Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] in [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stowed my notes in my pocket , and headed for the lifts . |
| 2 | ‘ This is the first time I 've had to carry my clubs in my life . ’ |
| 3 | W. P. With kids , I used to carry my gloves in my hand and without any fingers in , and I used to catch them with the gloves if they were cheeky , and if they got cheekier still , I used to take them home for a belt . |
| 4 | I stab my finger in his eye . |
| 5 | I groan and hide my head in your side . |
| 6 | He puts his free arm around me and I hide my face in his chest . |
| 7 | I was somehow reversing that pivotal moment in my eidetic career eight years before , when Mr Broadhurst had bade me look in his waistcoat pocket and then made his move . |
| 8 | Do n't do n't lean over me unless you want my elbow in your nose |
| 9 | ‘ American lady , I want my prick in your mouth for two hours : never mind how many times I come . ’ |
| 10 | I crashed my plane in their back yard . |
| 11 | ‘ He 'll catch my boots in his face , ’ Ace muttered . |
| 12 | This afternoon — I arrived in Salisbury at around three thirty — when I entered my address in her register as ‘ Darlington Hall ’ , I could see her look at me with some trepidation , assuming no doubt that I was some gentleman used to such places as the Ritz or the Dorchester and that I would storm out of her guest house on being shown my room . |
| 13 | Lynda Chalker , the transport minister said : ‘ I wish to make it clear that the county council has my confidence in its ability to undertake this particularly demanding role … ’ |
| 14 | Seemingly familiar with the routine , she cradled my head in her arms in a practised manner and stood waiting . |
| 15 | Money was now plentiful in her home , thanks to Michael 's employing her brothers in his business , while the majority of the people in Lancaster Road wore still no better off than they had been before the war . |
| 16 | After much investigation , he discovered that it was n't a British resident at all , but a Russian bird that must somehow have been blown off course from its migratory route during the hurricane-force storms of the previous year — the storms that had immediately preceded its arrival in our village car park . |
| 17 | The feelings retained their freshness in his memory : the delicious agony of watching her ; the frustration of not being able to touch her ; the pleasure he had when someone he had known at school passed along the towpath , looked up and saw him , Peter Redburn , having a drink with Kate Molland . |
| 18 | Back in the dressing-room she slumped into a chair , spent with exhaustion , cradling her face in her hands as she propped her elbows on the table . |
| 19 | Wynne-Jones ignored her worried look and continued to touch her , cradling her face in his hands and touching her lips with his fingers . |
| 20 | Pat had stressed its appeal in his manuscript so , on a snatched afternoon 's climbing , I met Don Sargeant and we set out to investigate . |
| 21 | Some stores had started cutting prices before Christmas , but then it seemed customers were keeping their money in their pockets . |
| 22 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 23 | It seems unlikely to be a powerful statement of meaning for the participants in a cultural context that tells and hears the myth — the myth has its meaning in its content . |
| 24 | Has her money in her pocket . |
| 25 | She has other ways of protecting her stake in her offspring . |
| 26 | While staying at The Vyne in Hampshire at the end of the last century , Lord Charles Beresford made a spectacular conquest which led to the object of his desire suggesting that they furthered their acquaintance in her room after the rest of the party had retired . |
| 27 | She has won her spurs in her role as Minister of Health , where she has frequently had to appear in place of her beleaguered former boss , William Waldegrave . |
| 28 | The presenter cradled her cup in her hands , staring down at the tea . |
| 29 | Bob would catch her eye in his turn as he telephoned . |
| 30 | The witnesses must attest and sign the will in the testator 's presence , or acknowledge their signatures in his presence . |