Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] something in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I often walked along the shore , and one day I saw something in the sand . |
| 2 | I was very frightened as I remembered something in the Book of Remembering : ‘ In those days there were trees … ‘ |
| 3 | ‘ Like if someone put something in the food , eh ? , sooner or later everyone will be ill . ’ |
| 4 | She kicked something in the gloom , and stopped briefly to pick it up . |
| 5 | ‘ She left something in the kitchen for you , I think . ’ |
| 6 | I watched him put something in the captain 's hand . |
| 7 | No answer , but perhaps he found something in the watchful face that was not quite mute , for he smiled , and deep within the hollow eyes a spark kindled . |
| 8 | He muttered something in the direction of his wife , something about ‘ if she had a moment ’ . |
| 9 | After a while he boiled something in the blackened tin suspended over the fire , stirring it with a white peeled twig , and then plunging the tin into the stream to cool it . |
| 10 | " If he wanted something in the house and I did n't have it he 'd say , " What did you do with all the money ? " |