Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Some of you might have heard about it in the press . |
2 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
3 | When he goes out there to wait for her in the evening , I sometimes think : It is n't Rosa . |
4 | But we got through it in the end and their happy , and I 'm happy ! |
5 | Something made for him in the darkness and struck him a violent blow just under the knee . |
6 | I read about it in the paper today |
7 | He seemed to have forgotten about me in the middle of his sentence . |
8 | She thinks he 's forgotten about it in the rush of leaving for America . |
9 | The body 's mechanism takes over because the logical consequence of that would be to die , and we can see here that there is an arousal of something like eight to ten seconds , and during that period the patient would wake up , probably not sufficient that they would know about it in the morning , and we can see here that the breathing starts again . |
10 | It 's one like that except a lot smaller with little red berries that grow off it in the spring . |
11 | Can you wait for me in the foyer of the nurses ’ home at ten past and we 'll run over to Faye and Bill 's in my car ? ’ |
12 | Will you wait for me in the car ? ’ |
13 | Never mind , I 'll wait for him in the car . ’ |
14 | He often went out alone , Italian style , and Jeanne would wait for him in the street after the cafés closed . |
15 | There was a murmur of conversation , then the receptionist said , ‘ He will wait for you in the bar . |
16 | This man will wait for us in the car . |
17 | We cry for it in the night , for this perfect union . |
18 | Just to be told what 's going on , what 's in the packet , what the future holds for us in the food game . |
19 | She sincerely believes that her grandmother looks after her in the spirit world . |
20 | Arnie had never looked after her in the way Guido meant , performing the sort of small but pleasing acts of chivalry that seemed to come so naturally to him . |
21 | Yes , they have n't really looked after him in the field have they ? |
22 | The decision to place Gareth in the care of his grandparents , who have looked after him in the past while his mother was working , was taken by Strathclyde Regional Council 's social work department . |
23 | Kopyion had sat opposite him in the hovercar , contemplating the momentous events unravelling on the planet . |
24 | " Well , mother explained to me what was expected of me in the marriage bed and it sounded so terrifying . |
25 | In this way , the organisation does its best to ensure that the employee is likely to be able to meet the requirements expected of him in the job abroad . |
26 | I asked my friends who have had au pairs what they 'd expected of them in the kitchen . |
27 | Similarly , unless it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances , a firm must not , in any written communication or agreement , seek to exclude or restrict : ( 1 ) Any other duty to act with skill , care and diligence which is owed to a private customer in connection with the provision to him of investment services in the course of regulated business ; or ( 2 ) Any liability owed to a private customer in connection with regulated business for failure to exercise the degree of skill , care and diligence that may reasonably be expected of it in the provision of investment services in the course of that business . |
28 | And then , the enormous figure with rust-coloured moustaches walking towards her in the hall . |
29 | " Oh fucking hell , " Graham heard Mr Hunter says and then something huge squeezed past him in the darkness saying . |
30 | A spider the size of her thumbnail dropped past her in the gloom , its legs brushing her cheek . |