Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] in [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to leave my place in front of the screen frequently and go behind to convince myself that each new voice was indeed coming from the same man . |
| 2 | She wanted to say in her other voice , the one she had mislaid outside , So here you are at last , on my estate , in my house , at my place in front of the fire . |
| 3 | Before I call the Home Secretary , I should say that I understand that a notice of appeal has now been lodged but that I propose to exercise my discretion in respect of the sub judice rule to allow questions covering the Home Secretary 's statement . |
| 4 | About five weeks before that I had come home in my first university term , and got undressed for my bath in front of the bathroom mirror . |
| 5 | If it is true , then Kingfisher should not be afraid of arguing its case in front of the Monopolies Commission . |
| 6 | She took her stand in front of the desk . |
| 7 | In most of Africa and Asia the British could justify their presence in terms of the white man 's burden : there was work to do , and justice to be done . |
| 8 | They spend much of their leisure time down in Dorset , walking or bird-watching ; at home they enjoy gardening or relaxing — Pauline 's favourite way is to sit down with her knitting in front of the television . |
| 9 | Over 4000 members have already given their verdict in favour of the club 's ‘ fabulous facilities manifesto ’ and its dual function , ( tennis ' double whammy , if you like ! ) , that of meeting all member needs while maintaining a warm and welcoming atmosphere within the club 's spacious acres . |
| 10 | She had imagined the unwelcome caller would be quickly repulsed , but after ten minutes , when she could still hear the sound of voices in the outer room , she reluctantly left the bed to enter the shower , and was fully clothed and brushing her hair in front of the bedroom mirror by the time the door opened to re-admit Rune . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh God , I 'd like some decent clothes , ’ she said , combing out her hair in front of the kitchen mirror . |
| 12 | Ruth unpacked the few clothes she had brought with her and hung them up in the wardrobe in the dressing-room then she plugged in her hairdrier and blow-dried her hair in front of the dressing-table mirror . |
| 13 | In December 1987 the cost-of-living index was 170 per cent above its level in December of the previous year , and even under the ‘ price freeze ’ of the first few months of 1988 , prices continued to rise at a rate equivalent to an annual rate of about 100 per cent . |
| 14 | Unlike partnerships in which the partners decide policy , in the business corporation the equity owners relinquished their privilege in favour of the directors . |
| 15 | Despite the advanced stage of the Bill to authorise the construction of the second terminal at King 's Cross , these groups still feel it worthwhile to pursue their case in view of the financial difficulties facing British Rail 's proposal . |
| 16 | However , in its reply in Commission of the European Communities v. United Kingdom ( Case C 246/89 ) , which was lodged after the judgments were delivered , the Commission discussed the compatibility of the nationality requirements with Community law also in the light of those judgments , that is to say in relation to the aims of the quota system . |
| 17 | The Soviets , Iraq 's patron in the days of superpower bi-polarity , were immediately rewarded with a $4 billion Saudi Arabian loan for their vote in favour of the Resolution ; Syria got $1.5 billion from the Saudis and a free hand in Lebanon from the US ; and for their acquiescence , several Non-Aligned States got promises of IMF loans or World Bank credit . |
| 18 | McCaw has been pursuing LIN since June , and some analysts had expected it to raise its bid in wake of the merger agreement with Bell South , the regional telephone utility based in Atlanta , Georgia . |
| 19 | It was good to know that all her veterinary training had come to her aid in spite of the fact that she had been working for two years with small animals only . |
| 20 | 10 In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a house is unfit for human habitation , regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the following matters — repair , stability , freedom from damp , internal arrangement , natural lighting , ventilation , water supply , drainage and sanitary conveniences , facilities for preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of waste water ; and the house shall be regarded as unfit for human habitation if , and only if , it is so far defective in one or more of those matters that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition . |
| 21 | They were heavily watered each day in both the morning and the evening and kept their greenness in spite of the wear and the sun . |
| 22 | Nor was the industrial landscape represented solely in the great towns , for between them stretched miles of torn and poisoned countryside — the mountains of waste from mining and other industries ; the sheets of sullen water , known as ‘ flashes ’ , which had their origin in subsidence of the surface as a result of mining below ; the disused pit-shafts ; the derelict and stagnant canals . |
| 23 | I suggest that the figures you 've got before you are not terribly , terribly useful , and that you do invite domiciliary health to come back to you for three months to talk to you about their work in terms of the visits , the visits that they do . |
| 24 | She dropped her lifted velvet skirts ( she had been warming her bottom in front of the fire burning fiercely in its basket grate ) as the girls appeared . |
| 25 | That Mrs Gould was allowed to put her question in front of the cameras proved television was stocked with sixties ' radicals who were bent on sabotage . |
| 26 | At that point , she did n't plan to be a singer , though she did enjoy dressing up as Olivia Newton John and singing into her hairbrush in front of the mirror . |
| 27 | One of TV 's most famous newsreaders has taken time off from her job in front of the cameras to do some stage work . |
| 28 | The Trunchbull had returned to her place in front of the class , and her diabolical gaze was moving slowly along the rows of tiny pupils . |
| 29 | Carol 's been a bad girl so Carol has to be put in her place in front of the man . ’ |
| 30 | The standard bearers of this non-existent sexuality were ageing musos such as Chris Barber ( whose ‘ Petit Fleur ’ from April '59 is credited with instigating the ‘ trad ’ boom ) and Acker Bilk , playing inconsequential variants on ditties like ‘ The Saints Go Marching In ’ that had had their day in turn of the century Lousians . |