Example sentences of "[indef pn] in [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she grinned to herself at the luxury of having someone in her life who would pay attention , who she could talk to . |
| 2 | Her employers told her the work was too stressful for someone in her condition . |
| 3 | Any normal man would comfort someone in her situation . |
| 4 | I was terrified when Herman , like someone in her books , turned to me and said : ‘ How delightful it would be if one could hear what she 's saying when she does this . |
| 5 | What is medically certain is that she died of coronary thrombosis : there is no question of any foul play , except of course if the heart attack was brought on by the shock of finding someone in her room stealing the jewel she had come all the way from America to hand over to the Ashmolean Museum , or more specifically to Dr Theodore Kemp on behalf of the Museum . |
| 6 | One of her examples is taken from a conversation about someone in her office : ‘ And he knows Spanish . |
| 7 | There was no doubt that the rewards for someone in her profession were considerable . |
| 8 | If this kind of thing was allowed to continue , she might well start swaggering into Sunday service and shouting things like ‘ Bugger ! ’ or ‘ Piss off ! ’ if she found someone in her seat . |
| 9 | ‘ I imagine she caught the bug from someone in her class at school . |
| 10 | From the hundreds of letters I have received from adult survivors the message is quite clear : they wish that someone in their childhood had stopped it . ’ |
| 11 | And if , if he says to us in meeting that he 's got no small talk and no erm ability for visiting in a hospital situation where you can ask people how they are , and then can move to the next person you 've got to see I 'm not sure how he would be visiting someone in their home . |
| 12 | The jetty moved lazily , like someone in their sleep . |
| 13 | This is particularly true if we can face doing it before they experience death for themselves , before someone in their family , maybe a grandparent , dies . |
| 14 | Children will also be able to get a Save the Earth money box , in which they will be asked to put money each time someone in their family wastes energy , for example by leaving on a light or boiling a full kettle of water for one cup of tea . |
| 15 | Around 4.5 million people have a problem with their own drinking or someone in their family . |
| 16 | Godfrey Carey , for the prosecution , told the jury that the young woman had ‘ only taken a lift from someone in whose hands you could not really expect to be more safe — an officer in uniform ’ . |
| 17 | Doubly foolproof in a way , since the 103/4 is , as I had been led to expect from someone in whose ears I have complete trust , one of the most ‘ out-of-thebox ’ loudspeakers that I have had the pleasure to use — one can be very quickly up and running with it and feel only the need to make relatively small adjustments to positioning and so on in due course as listening progresses ; such changes with this loudspeaker result in subtle rather than profound modifications to the sound . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't think , ’ Mrs Young said , putting her finger unerringly on the implication , ‘ that the car was unhitched by someone in our party ? ’ |
| 19 | If we are lucky we have someone in our lives with whom we can shed healing tears . |
| 20 | " Someone in our queue lost her baby . |
| 21 | By having someone in our adult lives who constantly feeds us verbal tranquillizers , or by feeding them to ourselves we can ease emotional pains and keep them at bay for a while . |
| 22 | I am sure he would wish me to marry with someone in our tribe . |
| 23 | When , for instance , someone in our family dies , we assume that our bereavement is due to witchcraft . |
| 24 | An Irish education is n't good enough for someone in your position . |
| 25 | What are the tax angles for someone in your position ? |
| 26 | ‘ You 're too cocky for someone in your position ? |
| 27 | Just think , someone that you fancy supposed to be someone in your dreams and stuff like that |
| 28 | In the space below write the name of someone in your class who struggles with the work and who you could try to encourage . |
| 29 | If you have someone in your class who would like to train please try to keep their interest alive . |
| 30 | The consequences for someone in your condition can be quite serious . ’ |