Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] in [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes , just for instance , my brother pulling my hair in the back of the car and annoying me . |
| 2 | As long as I refuse to recognize my part in the fallenness of the world around me , I will never be a blessing to others . |
| 3 | The hon. Members for Birkenhead and for Halifax ( Mrs. Mahon ) and my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield referred to my part in the events of 1990 . |
| 4 | I had packed my case in a state of some excitement , taking only my best clothes with me . |
| 5 | ‘ And what brought you to my cottage in the middle of the night , with that story about your tent blowing away ? |
| 6 | I did n't put my money in the side of a river , I put it in the bank . |
| 7 | I pointed out that the head of any such branch or formation would have less experience than myself or my successor in the medium in which we proposed to operate . |
| 8 | Your words helped sustain my defences in the aftermath of Matthew Sura 's vicious and slovenly attack , from which , I fear , I am still rather reeling . |
| 9 | I had already written to them about you , in guarded terms , and their lack of response to my enthusiasms in the way of friends never discouraged me . |
| 10 | Even under these circumstances , however , the marker inks dried almost instantly and I was able to make my sketch in a matter of minutes . |
| 11 | I 'm not sticking my neck in a noose for you . ’ |
| 12 | I have decided to adopt a suggestion which was put to my Department in the course of the consultation that unions should be required to employ a mailing house or some other external agency to distribute and store voting papers . |
| 13 | The House will know that , on Friday , my action in the case of the deportation of a Zairean national was subject to a judgment by the Court of Appeal . |
| 14 | ‘ Snap out of it — you 're grown up now , ’ said Otley , passing his hands in front of my eyes in the manner of a hypnotist . |
| 15 | I was going to put my photograph in the front of the book . |
| 16 | As I warily got to my feet I felt a compulsion to retrace my steps in the direction of Jock 's trench . |
| 17 | Jamie must have taken a cigarette even though I knew he did n't smoke , because I saw the lighter go up , igniting in front of my eves in a shower of sparks like a fireworks display . |
| 18 | I indicated with my forefinger in the direction of the bursting shells . |
| 19 | I lay with my feet in a pool of water , and waited . |
| 20 | While walking the Pennine Way I cooled my feet in the beck before continuing south to Airton and Gargrave . |
| 21 | I had always felt embarrassed and had to look at my feet in the presence of anyone playing any musical instrument , and had realised once when watching Syl spitting and squinting at his oboe that this was because it was irresistibly evocative of masturbation . |
| 22 | As she leaned forward to do so , before our very eyes the trout leapt from the water , about three feet in the air , did a neat twist and landed at my feet in the bottom of the boat . |
| 23 | ‘ Because of my liberal views and activities , the local bishop removed me from my duties in the parish of Larne eight years ago . |
| 24 | I was paying my own way , sleeping on the beach at night , leaving my backpack in a kibbutz during the day , and the research went pretty well . |
| 25 | When it became clear that he had nothing to tell me , I made my exit in the face of dismissive politeness . |
| 26 | The document is actually being printed at the taxpayers ' expense on the two photocopiers next to my desk in the House of Commons . |
| 27 | We fixed it so that we arrived at lunchtime and joined my parents in a restaurant near their hotel . |
| 28 | I , ( a ) [ ] of ( b ) [ ] hereby apply to the Law Society that my registration in the register of foreign lawyers be cancelled ( c ) . |
| 29 | ‘ I may spend my days in a welter of silks and satins , but I 'm not an entire moron , you know . ’ |
| 30 | John-Paul Sartre , in Being and Nothingness , writes : ‘ So far as the physicians have had any experience with my body , it was with my body in the midst of the world and as it is for others . |