Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] in front " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big man has been in a clinic since breaking a leg against Crystal Palace last week and the only way he can join in the Reds rise is by cheering them on in front of his telly . |
| 2 | They felt that he had let them down in front of others . |
| 3 | A very simple way of collecting examples of people talking is to sit them down in front of the camera and get them to talk to it . |
| 4 | Yeah , I know we went in there last week , cos they had these cards , they got those things with six bugs on them , they 're really ugly looking things , Aaron wanted them , he has n't half been playing some tricks on Gary take them down in front of Gary and that Gary 's aagh |
| 5 | I let you down in front of your friends , and I 'm sorry . |
| 6 | you out in front , unsure of your footing |
| 7 | Stand them up in front of somebody , tutor , and they 'll speak more quickly . |
| 8 | Eventually The Fat Controller pulled me up in front of a viciously scalped hedge of box . |
| 9 | He lit a cheroot , opened the drawer of a walnut table , took out some plans and spread them out in front of me . |
| 10 | I also make the rule that , before a person has had a turn , they sit with their legs crossed and afterwards place them out in front . |
| 11 | ‘ Two yards from the special , Magee raised his two arms together holding them out in front of him in the combat position , and to his horror PC Kelly saw a handgun protruding from Magee 's clenched fists . |
| 12 | The tension in his relationship with Ricky was made worse when he began to needle him , to run him down in front of others . |
| 13 | NORTHERN Ireland Minister Michael Mates was placed on probation last night after John Major publicly slapped him down in front of MPs . |
| 14 | Although she was trained , she was still a beginner — like me — and it was n't easy to settle her down in front of all those kids , who , naturally , were all pointing and whispering when we came into the classroom . |
| 15 | Because Irina did not want to travel in one of the carts , Jehan had taken her up in front of him . |
| 16 | He stopped beside her chair , reaching with easy strength to pull her up in front of him . |
| 17 | In 1984 his friend of many years , Liz Taylor , tried to get him back in front of the cameras and to conquer his alcoholism . |
| 18 | It was kind of exciting to realise that another three strides would put her out in front of everybody , almost like looking over a low rail at a mile-long drop . |
| 19 | Then he caught hold of the girl , roughly , by her plait , and dragged her round in front of him . |
| 20 | ‘ How dare you order me about in front of my friend ? ’ she demanded . |
| 21 | Ordering me about in front of Candy , knowing I had no choice other than to meekly obey , was downright contemptible ! ’ |
| 22 | Put it on in front , put it Kathleen . |
| 23 | The claw touched the transparent visor of the helmet and slid it down in front of Ace 's face . |
| 24 | The next moment the waiter came back to Harvey carrying a little cake with twenty-six candles — all alight — he put it down in front of Harvey and Harvey sang — quite loudly all by himself — Harvey sang ‘ Happy Birthday to Me ’ all through . |
| 25 | Away goes Lawrence to , takes it again with the bottom hand away from the bat , it 's off the back foot this time , stabbing it down in front of him , a short of a length ball . |
| 26 | He was recently quoted as saying : ‘ I 've got a terrible habit when people bring in a picture and say they want to look like that — I invariably tear it up in front of them . |
| 27 | I got my wallet out of my pocket and held it up in front of my eyes . |
| 28 | He pulled out a transparent bag and held it up in front of Jed 's eyes . |
| 29 | A DIVORCED wife cut off her former husband 's manhood with a razor and forced him to hold it up in front of her mocking friends , police said in Dacca , Bangladesh . |
| 30 | The unarmed man then produced a buff-coloured plastic ID card and held it up in front of Vasili . |