Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Visitors used to flock to it in omnibuses and examine it with the careful scrutiny of sightseers . ’
2 This topic is meant to improve pupils ' awareness of ‘ danger ’ areas in houses and to inform them of basic safety measures and precautions which should be taken at home .
3 Two years ago , I went on holiday to the States and witnessed scenes in clubs that made me realize women were n't as inhibited as I 'd thought .
4 ‘ Foreigners who live in cities and criticise us have a bunny-love approach .
5 ‘ I want to know the identity of a man , I want to reach him , I want to put him in handcuffs and read him a charge of First Degree murder . ’
6 We do n't just brand the cheapest tubes available , bubble pack them in pairs and hang them up on a dealer 's wall .
7 The purpose of this chapter is to outline the elements involved in resource management in schools and to apply them to current practice .
8 Then I taught in a secondary modern in Hackney , before getting involved in the pioneering days of schools ' drama , touring happily doing plays in schools and inspiring them to do their own . ’
9 It had decreed that many years ago , and if they had taken the appropriate rent rises in steps and phased them in , this sudden large rise , which is causing hardship , would not have happened .
10 Actually it 's all very much easier to explain in pictures than to tell you how it works , so let's go step by step , shall we ?
11 She no longer kept them in cages but allowed them the run of the house and garden .
12 Pain and nausea swept over him in waves that left him hot and sticky and weak at the knees .
13 The alcohol had sapped the strength out of his jaw muscles so that the skin fell in folds and made him look like a tortoise .
14 She picked up the shoes in armfuls and stacked them away with obsessional care , keeping the toes carefully in line .
15 How if she chooses this moment and this audience to make it known that she visits us only out of pure charity , that what lies in her handsome reliquary is in reality the body of the young man who committed murder to secure her for Shrewsbury , and himself died by accident , in circumstances that made it vital he should vanish ?
16 Or otherwise , you buy them in blocks and screw them on the wall .
17 ‘ I thought he was perfect for the story and sent him a script with about as much hope as those who put messages in bottles and toss them in the ocean . ’
18 When not being a mother or supportive wife , she has taken on numerous appointments in areas that interest her .
19 There is a poison in potatoes that turns them green , which is very dangerous to pregnant women .
20 Liberal Democrats actually get in corners and say we hate Government , y'know , what can we do to get po power away from London ?
21 ‘ If an assassin were to dare to enter my kitchen , ’ Auguste announced in tones that made it clear that no villain would have the temerity , ‘ do you not think that poison would be his chosen means , rather than an arsenal of rifles hidden in a kitchen range ? ’
22 ‘ But the men were many and clever and shot at the eagles with arrows , and trapped them in nets and put them to death , one after another .
23 Then Bjorn Again say ‘ thanks ’ in accents that make them sound like the chef out of The Muppet Show , and an Australian voice tells us to hurry up and spend our money on tickets for their next gig in Manchester , which , due to overwhelming demand , is happening next week .
24 How would we feel if France started putting its criminals in boats and sending them over the Channel to us ?
25 In fits and starts he told Seton , Ramsay , Gray and others the sorry tale .
26 Then I 'll put in rawlplugs and hang it properly . ’
27 The assistance , however late in the day , gave Hewett a new lease of life ; he flew at Slatter , striking him so hard with his police stick that he split it in pieces and knocked him out .
28 But if he looks as though he may pounce on them , they shoot at him , and if they kill him , they cut him in pieces and roast him and regale themselves , repeating all the while , ‘ It is the Russians who are eating you , not us . ’
29 Yet many of the children had been in bookshops and knew them not to be so .
30 own kids have grown up so it does n't matter to them , just live back in days and make you spend your money the way they tell you and live how you they tell you .
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