sap , rising around him . |
| 7 | this freedom we talk about is worthy of their support because it is for them we fight ; it is for the establishment of a social system that is going to provide them with the opportunity and the means to develop all that is best in them and the Nation . |
| 8 | You are most interested in how you come across to other people , whether they think you are witty or pretty , rather than having a genuine interest in them and their views . |
| 9 | Some two million books are held in them and , with their stable specialised local collections , they are a valuable addition to the public system . |
| 10 | This meant that not only did the boots weigh more than a small car , but I was obliged to wear four pairs of socks to stop my feet moving about in them and turning my heels into chilli con carne . |
| 11 | Sometimes he would sleep in them and wear them unchanged the next day , but at other times he took hours to choose what he would wear , then positively preened . |
| 12 | In the attempt to provide good influences , officers were advised to cultivate personal contacts : to become friends with the boys , to invite them home for tea and to visit their homes ; they were to encourage their charges to have confidence in them and never to break faith ; above all , they were told , never ‘ miss an opportunity of strengthening your hold over them ’ . |
| 13 | Live your life with them , in them and through them . |
| 14 | They were cleaned until you could see your face in them and fellows were so keen that when they got a new tunic , they would cut all their new buttons off , and put their old buttons on that were beautifully shined . |
| 15 | Lifts are like shared entrances , you never know who is in them and you run the risk of being trapped in there with an attacker . |
| 16 | Most of those whom the investigations showed to be credit-worthy justified the faith put in them and stayed the course . |
| 17 | In the past thirty years , astrophysicists have discovered dust clouds , radio signals , X-rays , electric and magnetic fields in supposedly empty space , and it is now realised that there is as much energy/matter between the stars as there is contained in them and in all the planets as well . |
| 18 | I 've taken on all these issues because I believe in them and because someone has to do them . |
| 19 | I 've taken on all these issues because I believe in them and someone has to do them . |
| 20 | Old paintings that have gold or silver in them and are on gesso ground are often found with the gold leaf or gilding scraped off down to the ground and the exposed gesso painted . |
| 21 | In fact any intervention with the playing of the game will distort prices , reduce the information contained in them and prevent the full adjustment which is a part and parcel of the creation of wealth in a market economy . |
| 22 | I believe in them and they must n't start thinking it has gone . ’ |
| 23 | In fact , a most significant area for dealing with the problem , if not in some cases accounting for it altogether , is to realise a major part lies not outside ourselves ( in them and their attitudes ) , but with me ( in me and my attitudes — in my inner reactions , habits of mind , prejudices and habitual behaviour given certain threatening circumstances ) . |
| 24 | But more to the point , the flight and maintenance crews have great confidence in them and regard the reports they generate as being very important , contributing significantly to improved safety in the air . |
| 25 | I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’ |
| 26 | Humiliation of those in power We search diligently for some fault in them and , having found it , we broadcast our discovery through the instantly available and internationally linked media , sometimes with negligible supporting data . |
| 27 | Modernization and the prevailing orthodoxy encouraged the view that Japan was superior to her Asian neighbours and had a duty to promote change in them and fulfil her own destiny . |
| 28 | Many of the swamps around the flood plains of African rivers turn to hard sun-baked mud during the dry season , yet one fish , the lungfish , manages to live in them and survive from season to season by breathing air . |
| 29 | Her lips had no magic in them and he felt nothing but pity for her . |
| 30 | The good adviser will value schools ' own programmes , and be willing to participate in them and provide additional help , but he will also try to stimulate other opportunities of cooperation between schools , wide-ranging discussion in courses and occasional meetings , and curriculum development planning meetings at teachers ' centres and colleges and departments of education . |