Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] in [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Her mother-in-law would be looking at the clock too , perhaps walking up and down with Catherine in her arms .
2 Along with Googol in his affectedly fluted black silk on-board suit , these three seemed to be a trio of tall-standing predatory bats who eclipsed the false star-void of the walls , wherever they stood , like dense hungry shadows eating the fire-flies of the night .
3 For the chinless chap in his chalk-stripe blue suit , strolling to wherever he performs the daily ritual of being ‘ something in the City ’ , or the geezer negotiating the early morning traffic in from Romford in his late model Ford and Italian sweatshirt , their individual style says clearly : I am here and this is where I want to be , you can tell exactly what and where that is from looking at me .
4 ‘ You need a highchair , ’ declared a long-aproned and straw-boatered young man , grinning down at Thomas in his buggy .
5 This in turn had important consequences in the current historical view of the period , in perpetuating the proposition laid down by Wheeler in his Verulamium Report , that the decline of urban life in Britain in the third century was so catastrophic , that it was followed by only a partial and short-lived revival under Constantius Chlorus , and then by a steady decline into the Dark Ages .
6 An aggressive visiting delegation would be dusted down by Ken in his best James Cagney style , leaving me looking untypically reasonable and friendly in bringing the meeting to a conclusion .
7 Owen was for trying to get word through to Harry in his prison ; there were men in Leighton who had kin within the castle , and for the sake of Master Harry whom they remembered well might be willing to risk the carrying of a message .
8 The princess puts one over on Charles in our fun phone-in
9 Now that it is getting married , IBM is tearing up its object date book and says that existing object projects and software using technology from companies such as Versant Object Technology Inc and Objectivity Inc will be moved over to ObjectStore in their next releases .
10 He bumped into people without realising it , walked into walls and was almost run over by Tock in his protective case .
11 Fiona and I set off from Fulham in our car at about 9 a.m .
12 Much may be blamed on the impermeable Alan Beith , who has been at Berwick since 1973 and thinks nothing to striding round five villages , after starting on Holy Island in the sort of rain that suggests God getting out the strap , and then darting up to Duns in what was Berwickshire , Scotland , to do a broadcast .
13 Deficiencies in this area have been summed up by Maxwell in his review of junior-school reading in Scottish schools .
14 Scotland 's plight is such that Clyde 's goalkeeper , Scott Howie , will play against the Maltese in the afternoon ( the game has a 1.30pm kick-off ) and then turn out for Clyde in their Second Division match with Queen of the South at Douglas Park at 7.30pm .
15 JON Bon Jovi flew out of Ulster in his private jet last night after an explosive concert that set Belfast alight .
16 He now has two gardeners working full time : Dennis , a grand old boy who has scarcely been out of Gloucestershire in his life — and has been looking after foxhounds for the Duke of Beaufort for most of it ; and Trevor Jacobs , a younger and professionally qualified horticulturist .
17 just ignore , I 'd , I 'd ignore the person , what , so if somebody came up to me and said you go out with Henry in it ?
18 Hanson lost out to Tomkins in its last big bid , for Ranks Hovis MacDougall , and anyway now has a lowly share rating with a yield well above the market average at about six per cent .
19 Our sympathy goes out to Peggy in her great loss .
20 The hearts of all who have been moved by Lizzie 's singing go out to Brian in his loss .
21 Seymour and Collins had diplomatic immunity ; he let them all depart back to London in their two cars fifteen minutes later , warning them that he would want Quinn , for whom there was no diplomatic status , available for the taking of lengthy statements in London .
22 The Doctor accuses the two schoolteachers of sabotaging the ship as a blackmail threat to get them back to England in their own time .
23 His father disowned him publicly and said he would never be allowed back to Zimbala in his lifetime .
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