Example sentences of "in [noun] and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I met Drew in Panama and liked him a lot .
2 As in the NUM strike of 1984 , the women have been the backbone of this struggle : dressed in camouflage and calling themselves the Daughters of Mother Jones , after the legendary union organiser from the turn of the century , they have walked the picket lines , sat in front of coal trucks , and been arrested .
3 It should hold us in suspense and give us a sense of waiting and expectation for the more important message which is to follow .
4 ‘ I want to know the identity of a man , I want to reach him , I want to put him in handcuffs and read him a charge of First Degree murder . ’
5 My father paid for my digs in Paddington and gave me a pound a week pocket money , together with what he called ‘ travelling expenses ’ for my regular visit home ( home and a good , square meal ) , and to spend some time with Clare who was fifteen and slowly , very slowly , improving .
6 A 12-strong party of homeless men , who currently reside at the Fleetwood Hostel in Lancashire , were offered the chance to visit Sellafield to stimulate their interest in industry and give them a day out to remember .
7 If we 'd upset his applecart in busting out the hostages , then the radical fundamentalists might easily have taken over in Syria and given us a much worse problem .
8 Whereas , taking him taking one guy a week for a week , is putting no-one in jeopardy and giving somebody a decent wage for a week .
9 is that until we get the final figures , final settlements it 's very difficult for them to , to put actual the budget figures , but we can still actually come back at those in February and find what the
10 Why do you stay in Sècheron and deny yourself the pleasures of Geneva ? ’
11 A couple of hours earlier , on a hunch , Hermann Goering rang down to his main office in Carinhall and gave them a Stockholm number to obtain .
12 The federal civil service is the only part of Canadian society which remotely approaches the bilingual and bicultural ideal : this isolates it from real life in Canada and gives it the tendency , like the Prussian army , to believe that it is the sole repository of national values .
13 I wonder if I could just take a step back in conclusion and ask you a couple of rather broader questions , more general questions .
14 But it 's er had it we took round to that fella round Dash Hill there well Alec took it and er he said I 'll ring you up in morning and give you an estimate .
15 Donna stood looking at them , listening as the attendant pointed out each canvas in turn and told her a little about it .
16 He upended each of them in turn and allowed himself a grim little smile of satisfaction when a squirming scorpion tumbled from one of them .
17 And they picked me up in turn and gave me a kiss .
18 It enables you to use and rest areas in turn and give you a smaller area to keep clean — picking up droppings is essential all the year round .
19 I did n't , of course , but suffered in silence and considered myself a martyr .
20 He walked Eleanor to the station in silence and gave her a parting hug .
21 This program is a must for anyone using a PC at home and will impress dinner guests who always say ‘ You simply must let me have a copy of the recipe , the meal was delicious ’ , you can now print it out in seconds and sell them a copy .
22 He thanked the press for a 50th birthday card in Glasgow and bought everyone a drink in Wales , but he does not mingle like Paddy Ashdown or even Mr Major .
23 Mr Chandler is best known for his book ‘ The Visible Hand ’ , published in 1977 , which chronicled the rise of managerial capitalism in America and won him a Pulitzer prize .
24 As chairman of the IAPS in 1908 , and again in 1921 , he made an inspired plea for a wider cultivation of a liberal humanism by all teachers of youth , actively encouraging originality in boys and affording them every opportunity to discover and develop their own interest and genius .
25 And he went into the main agent in Edinburgh and gave them an order for three of those , and of course , we did n't get them just right away because er probably we 'd have got the last one about a couple of years later in these days .
26 The press laid siege to Diana 's flat in London and followed her every move until the engagement was announced five months later .
27 I declare she 'll outshine every woman in London and make you the envy of every man who meets her .
28 ‘ The opening of our new office demonstrates our commitment to our future involvement in Slovakia and gives us the opportunity to continue to build on the excellent relations that have already been established , ’ he added .
29 so I , I went back in house and fetched him a little bowl back with me taters in , peeling taters ,
30 It is neither possible nor desirable to fix any language at one point in time and keep it the same ever afterwards .
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