Example sentences of "[adv] in [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at her questioningly and Hari leaned forward eagerly in her chair . |
| 2 | On the walls , the cresset torches , untended , spluttered fiercely in their sconces and Corbett realised that the retainers were taking full advantage of a dead king and his lonely , isolated widow . |
| 3 | She dropped her lifted velvet skirts ( she had been warming her bottom in front of the fire burning fiercely in its basket grate ) as the girls appeared . |
| 4 | The letters F A R C E began to take shape inexorably in my mind . |
| 5 | Native speakers of English all think they know , but almost any two will differ somewhat in their usage and idiom . |
| 6 | In fact , Bolinger seems to weaken this latter claim somewhat in his discussion of what he calls a " nominalised " predicative position , as in it was a plump one . |
| 7 | But the judge , wrongly in our judgment , seized the reins , and made unnecessary reference to the possibility of the protection of professional privilege . |
| 8 | Now when you find a lot of political infighting between the Officials and the DUP , a lot of people , wrongly in my opinion , suspect that the Free Church is just the religious arm of the DUP . |
| 9 | Berwick was attacked by the Scots in 1312 , and regained in 1318 ; besieged by Edward II in 1319 ; taken by the English in 1333 ; burned by James Douglas in 1405 ; ceded to Scotland in 1461 and returned to England in 1482 — where it remains , wrongly in my opinion , to this day . |
| 10 | They stopped rollicking for a couple of seconds and looked impertinently in their direction . |
| 11 | Conservatives believe that people should be left with as much as possible of their own money to spend in their own interests , in the clear belief that they will spend it better in their interests than any Government will do for them . |
| 12 | She 's made me more responsible and I 've done better in my exams and I 've worked at my English . |
| 13 | Why , Mrs. Jewkes , you tell me she remains very sullen still and eats nothing , yet I think I never saw her look better in my life . |
| 14 | gave me a C yeah and said improved greatly from the last showed much better in his work and really trying hard and gave me a C. |
| 15 | A mindless litany repeated itself endlessly in her mind : ‘ Find Jeopardy , find Jeopardy . ’ |
| 16 | He sat forward tensely in his seat , as if he found it difficult to see the road , and frequently wiped at the windscreen with his handkerchief . |
| 17 | He seemed to be talking to himself , and as he drew level he glanced suddenly in her direction . |
| 18 | Focusing resentfully on the dark , angular face , her heart had flipped over suddenly in her chest . |
| 19 | Replacing the crockery in the cupboard , she walked back to the desk where she had left her bag , and stopped suddenly in her tracks , seeing Rourke 's familiar figure looming ahead . |
| 20 | Alec died suddenly in his sleep one night . |
| 21 | In the main room of the house Duclos sat up suddenly in his chair , wondering why his drink was taking so long . |
| 22 | He shivered , looking out across the blackness of the lake , his heart suddenly in his throat . |
| 23 | The sublime memory of that first descent into the moist , mossy darkness of the jungle earlier in the day blazed again suddenly in his mind 's eye for a moment , but then his numbness left him in a furious rush and a piercing surge of purity and sweetness flashed through the rank darkness of the hut . |
| 24 | How typical it was of Luke to make his position so crystal-clear , drawing the line almost brutally in his determination that she should n't make any personal conclusions from his offer . |
| 25 | The others , both apparently in their teens , seemed dead … . |
| 26 | and it was interesting to note a few groups apparently in their infancy , not all of which were in the larger authorities : |
| 27 | Nevertheless , when he shifted noiselessly and settled back in his chair she spoke , apparently in her sleep , murmuring : ‘ You wo n't go away ? ’ |
| 28 | It must be explained that Kay Dick had published an article in which she stated that Ivy descended from Bishop Burnet and a Compton heiress from Wiltshire : ‘ the place was sold ’ , apparently in her grandfather 's time , according to this account . |
| 29 | He leant on the wall and surveyed the little Jersey chewing thoughtfully in her field . |
| 30 | A Practice Direction ( 18 December 1986 ( 1987 ) 1 All ER 602 ) has set out very useful guidance for completion of the petition and is set out below in its entirety : 1 The petition does not require dating , signing or witnessing . |