Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And home we went , in the BMW , my bike tucked away in the capacious boot . |
| 2 | I look forward to my husband coming home in the middle of the day — it makes a break , breaks the day up . |
| 3 | My tongue hangs up in the leaves |
| 4 | the sums in the premiums trust fund , it 's a very simple answer my Lord to notify now in the same way the commission suggested that they should notify some ten years ago |
| 5 | Yeah , but er I had my bath put upstairs in the spare room |
| 6 | ‘ It 's taking me to the pin of my collar to keep up in the matter of sheer technical knowledge . |
| 7 | my song torn out in the dried flowers |
| 8 | There is no defence for my conduct weighed only in the scales of ahi sā . |
| 9 | Was that the echo of my whisper wafting around in the darkness ? |
| 10 | " It is from the Lung Ching period , and I 'm fairly confident that it is one of only two perfect examples of its kind left anywhere in the world . " |
| 11 | He noted that despite the fact that its glory lay mainly in the nature of the orchestral score ‘ one could start afresh with a version for piano and still do a Pelleas of great vitality ’ . |
| 12 | He noted that despite the fact that its glory lay mainly in the nature of the orchestral score ‘ one could start afresh with a version for piano and still do a Pelleas of great vitality ’ . |
| 13 | The mud shoal and its hump dozed tranquilly in the heat . |
| 14 | A civilian judge investigating the case died on Nov. 19 when her car blew up in the capital , Santiago . |
| 15 | Ashley was balanced on the edge of the skip with her arms stretching unsuccessfully down and her bottom stuck up in the air when , from the dark , smelly depths , she heard a car door slam . |
| 16 | Historically the word may come from one of several sources , but given its apparent near-restriction to the Welsh border counties , its origin lies perhaps in the Old Welsh Cai , the Middle Welsh Kei , and the Latin Caius , a common praenomen among the Romans . |
| 17 | She said she was in the same boat as himself and kept her fist closed tight in the pocket of her overall on the one and ninepence Uncle Vernon had given her earlier . |
| 18 | Accordingly , he considers that individuals have no procedural rights to participate in what are plainly policy decisions , beyond their right to participate periodically in the election of governments — unless , of course , such rights are specifically conferred on them by some statute . |
| 19 | Although generally aware that bran , wholemeal bread ( which has less of its fibre stripped away in the milling process than white bread ) and muesli-type mixtures are rich sources of fibre , most people used to find it difficult to know where to locate that healthy high-fibre food . |
| 20 | She 's totally cut off from other adults during the day , and when her husband comes home in the evening , all he wants is telly and early bed … . ’ |
| 21 | The king slept half-armed in his tent , the remainder of his plate-armour massed just within the entrance , and his lance with its pennant fixed upright in the turf outside . |
| 22 | But though their name lives on in the region of Tuscany , the Etruscans actually survived for only a short period ; they were expelled from Rome by the Latins and then defeated at the battle of Aricia in 506BC . |
| 23 | Even if at the time of sale the purchaser does not intend such rationalisation , it will not wish to fetter its discretion to do so in the future and to be able to adapt the business as it wishes to changing market circumstances . |
| 24 | She sat down in front of the mirror and brushed her hair carefully , as if the success of her enterprise lay entirely in the sleek disposal of each gleaming black thread . |
| 25 | So , although the Bolsheviks did not start the inflationary process , they were unable to stop it either , despite their wish to do so in the first few months of Soviet rule . |
| 26 | Her father lay back in the big squashy leather chair and closed his eyes for a moment , before opening them again and fixing them firmly on his daughter . |
| 27 | In the morning her father arrived up in the nursery . |
| 28 | A little further on , the small compact settlement of Lea Yeat ( Gate ) is reached , its tranquillity disturbed only in the 1870s when the railway was being constructed across the hillside above . |
| 29 | The work of Miliutin and Reitern made plain that the Russian government retained its commitment to reform even in the immediate aftermath of the emancipation . |
| 30 | To symbolise their commitment to work together in the future , they will read together an extract from the Swanwick Declaration . |