Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tell readers nothing about the arguments in favour of the extension of VAT . |
| 2 | So I told them about the C in Mister C. I said ‘ It 's C as in E equals MC 2 . |
| 3 | He told them about the bath in Swines ' building yard . |
| 4 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 5 | ‘ This house reminds me of the cottage in Hertfordshire I had before I married , ’ she explains . |
| 6 | He reminded me of the author in Godard 's A bout de souffle who said that his ambition was ‘ to become immortal — and then die ’ . |
| 7 | Churchill was telling everyone of the dangers in Europe but no one would listen . |
| 8 | Their anxiety rooted Joseph to the spot for a moment ; then , desperate to make amends for his clumsiness , he flung himself through the doorway in pursuit . |
| 9 | These include : the Department of Employment , which ( directly and indirectly ) runs YTS/YT and TVEI ( see Chapter 10 ) and controls 25% of the funding for NAFE ( see Chapter 5 ) ; the Department of the Environment , which through the Urban Programme gives grants for educational projects in deprived areas ; and the Department of Industry , which through the Micros in Schools Project subsidises the buying of microcomputers in primary and secondary schools . |
| 10 | William Booth , a Methodist local preacher , began evangelical and rescue work in the East End of London in 1865 , and that eventually led , in 1878 to the first formation of the Salvation Army , with himself as the General in charge . |
| 11 | For the next couple of years at least the shares will be supported only by assets , which despite the fall in values are still worth 25 p.c. more than the share price . |
| 12 | As Shylock says himself of the incident in Act 3 Scene 1 — line 28 : |
| 13 | He was inclined to feel giddy , too , and was obliged to support himself against the parapet in order to steady his troubled vision . |
| 14 | He did not hold out much hope that Merymose would persuade Kenamun to engage him , but there was no harm in familiarising himself with the terrain in advance if he could . |
| 15 | The bill in question , approved by disaffected hardliners in the ruling National Opposition Union ( UNO ) coalition , had rescinded Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN ) land and property laws , described locally as la piñata ( after cheap sweet dispensers ) which before the change in government in April 1990 had legitimized the distribution of property to Sandinistas [ see p. 38282 ] . |
| 16 | They have also rediscovered long-forgotten old ones , such as the Home Secretary 's prerogative to do whatever is ‘ reasonably necessary to preserve the peace of the realm ’ , which in the case in question meant supplying plastic bullets and CS gas to the police without consultation with Parliament and against the wishes of local police committees ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Good , because it seems , ’ said the colonel , placing his monocle up to his left eye , ‘ that Prescott ’ — he studied a buff form on the desk in front of him before continuing ‘ yes , Private Prescott , may have shot himself in the hand in order to avoid facing the enemy . |
| 18 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 19 | After all , Changez was needed in the shop even more urgently now that Anwar had so enfeebled himself on the Gandhi-diet in order to get Changez to Britain in the first place . |
| 20 | The gusto with which he designed these posters shows how whole-heartedly he gave himself to the task in hand . |
| 21 | Rex drew himself to the business in hand . |
| 22 | Anyway , I thought I 'd come back and be with you for the evening in case you were lonely . ’ |
| 23 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 24 | In fact she felt that Jennie positively disliked her , particularly when none of the shoes in stock fitted her and Jennie refused to buy her a new pair . |
| 25 | In that situation none of the rules in section 18 would apply since those rules are only relevant ‘ unless a different intention appears . ’ |
| 26 | None of the men in Štanjel had anything like it . |
| 27 | Theoretically , for example , none of the entries in E need be older than the twelfth century . |
| 28 | None of the patients in remission required treatment other than sulphasalazine or olsalazine . |
| 29 | In contrast to the learned shepherd , the flock has not had occasion either to familiarise itself with the evidence in question or to confront the inconsistencies between scriptural accounts and the actual historical backdrop . |
| 30 | The report cited above also concerns itself with the growth in projects creating electronic resources in the humanities , and the increase in those wanting access to information electronically held . |