Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 2 | When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye . |
| 3 | He smiled encouragingly , and Juliet was gratified by his attempt to include her in the conversation . |
| 4 | The unitary , all embracing , concept of man which is postulated by such expressions as " Anthropology is the science of man " is really a by-product of the post-Cartesian attempt to objectify everything in the world , to view human relationships as commodities , to see everything as quantifiable and predictable and governed by simple laws of cause and effect . |
| 5 | One leading UFF figure in the area last week referred to a gun attack on a house in Jamaica Street in the Ardoyne area on St. Patrick 's night and said it was the intention to kill anyone in the house . |
| 6 | For centuries therefore , statute has placed a limit on the time after which a claimant to an interest in land may bring an action to establish it in the face of the possession of another person holding under a later title … |
| 7 | It is always a pleasure to meet you in the field and I appreciate your commitment to creating a better housing business and providing greater satisfaction for our customers . |
| 8 | I 've sent Tuathal with a hundred horse to catch them in the ravine at Glen Farg . ’ |
| 9 | The second lorry ran into the car 's side sandwiching him in the wreckage . |
| 10 | The handlebar caught him in the groin . |
| 11 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 12 | For a day and a night the feasting on the horse filled everyone in the enclave with a dreadful exultation , but gradually it died down as the garrison came to realize that one horse was hardly enough to stay their hunger for more than a few hours . |
| 13 | Then he lay down on her , his weight sinking her in the bed as if in sand . |
| 14 | It gives him great pleasure to incarnate himself in the shape of man as Christ himself did . |
| 15 | Soon she took my visits for granted and I was given the spare key to let myself in the door . |
| 16 | What if she does n't want to be swollen to the size of an elephant with a bleeding parasite kicking her in the guts day and night ? |
| 17 | It is not a fixed asset as there is no intention to use it in the business . |
| 18 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 19 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 20 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 21 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 22 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 23 | When the terrified actress locked herself in the car , he rammed it with his Ford Bronco . |
| 24 | The idea is that one does not really accept a universal rule unless an imaginative attempt to put oneself in the place of everyone affected still leaves one happy with it , for only so does one accept the prescription that the action should be done in that case in which it would be oneself rather than the other who was in such a place . |
| 25 | " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks . |
| 26 | He marries Julia Maplesone , whose extravagance lands him in the Fleet Prison , and who deserts him whilst he is there . |
| 27 | It costs a great deal to keep him in the home , as well as your father . ’ |
| 28 | What is more , it is probably utterly unfair to this particular study to oversimplify it in the way shown in figure 6.1 , which is intended solely to relate to the limited area studied . |
| 29 | Soothing remedies : take aspirin — it inhibits prostaglandin formation ( sunburn releases it in the body ) and will considerably reduce soreness and redness if taken early enough . |
| 30 | His unflappability deserted him in the face of by-election reverses . |