Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb past] in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mathematics was my subject , I was simply transferring what talents I had in that direction from one held to another . ’ |
| 2 | All the money I earned in that period my husband 's cousin took away from me . |
| 3 | I will go so far as to concede that taken in isolation , ripped away from the defining context of humour and irony and friendship , studied in their literal or surface sense only , then , yes , the words I spoke in that room as Robert stood at the window pretending to take me seriously could be understood to mean that during the past six or seven years I had gone to bed with more than one hundred and fifty prostitutes . |
| 4 | I told him all about Marie and showed him the pictures we took in that photo booth . |
| 5 | Among the informants he met in this way was a Lebanese Army officer known as ‘ The Captain' , with close connections to the Jafaar clan . |
| 6 | Taking a deep breath and straightening her slumping shoulders , she pushed open the back door of the colonel 's house , and as she saw the dim light from the lounge spilling out into the hall she walked in that direction . |
| 7 | Er I wanted you to maybe describe some more of the responsibilities and duties you had in that job . |
| 8 | Osburn 's points were that his fellow Englishmen in India , whose heartless behaviour towards Indians he described in some detail , failed to ‘ realize that the British Empire depends for its existence on obtaining the consent and the friendly co-operation of the races governed ’ , and that the demand for independence ‘ need never have arisen but for the arrogance and want of tact of a large percentage of Englishmen who , in one capacity or another , are resident in India ’ . |
| 9 | Successive Secretaries acknowledge the outstanding support she provided in that role . |
| 10 | Certainly the boards we studied in more depth had made serious efforts to understand their duties and responsibilities . |
| 11 | Yesterday afternoon we parted in such love and friendship — and now — now — you say that you do not wish to marry me ! |
| 12 | To obtain a more glossy finish I mixed in some Gloss Medium whilst painting . |
| 13 | For a while they lay in each other 's arms , the sweet lethargy claiming them , but as Alain 's arms tightened around her and his lips became insistent , Jenna drew back and looked up into his dark eyes . |
| 14 | ‘ There were two main items I wanted in this room , ’ Geoff explains , ‘ Japanese art and bows . ’ |
| 15 | The most striking non-deglutitive motility pattern we found in this group of normal subjects consisted of repetitive bursts of non-sequential pressure peaks in the smooth muscle of the oesophagus . |
| 16 | Another way in which initially simple models of language comprehension have had to be modified is illustrated by another topic we discussed in this chapter , namely , the relation between syntactic and semantic processing . |
| 17 | With respect to certain of the other temporary workers whose use we studied in more detail , it was not their employment status which was of interest but the way in which their " temporariness " was distinguished [ see Chapter 7 ] . |
| 18 | As a justification for indulging the imperative demands of the flesh it was pathetic , and she knew it , but she did n't think she could go on fighting the passion they awoke in each other . |
| 19 | in case they went in this museum . |
| 20 | The same committee on the same day had considered Mr. Choudhury 's appeal and the reasons they gave in that case are impeccable . |
| 21 | During the next half hour they worked in this way , and when the empty cases and the bed covers were at last placed on the cart , Aggie locked the door , then hesitated for a moment , wondering what to do with the key . |
| 22 | Forty-nine houses they wasted in this way . |
| 23 | Merseyside members of the 1st Army Associaton take pride in the part they played in this achievement and in remembering present comrades and those gallant friends who fell in the conflict . |
| 24 | His greatest passion was for spreading education , and the good works he did in this field were prodigious in number and scope ; he was instrumental in the work of the Day Continuation Schools , the London Schools ' Swimming Association , the London Shakespeare League , and the Men 's Institutes . |
| 25 | The regularities he observed in this process suggest that the species behaves according to rules that limit the possible variety of behaviours that could occur as they meet one another . |
| 26 | Most of the square-skulled men I followed in this way in the streets turned out to have very macho faces , conventionally handsome , proud , even disdainful , as if they felt they alone were the lords and masters of the earth . |
| 27 | In new Zealand I listened in some amusement to a heated discussion abut the diabolical liberty Milford Sound aerodrome was taking , putting up their landing charge to $7.60 ( £2.30 ) . |
| 28 | ‘ The first group of children we had in this morning had to be dragged out , ’ she said . |
| 29 | Like countless adverts for soap powder , shampoo , tropical fruit drinks , deodorants , which had been absorbed into her memory during hours of television watching , the world they inhabited in this fantasy was innocent and carefree , a garden of Eden before the Fall . |
| 30 | Four of the relieving kicks he launched in this match had to be seen to be believed , particularly as he varied his kicking foot . |