Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun sg] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My especial goodness lay in my consideration for my parents ( ‘ Mummy is tired ’ ; ‘ Daddy has a migraine ’ ) , whose approval I was in fact terrified of forfeiting , and , perhaps as a consequence , in my attentiveness to my two younger sisters , of whom I was in fact bitterly jealous . |
| 2 | Mr. Raffan : Will my right Hon. Friend join me in congratulating the miners at Point of Air in my constituency for their dramatically increased productivity since the miners ' strike ? |
| 3 | The King , who had not forgotten the sermons of Andrewes , told Parliament that ‘ Princes are not bound to give account of their actions but to God alone ’ and that ‘ Parliaments are altogether in my power for their calling , sitting and dissolution ; as I find the fruits of them to be good or evil they are to continue or not to be . ’ |
| 4 | I feel in my pocket for my money and pull it out . |
| 5 | I felt in my pocket for my door key . |
| 6 | When she died ( about 1925 ) , she left instructions in her Will for her body to be buried in this green paradise about which she had heard so much , and yet which she had never visited except in her dreams . |
| 7 | And no doubt the most well-suited outfit in her wardrobe for her first meeting with her employer , Mrs Foster , scheduled for later this afternoon . |
| 8 | They welcomed the ( extrovert young Australian who was so genuine in her concern for their children and spoke their language with far more than her lips . |
| 9 | ‘ You must be tired out , ’ she said at last , forgetting her own thwarted career in her concern for her sister . |
| 10 | ‘ I understood her perfectly , ’ Louise said as she searched in her bag for her lighter . |
| 11 | Wearing a black cardigan and no make-up , she rummaged in her bag for her superstar life-saver kit — The Dark Glasses . |
| 12 | Crossing her legs discreetly , she dug around in her bag for her pen . |
| 13 | Grabbing her toilet-bag and towel , she rummaged in her bag for her comb . |
| 14 | Pausing for a moment to admire the trim lines of the expensive vehicle , she dug in her bag for her keys , then muttered in annoyance as they slid from her fingers . |
| 15 | She walked up the path and leant wearily against the wall while she dug in her bag for her key , then groaned when she remembered that it was still lying on the floor of the car park where she had dropped it . |
| 16 | Sun glinted off the water and the golden light was so pellucid , so dazzling , that she felt in her bag for her sunglasses . |
| 17 | She fumbled in her bag for her credit card but suddenly Fernando 's hand was on her wrist and she was being urged out of the restaurant . |
| 18 | Ruth frowned and scrabbled in her bag for her sunglasses . |
| 19 | Laura 's cheeks flushed as she hunted in her handbag for her bunch of keys . |
| 20 | The great care taken by Michael Manser to conserve the majority of the existing building in his scheme for its conservation was recognised in European Architectural Heritage Year 1975 when he received a Civic Trust Heritage Year Award for the restoration and adaptation of Castle Mill . |
| 21 | Roger Fenton was immensely well known in his time for his landscapes and still lifes . |
| 22 | Roger Fenton was immensely well known in his time for his landscapes and still lifes . |
| 23 | Pop fans will note that Albini has been fulsome in his praise for his next project , Polly Harvey . |
| 24 | So , it was really thanks to Jeff , she thought , that she was being unwillingly forced to join Guido in his search for his boat . |
| 25 | He 'd got just tuppence ha'penny in his pocket for his beer , when they found him . ’ |
| 26 | Delaney , searching in his pocket for his pipe , shrugged . |
| 27 | Marco dug in his pocket for his credit chip . |
| 28 | He flexed his fingers to get the feeling back , and fumbled in his pocket for his keys . |
| 29 | He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him . |
| 30 | As he stood on the steps before the heavy front door and dug in his pocket for his keys he could hear the ringing of a telephone , blanked and muffled by several layers of brick and plaster . |