Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] 's [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He duly entered John 's interment in his register : ‘ Aged 24 ; with Military Honours ’ . |
| 2 | We have all done wrong out of malice , have known it was stupid and we have all shown Satan 's blindness in ignoring reality , in yet going ahead with our actions and following human passion instead of divine reason . |
| 3 | The fact that Tassi was already married only exacerbated Aratsio 's belief in himself as the aggrieved party . |
| 4 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 5 | One can only admire Lucie-Smith 's confidence in taking on such an undertaking , but wonder why Laurence King Publishing were keen on this project . |
| 6 | Any reader literal enough to doubt Quinn 's success in those matters is likely to be diverted by the thrust and crackle of action rapidly described and by the element of chance so quickly exploited by the boy . |
| 7 | Bradshaw rather unwisely greeted McLean 's arrival in the ring by nutting him . |
| 8 | Reform groups have called for drastic measures , perhaps following California 's lead in limiting the number of terms a politician can serve in office . |
| 9 | Even more vigorous support came from The Building News which in a leading article on 18th February attacked the attitudes of Palmerston and Tite during the first debate , and made the incorrect comment that Hope had said that Manners was only following Stanley 's lead in choosing Scott for the Foreign Office . |
| 10 | And Mr Gorbachev does not want Vietnam 's role in Kampuchea to mar his summit meeting next month in Begging with Mr Deng Xiaoping . |
| 11 | If the Empire State Building of English football , the FA Premier League , can not recognise Mike 's ability in management , then what hope has my talent , three blocks away on the taxi rank , where the Multivite/Singletons Division Three languishes . |
| 12 | We do not just consider Mendel 's theory in isolation . |
| 13 | Joan had not visited Brian 's grave in five years and had expected to find it neglected and overgrown . |
| 14 | Still Charles 's biographer should not look Nithard 's gift-horse in the mouth ! |
| 15 | His eyes were open , but he did not see Daniel 's hand in front of his face . |
| 16 | A formal acknowledgement of the independence of Korea signified the end of Chinese domination there , but did not clarify Japan 's position in the country . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll not have Ling 's floor in a mess . ’ |
| 18 | Jack Charlton , the Republic of Ireland manager , did not attend Saturday 's draw in Rome but seemed more upset on TV back home than did Bobby Robson , who made all the right diplomatic noises in the Palazzo dello Sport without giving much away . |
| 19 | She did not share Antonia 's interest in dissecting last week 's date and plotting the next . |
| 20 | Finding they had much in common , Coleman and Boohaker arranged to meet after the broadcast , and their subsequent friendship would doubtless have flourished anyway , even if the DIA had not pulled Coleman 's string in the autumn of 1989 and instructed him to cultivate the connection . |
| 21 | Even on his death , nearly twenty years later , the obituaries did not forget Glaze 's role in Doctor Who . |
| 22 | Essential will serve and support the existing half a dozen or so dealers , VARs and system integrators that already offer BBC 's software in the UK . |
| 23 | Hollywood , said Hall , had already discovered people 's interest in the rich and ‘ rags to riches was filmdom 's bread and butter ’ . |
| 24 | Poor umpiring decisions against Smith , Hick and Salisbury , all adjudged lbw to balls drifting down the leg side , did not help England 's cause in the first innings . |
| 25 | He has also gratefully accepted Athena 's help in recruiting staff and handed over his payroll for the company to process . |
| 26 | I must take Morna 's , I 've still got Morna 's coat in the back of our |
| 27 | Dick cross dresses , confesses he hates women , admits that he once shook Lulu 's hand in 1962 , ‘ If she 'd asked me to marry her , ’ said Dick , smoothing down his silk stockings , ‘ I would have said yes . ’ |
| 28 | The selectors today put off deciding Britain 's representative in the European Cup contest on June 26–27 until after Smith and Grant meet in a ‘ jump off ’ at the international meeting in Belfast this weekend . |
| 29 | Even so , the IMF 's new figures still lift China 's share in world output to 6% — three times its previous weight , making it the world 's third-biggest economy behind America ( 22.5% ) and Japan ( 7.6% ) . |
| 30 | He slammed a clenched fist onto the map with every reiteration of the name , then dismissively waved Sharpe 's despatch in Captain Blasendorf 's face . |