Example sentences of "they [adv] in [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Betjeman scribbled verses on the backs of envelopes and read them aloud in his car . |
| 2 | A short questionnaire was sent to all 171 students in the sample , addressed to them personally In their university or polytechnic department . |
| 3 | And with memory came a sudden vivid picture of them together in her cottage , the heavy breasts bent over him , her hair falling across his face , her lips , her hands , her thighs . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , that was true , I suppose , but it was after I found them together in her flat . |
| 5 | " Much better actually — I must put them away in my jewel case , must n't I ? " |
| 6 | Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day . |
| 7 | In Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby there was no doubt that the defendant knew of business secrets but the court decided they were far too complicated and detailed for the defendant to have been able to carry them away in his head and as there was no evidence of actual copying , this part of the claim failed . |
| 8 | He rubbed them with a paper napkin and then put them away in his jacket because they seemed ugly in front of this pretty girl . |
| 9 | I do n't need to tell him this because I am clutching them upright in my hand . |
| 10 | Why , it is in the power of Jesus to whom all authority in heaven and earth is entrusted ; this Jesus is with them always in their mission , to the end of the age ; and naturally , therefore , they baptise men not only into the possession , the ‘ name ’ , of God the Father and the Lord Jesus , but into the sphere of that Holy Spirit who makes real to them the presence of the risen Christ , and empowers them for their work of making him known ( Matt. 28:18–20 ) . |
| 11 | In any case , it could well be that some students have no interest at all in certain idioms and prefer to by-pass them quickly in their search for what expresses their own aesthetic more closely . |
| 12 | Nor did Greek interest in Persia cease after the fifth century : a apart from Plato , several fourth-century commentators had good things to say , like the Oxyrhynchus Historian ( xix Bartoletti ) , who comments on the way Persian commanders deliberately withheld payments from ( Greek ) mercenaries ; this would put them more in their power . |
| 13 | ‘ Never seen them before in my life , ’ said Masklin . |
| 14 | The 19 year old Spaniard has always had the weapons but , so often in the past , has used them sparingly in her pursuit of greatness . |
| 15 | Mrs Ford said primly , ‘ I never got to know them well in their child-bearing years . ’ |
| 16 | The projects they had undertaken all had particular relevance to current group objectives , and Mr Davies wished them well in their career with Johnson Matthey . |
| 17 | Leslie and Linda Skelhorne , of Runcorn , received the letter wishing them well in their bid to raise cash to send Shaun , five , to the Higashi Institute in Boston . |
| 18 | It would give her time to explore and investigate and she would have to pick her time carefully because she had the feeling that Felipe de Santis would be keeping them well in his sight and strictly under his thumb . |
| 19 | You should also be interested in the theatre , cinema , television , and music and include them regularly in your life . |
| 20 | Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor . |
| 21 | There also seems to be a stress on the function of bishops which fits with Bethurum Loomis ' view of Wulfstan 's attitude to them late in his life . |
| 22 | Does it mean that the survivor will never see them again in whatever sort of afterlife they envisage ? |
| 23 | Collects them again in their field . |