Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The careful and precise manner in which these financial arrangements were laid down suggests that many who served saw the war as essentially a business enterprise holding out the promise of substantial rewards for those who were fortunate or who distinguished themselves in the field . |
| 2 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 3 | I was out at a friend 's house , we were opening a bottle of beer , the top had jammed , and I stuck it in the heel of the door to get the top off , and it exploded , I suppose it was too shaken up with everyone handling it . |
| 4 | So I took the envelope off those tickets and I tore that up and wrote down and I stuck it in the water heater that the sitting room fire may be on , please check . |
| 5 | Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica . |
| 6 | Chairman , ye , yes it is a recurring theme of the district auditor an , and I told him in the past , that erm , where this council has a policy that they would support village schools and keep them open wherever possible , erm , that that , that , that decision had been discussed , and er , I , I have to remind that I did remind the district auditor that he does n't have to get elected every four years , as some of us do , and er , those in rural areas know very well that that is the way not to get elected , to be talking about shutting village schools . |
| 7 | My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right . |
| 8 | I 've been talking to some of them about it , it 's meant to be , cos I did n't know it was going on , and I saw them in the paper , says oh ! |
| 9 | Cos Michael started it , he said we 're never said anything when we set off in the car , and then he said that he 'd had this fax from me and er Andrew said , well it was n't actually from , er , from me to the , it was fetched up to me and I sent it in the office . |
| 10 | Fred Titmus bowled the right sort of ball and I smashed it in the direction of the pavilion . |
| 11 | And I shut her in the coal |
| 12 | He went out in the rain and I put 'im in the oven to dry ! ’ |
| 13 | And if some , er , jus it was very thin slices of beef , topside of well I thought I 'll get some beef out , and I did it in the microwave and it cooked but it was it was quite tough . |
| 14 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 15 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 16 | Er and when it progressed to automatic tools , all these tools were kept in a store at night , and you collected them in the morning when you went back onto the job . |
| 17 | And the thing about Fingers was always black now with holding on to the thingummy and then putting in drifts , and hammering , your fingers was get er drift was always on a in a a pan a wee pan with oil in it , drift was always full of oil and you stuck it in the hole . |
| 18 | I think it went like that before and you fixed it in the |
| 19 | And who did it in the end , who 's doing it ? |
| 20 | Her head came up and she looked him in the eye . |
| 21 | And she left it in the boot ? |
| 22 | To her , religion was morality and appearance , and she kept it in the same compartment of her mind as her dinner napkins . |
| 23 | But then she and husband Dave Flame went to a country and western night in cowboy outfits just for fun — and she shot herself in the leg . |
| 24 | A year later it died of old age and she buried it in the garden . |
| 25 | ‘ At last Bertha managed to reach some big , sweet-smelling myrtle bushes , and she hid herself in the thickest bush . |
| 26 | ‘ The children brought in dolls , teddy bears , books , games and construction toys and we arranged them in the school hall for the sale . |
| 27 | Then our small boat began to go down and we found ourselves in the water . |
| 28 | And then er that 's one of t the the boss made that cabinet there er it 's got the feet er but and these are what they call astricles These panes of glass are all in er individually you know , they 're all put in and to polish these wee astricles oh you you had to be very deli cos they 're very thin you know , and you had to flay them and polish and they lay them in the thing and then they they were fitted in and then the glass was The doors were sent to the glaziers Certain amount of polish on them and then the doors were sent to the glazers and then they were finished after that you know . |
| 29 | He alienated those he feared were becoming too important to him , and they rejected him in the manner to which he had become accustomed . |
| 30 | Sylvia Pye , Chairwoman of Women against Pit Closures , said today : ‘ The women are in good spirits and they barricaded themselves in the cabin . |