Example sentences of "in a [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before they had time to say a word , she had rushed across the room , enveloped Dimity in a bear-hug and kissed her soundly on each cheek . |
| 2 | The first is that of Aphrodite and Adonis : Aphrodite , the great Goddess , hides the child Adonis in a chest and gives him to Persephone , Goddess of the Underworld , who falls in love with Adonis and refuses to give him back . |
| 3 | Then he ran out in a panic and said he was a doctor and thought I was dying . |
| 4 | Sister Duggan had Eileen , s few belongings in a case and handed them to Liam . |
| 5 | When it fails to rise to the occasion , I no longer get rattled and threaten to chop it off with a pair of barber 's scissors , tie it up in a sack and drop it down a deep , dark well . |
| 6 | The effort exhausted her and Pat wrapped her in a blanket and carried her to Maureen 's car . |
| 7 | I once took all eleven of my Dad 's angelfish to school in a jam-jar and poured them into the pond to keep the goldfish company . |
| 8 | And from somewhere beneath a cupboard she produced an enormous canvas draped in a sheet and showed it to me . |
| 9 | They were narrowly beaten by a four-nation , eight-man team of elite males in Italy in a spectacle that proved you did n't have to be one of the team to enjoy the fun . |
| 10 | " We would not allow a farmer to stick something in a cow and chase it three times around five fields before it died " , Gummer said . |
| 11 | Yes he was , you see and he used to come down , you know , and everybody 's family waiting to go into that tiny tiny little surgery but I do n't know if it 's the same now and the door half open in er well , anyway , still er he , he , he , he used to put something in a bottle and fill it up with water some liquid |
| 12 | Never put flavoured drinks in a bottle and give them only to quench thirst . |
| 13 | He saw things in a flash and put them down in a sentence or at most a paragraph . |
| 14 | Moira Billington , prosecuting , said the brothers had advertised cars in a newspaper and sold them from their home . |
| 15 | ‘ Where are you going , Rose ? ’ he asked in a tone that told her that he knew he had gone too far but she continued on her way . |
| 16 | ‘ But — but would that mean we should n't have our Pack Meetings each week , Trusty ? ’ she asked in a tone that meant she just could n't believe in such an awful thing happening . |
| 17 | ‘ Fascinating , ’ Caroline said , in a tone that made it clear the topic was anything but . |
| 18 | Then , out of the blue , he pronounced ‘ Jim , the backs of your hands are very ugly — did you know that ? ’ in a tone that suggested I might be surprised and hurt . |
| 19 | The Frenchman spoke the final words in a tone that suggested he would find it disagreeable to discuss the subject further , and the senator lapsed into silence . |
| 20 | Would you write it like an actual , can you fit it in a diary or have you got to write it , the date , just , just like a proper diary ? |
| 21 | Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle . |
| 22 | Someone who has acquired skills in early life for a job involving considerable strength and mobility will be more handicapped in finding work if they become wheelchair-bound than someone similarly afflicted who has qualifications and experience in a field that allows them to do a sedentary job demanding intellectual skills . |
| 23 | Jackie was asked if she would take a Thoroughbred mare who had been abandoned in a field and give her a home as a brood mare — but part of the deal was that she also took the pony who had been left with her . |
| 24 | In a voice that made it sound like an article of faith , Christine said : ‘ We both know that your father did n't kill mine so why he was late and why he did n't tell the police about it does n't matter . ’ |
| 25 | They will go about the city in the weeks to come , and Phil will point out things behind doorways and up courtyards that he 'd never noticed , and explain how the whole set-up of the city is really a conspiracy , and read out public notices in a voice that makes them suddenly ridiculous , and persuade him to believe preposterous stories . |
| 26 | ‘ Boats and women , ’ he said in a voice that reminded her of melting dark chocolate . |
| 27 | This was her diagnosis after she had pulled his foot this way and that , in a manner that brought Seb out in a sweat and had him groaning in anguish . |
| 28 | But she was still smiling at me , so I just tied it in a knot and left it . |
| 29 | But now you are to leave his land peaceably — ‘ A murmur rose in a crescendo and drowned him out . |
| 30 | As quick as a flash , Mildred pulled out a lasso of rope which she had hidden in a drawer and slipped it over the astonished girl 's head and shoulders , yanking it tightly enough to bind her arms to her sides . |