Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , retinoic acid is insoluble in water and so would remain where we put it in the limb for some time ; this was important because we already knew that to exert its effect the grafted polarizing region needed more than 12 hours . |
| 2 | At these roadshows , we introduced the Group 's Vision and Mission Statement — where we see ourselves in the future and the principals by which we intend to conduct our business . |
| 3 | He took Ellie by her forearm , and marched her down the landing and the painted uncarpeted stairs into the living room , where he sat her in the big chair in the corner . |
| 4 | Erm I 'm always overjoyed when people say things like that to me , that you 've just said , er but I think I understand acting more than I understand anything in the world . |
| 5 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 7 | ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin . |
| 8 | Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 10 | The sister was n't in her office when she went back , so she left it in the middle of the desk : ‘ Miss Carolyn Tanner , care of Clare ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ So you married him in the end , did you ? ’ |
| 12 | But I 'm sure that once she joins you in the pool she will find it easy enough to slip into the flow of things . |
| 13 | Although we know them in the UK as mushroom corals , the common name of this species is something of a misnomer . |
| 14 | ‘ So we kept it in the family , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ Lots of women who have fine hair hanker after long , thick hair , so they grow it in the mistaken belief that the longer it gets , the more hair they have and the fuller it will look , ’ explained Charles . |
| 16 | To make him need her more than he needed anything in the whole of Chung Kuo . |
| 17 | I WAS more startled at the amount Mr Lamont was allowed to run up on his card rather than his doing it in the first place . |
| 18 | He was mad with anger and jealousy , so he locked her in the tower , with only a spinning-wheel for company . |
| 19 | And said , so it 's completely anonymous and all that and he said oh I ca n't be bothered to send that in , so he chucked it in the bin and they phoned him up and said why have n't you sent your form in ? |
| 20 | Fortunately , one of her friends had done a first aid course so he put her in the recovery position and cleared her airways , then gave her the kiss of life . |
| 21 | But as all the figures were multiplied by a factor of ten , the area was too great to be enclosed in the Mediterranean , so he placed it in the Atlantic ; and the date was put back into remote antiquity , thousands of years too early . |
| 22 | Best of all , his work would take on a new virility once he rooted himself in the earth and responded to what he called its ‘ music ’ , experiencing its moods as ‘ symphonic , dramatic ’ . |
| 23 | I would n't have known him if I met him in the street . |
| 24 | I would n't cos I , I ca n't if I saw you in the street I do n't know you I could n't be , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 25 | Then I 'd er erm a friend come in in the afternoon and er ca n't remember if I had anybody in the evening or not . |
| 26 | By the way , I 'm sorry if I dropped you in the soup just now . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't know if I passed her in the street |
| 28 | Thereafter , if I passed him in the corridor or on the staircase , those eyes registered no recognition . |
| 29 | I do n't really get pocket money but if I see something in the shops in , in , this toy or something my mum , mum 'll buy it for me and say that 's your pocket money for this week . |
| 30 | If , she said to herself , writing Marjorie Richardson and Lady Mayhew and Miss Dunstable down for Easter lilies , if I do everything in the parish that I should do , and I keep the garden going and the meals and the house ( sort of ) and the translation , then where can be the harm in doing this other undeniably humble little thing that so curiously makes me feel strong and alive ? |