Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] in [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had them sub-titled in order to be sold abroad for possible profit . |
| 2 | Please spare my copies in future by sending them in a pale pink envelope with flowers on . |
| 3 | Frejji trundled off to get suited up for the short jump to her shuttle , while I walked very slowly to my cabin in search of medication . |
| 4 | ‘ What I did was try to bring my experience in Italy to English football and some of the players appreciated what I was doing and enjoyed working with me . |
| 5 | He liked me to air my opinions in front of our friends , most of whom felt as he did : he said I looked so pretty when I got excited . |
| 6 | I knew it by the way their eyes glowed green and yellow in the dark and because they always hopped in my direction in spite of how much I hated them . |
| 7 | The barman took my watch in payment by the way . ’ |
| 8 | On 10 May 1794 , Huntingford wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons ( who had himself been elected a vice-president of the College ) as follows : ‘ Honble Sir , I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject of the Veterinary College did not the recent business of Wm Stone who stands charged with High Treason prove the cause of his exerting himself to my prejudice in favor of M Vial the late Professor , to be that he might establish a French Connection in that Institution in order that he might through the channel carry on his correspondence with the enemy . |
| 9 | My action in support of those farmers is well known to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 10 | After the lesson he told me that he wanted to buy a really good shirt he 'd seen somewhere , and I enquired into the resale potential of the item with a view to recovering my outlay in case of bankruptcy , which amused him further ; and then I gave him my terms . |
| 11 | And I 'll make it my practice in future to call here unannounced . |
| 12 | As an Irish lesbian , I was expected to denounce my Irishness in favour of acceptability as a token English dyke . |
| 13 | He chose me as his master , which appealed to me enormously , as it 's one of my functions in life to be a teacher , so I was very happy at being this kind of pedagogue . |
| 14 | If I had had to justify my work in terms of clinical benefits before I started it , I would never have been given a licence . |
| 15 | Of course Morrison is not unlike him , but , I do n't know , it 's interesting , I mean Bruce Rogers I think is my hero in terms of designers , but at the same time , I mean , the nineteenth century stuff , I like even this ornamented stuff that they 're doing . |
| 16 | I could of improved this spelling by engaging my brain when I did my homework doing it on my lap in front of Neighbours . |
| 17 | Nearer to my home in Chelmsford in Essex — that wonderful county which produces Essex man and Essex woman — the Labour-controlled council in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon ( Mr. Amess ) has spent millions of pounds on a huge new civic centre . |
| 18 | ‘ The amount of travelling from my home in Dundalk to Cavan for training and matches was simply too much . |
| 19 | Being another only child , and as my father 's job had kept my parents in Singapore for the last two years , I now spent most of my holidays with my aunt and cousin , timing them to come in Dickie 's school holidays . |
| 20 | That 's the basis of my influence in terms of melody , that along with other beautiful airs like ‘ The Foggy Dew ’ and things like that . |
| 21 | ‘ Floyd the private person wants to be up to my waist in water with a fishing rod , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Er as far as out-sourcing is concerned , when we learned that there could be two thousand jobs lost or out-sourced from British Aerospace , it was my opinion in line with those of our representatives that we ought to convene a meeting immediately of all shop stewards and representatives who would be covered er through those discussions and arrange and organize a strategy to oppose it . |
| 23 | I was doing my SHO in paediatrics at the time , and I had a word with my boss . |
| 24 | The cost to my constituents in terms of the average community charge is £170 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It was £500 in one pounds notes which was given to my husband in exchange for a car . |
| 28 | However , I 've just spent an interesting few minutes with my nose in line with the needles , gingerly winding the transfer carriage along with the ribber on half pitch — all in the interests of this article you understand , while hoping I would n't damage the transfer needle ! |
| 29 | We 'll talk another time , when I 'm less exhausted , when I 've got my diary in front of me . |
| 30 | Those of you who know me from my earlier scribblings in PFK will be well aware of my feelings in relation to our responsibilities to do our best to maintain and care for the delicate marine creatures we take from the wild . |