Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon , however , we were into long stretches of powder and spring snow where Andrew videoed us in action . |
| 2 | The woman opposite stuck her feet out too , so Philip pulled his in under his chair . |
| 3 | Brideshead Revisited ( 1945 ) is a prime example , and , although Waugh wrote it in a spirit of retrospection , he also added in a preface of 1959 , ‘ It was impossible to foresee , in the Spring of 1944 , the present cult of the English country house . ’ |
| 4 | She had to squat down to dodge the ancient fly-paper dangling from the light-flex , but it was better than Babs seeing her in her vest and school knickers , or anyone else for that matter ; Babs insisted on keeping the dressing-room door open . |
| 5 | If superiors involve them in decision-making , they are more likely to be management-minded . |
| 6 | Late that evening , Corbett was found by a servant sent by Selkirk , who announced in broad Scots that the knight would be grateful if Corbett joined him in the outer bailey near the main gate . |
| 7 | In particular , the powerful Beni-Gomez family schemed continually against Rodrigo until Alfonso banished him in 1081 . |
| 8 | Goose used to be a traditional Christmas bird until turkey superseded it in popularity . |
| 9 | And if Robin gets it in the neck I shall get it in the neck and I shall be getting it in the neck because of you ! |
| 10 | He carried on working until Debbie brought him in a cup of tea . |
| 11 | Wimbledon champion Edberg lasted until Courier beat him in the quarter finals . |
| 12 | If motherhood includes them in the community of women , poor parenthood also excludes them from the public culture of their own generation . |
| 13 | ‘ If Armitage did it in conjunction with Latimer , that explains the window , the lurking on the gallery , and the presence of Latimer acting suspiciously in the area at just the time the murder was committed . |
| 14 | This appears reactionary because Freud states it in such general , ahistorical terms . |
| 15 | We know that Stein had designed an escapement action by 1777 because Mozart describes it in a letter of that year . |
| 16 | There may have been few spiritual insights in his system , but in his Principles of philosophy ( 1644 ) he did insist that bodies continue in existence only because God preserves them in being . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , for so many reasons — because friends supported me in the faith that we would end up together . |
| 18 | I could n't help him , because Darnley had me in his arms . |
| 19 | While it can not be compulsory for your child to be involved in Compact it is reasonable to assume that most young people would wish to be involved since Compact supports them in achieving standards of attainment and behaviour that schools are striving to raise . |
| 20 | In ( 14 ) her mother uses Creole ( and this is very clearly intended to be a direct quote , even a send-up , of her mother 's refusal ) , while Valerie answers her in London English . |
| 21 | Holists , it is sometimes suggested , subscribe to this view , while individualists reject it in favour of the belief that individuals are capable of free , or autonomous , action . |
| 22 | West Indies had lost only one home Test in the previous decade , and had not lost in Kingston since Australia beat them in 1954–5 . |
| 23 | — were true but less than prophetic , since people read it in their millions . |
| 24 | I got a good look at it though while Murchison had it in his hands and then when it was lying there in the water just looking up at us all . |
| 25 | The comprehensive defeat marked their lowest point in the game since America defeated them in a World Cup match 43 years ago . |
| 26 | Many women I spoke to hardly bothered with a Dupatta indoors while others told me in whispers that they wore it only because their mothers-in-law insisted . |
| 27 | WMGO holds the account in the UK , while BBDO holds it in Italy . |
| 28 | A final act : Valerie Place , right , showed the US boxer , Riddick Bowe , and his wife , Judy , a Mogadishu centre hours before bandits killed her in an ambush |
| 29 | A HEALTHY baby girl whose twin sister died mysteriously in hospital , had ended up severely brain damaged after doctors left her in the care of nurse Beverley Allitt , a court heard yesterday . |
| 30 | It was not long before Tony joined me in an attempt to free himself of the sizzling mushrooms . |