Example sentences of "in the [noun] [subord] i " in BNC.

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1 I was just takin' off my apron in the smithy when I says to the guv'nor :
2 What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving .
3 Benjamin sat in the prow whilst I grabbed the pole , brushing the ice away , trying to close my mind and senses to the chill wind and the lapping of the cold black lake .
4 I do n't want you dining in the hall unless I can accompany you , and I 'll be busy at Wolvesey Castle with Simon until this evening . ’
5 I went for a midnight walk last February — it was snowing , I just got the urge , it was like a fairy tale , clean and soft — and they were standing in the hall when I got back , eyes frantic , fingers pointing , accusing me of — what ?
6 He 's sometimes in the hall when I pass on the way out .
7 Although the bolts were thick , I still bent in the middle when I was lifted and carried , a man at either of my ends .
8 There used to be er , a lady that used to come in the cinema when I worked there , and she had a
9 In contrast , I was like my father , and I darkened rapidly in the sun until I was nearly the shade of terracotta .
10 But I 'd have jumped in the lake if I 'd lost .
11 ‘ They do n't feel a thing , and I always put them back in the lake when I 'm through . ’
12 I came over it below the farmhouse and hugged the side wall like I 've seen them do in the movies until I could peer round into the farmyard .
13 I 've had a marvellous clear out — got every single shirt on to the line — and when you take that off you could put it in the bucket so I can get it out tomorrow . ’
14 The darkness intensified down in the wood though I could see stars between the boughs .
15 But we certainly did some good work in the education because I think that we erm we used to , you know , of course we 'd , we 'd got used to use our auxiliaries naturally and erm we used to have a big conc a big er concert once a year in the town hall and er we would involve all the auxiliaries you know erm and of course we used to always erm fell a bit flat , the International Day which is July , the first Ju Saturday in July is International Day , Co-operative International , and we have always , the Guilds have worked very closely with the International Day .
16 I was just going to look through it to find out what was happening in the passage when I saw a fishy eye fixed in the centre .
17 I never see fewer than six or seven young men sitting around in the kitchen when I go in there , I 've never worked out who 's a brother or a cousin or what .
18 My mother and I were in the kitchen when I saw him and involuntarily said , ‘ My God , he looks as though he 's … ’
19 John Laurie never come in the kitchen when I come down I thought oh good God .
20 Before I could say , ‘ You bastards ’ , they were specks in the mist as I huddled from the blizzard behind a boulder wondering if I wanted to be sick yet .
21 Well when I cycle into Nottingham , they let me keep my bike in the branch while I go shopping .
22 If you rise up in the stirrups when I say one and sink down at two you 'll find you stay with it . ’
23 Most of the time I worked in the bunkers , trying to keep the stoker supplied with enough coal to fire the furnaces ; he would rattle his shovel in the hatch if I fell behind .
24 no he would er nineteen and a half stone he popped his head in the door when I went to see Jimmy
25 I was fetching a tin bowl of water from the tap in the yard when I heard Mum call out , ‘ Katie , fetch me a bucket of slack before yer goo ter school . ’
26 ‘ He was blown in the storm as I was , however the thing began .
27 ‘ I am going to cry , ’ I thought , and I went quickly to my seat in the church before I had time to do so .
28 I was stabbed in the back because I do n't have those problems with Steve .
29 Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’
30 must see the boys and girls in the pub before I go in now
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