Example sentences of "in [noun] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been lucky to see it in Vogue and to find it available in Harrods . |
| 2 | Visitors used to flock to it in omnibuses and examine it with the careful scrutiny of sightseers . ’ |
| 3 | The development officers expressed few difficulties in supervising and managing their support workers ( apart from the particular problems with clients already discussed ) . |
| 4 | The rider for the evening ( the biggest ever we can faithfully report ) disappeared in minutes and took its toll on certain partygoers . |
| 5 | Ordyn-Nashchokin , one of the more forward-looking Russian statesmen of the seventeenth century , objected in the 1660s to any permanent foreign diplomatic representation in the country because it would " bring harm to the Muscovite state and embroil it with other nations " and because foreign diplomats would " find out everything that went on in Moscow and tell it abroad " . |
| 6 | Even though the ranks of labourers were thinner and the level of wealth higher than in the west , tinning was not unknown in eastern parts , though parishes containing tinners differed little from ones that did not : not only were the former only slightly poorer in East hundred , but in West and Trigg they were actually rather better off . |
| 7 | He had qualified at university in geology and geography , had tried teaching in Hull but found it too confining and when one of the old guard told him he should be spending more time with children who had some potential rather than those to whom he felt committed , he resigned on the same day . |
| 8 | It was this same Spirit that drove Jesus off into the desert to be tempted after his baptism , that pioneered the mission of the early Church often in the most bizarre , unexpected and ‘ unorthodox ’ ways ; that gripped a man like Philip , removed him from a flourishing evangelistic campaign in Samaria and drove him into the desert because there was one man who needed his help . |
| 9 | ‘ Frank ’ , 26 , lives with his parents in Chelmsford and wrote his 100,000- selling hit in their attic . |
| 10 | Kaiser William II had built up strong forces in Germany and enlarged its naval power to counter the power of the British navy , and it was Germany 's declaration of war on Russia which led to France and Britain declaring war on Germany and the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy . |
| 11 | Someone who has received an object in exchange is like a buyer ; and so is someone who has received it in payment or retained it after settlement of a law suit or obtained it on the basis of a promise otherwise than as a gift . |
| 12 | ‘ I met Drew in Panama and liked him a lot . |
| 13 | Crosby watched the 28-year-old schemer in the seven-goal rout of Partick in midweek and confirmed his interest yesterday . |
| 14 | A child was writing a poem in Bengali and passing it on to another boy to translate for him . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | While agreeing broadly with the England manager 's summing-up of the present Brazilian team , the thought did occur that in another footballing era he could have been describing an Italian side — brilliant in breakaways but giving nothing away at the back . |
| 17 | I met Pat and her minders at a hotel in Cardiff and told her what we had in mind . |
| 18 | Police talked to the man for 90 minutes before breaking into the flat in Brighton and grabbing him after he threatened to light a match . |
| 19 | A guy I ai n't worked for before said he wanted to use someone from up here to call on a man in Brighton and advise him to lay off some property . |
| 20 | We will enable the courts to override unfair terms in contracts and improve our powers to deal with rogue traders . |
| 21 | The landlord then relented in part and gave her back the keys to the bedsit . |
| 22 | Stone for Forest Webb keeps it in play and turns it back to Phillips and then Hill with a lovely little header back to make sure Leicester keep possession . |
| 23 | He is not optimistic about his chances of getting another job in electronics and says he would consider doing something else . |
| 24 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |
| 25 | Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart . |
| 26 | Steeling herself against the pain in her head , she forced her eyes open , then stared in horror and shut them quickly , her heart thumping . |
| 27 | Stay in Nicosia and hold yourself ready . |
| 28 | Molly was a believer in homeopathy and underwent her last operation and subsequent treatment in the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital . |
| 29 | ‘ My husband and I have recently returned from our holiday in Czechoslovakia and felt I must write to say how much we enjoyed it . |
| 30 | I 've read things in papers people are supposed to have said and think , ‘ You obnoxious twat , I hate you for saying that , ’ but I know there 's gay people out there who read that thing in NME and know it 's a load of bollocks . |