Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I would n't let is pass without thanking you which is the reason for this note because at the moment I have n't got that much spare time on my hands to thank you in person .
2 He persuaded her parents to give her in marriage to a friend of his and by constant threats and ill-treatment she was forced to consent .
3 Once you have these you are then in a position to work out which behaviours to use and which behaviours to avoid yourself in order to shape the reactions you want from the other person .
4 On the parade ground soldiers often have to shout out their numbers to help them in drill work .
5 In March 1953 I received the last of her novels to reach me in Egypt .
6 Although it had been conceived originally as a means of reducing illegal practices during the process of distillation , the ‘ Coffey still ’ had obvious commercial advantages , but his efforts to introduce it in Ireland met with little success , and it was in Scotland that it first became popular in the 1840s .
7 This was yet another of his children to face him in defiance in this very kitchen .
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