Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] in [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But fortunately at that moment her gynaecologist called in for a brief visit and Brian went off to the nursery . |
| 2 | ‘ I do hope it 's nothing serious , ’ said Julia politely , thinking that it was rather hard on his wife to spend her honeymoon feeling ill while her husband sat in on a war crimes trial . |
| 3 | Her father rocked her in his arms , just as he had done when she was little , and when her mother came in with a cup of hot milk and one of her soothing tablets , she swallowed it obediently , a child again . |
| 4 | But Vinnie 's man with his head staved in on a patch of waste ground near Deptford Station does not get mentioned . |
| 5 | Around 4.00 am Vadgama was buried and had his face smashed in with a shovel . |
| 6 | What should you do when your partner comes in with a £500 stereo purchased on the Visa card , and you know that there are no funds to pay the bill when it arrives — ignore it ? |