Example sentences of "[pron] in [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , there was a problem of a ticket barrier , but this time someone in front of me was arguing with the inspector so I was able to pass unhindered . |
| 2 | The periodicals keep you in touch with what is going on in practice and indicate new developments in research . |
| 3 | The new directions to be taken may not be indicated by the diagram , or be unclassifiable by present terminology anyway — but they may have something in common with what is gathered here : ambition and invention , perseverance , independence , wit . |
| 4 | They are to promote competition , to bring private sector bus operators into the market and put them in charge of what are now public sector subsidiaries . |
| 5 | The pressure for daily or weekly production may often trivialise their comments but it does keep them in touch with what is going on . |
| 6 | He was in any case visibly touched that I should have gone to the lengths of copying the essay ; but in those days no other method of putting him in possession of it was available . |
| 7 | The hero in this song is pleading with his girlfriend to go with him , to love him in spite of his being poor and having nothing to offer . |
| 8 | It helps a great deal to keep us in touch with what 's happening at school and enables us to exert some influence , I suppose , on what happens in schools , hopefully in the interests of the candidates . |