Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] in the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authorities did seek reserve powers by making all land subject to compulsory purchase , although they intended to leave most of it in the developers ' hands . |
| 2 | From a perspective in anthropology where social systems were all equally valid , I teased her about cultural police rigidities which caused this rejection of the alternative views she was being asked to examine , to the point where she refused to lunch with me in the Students ' Union , because , ‘ you 're one of those bloody communists I have to listen to ’ . |
| 3 | Once a man she 'd never met before , a man called Peter who did n't seem to have a wife , kept dancing with her in the Godsons ' house , holding her very close , in a way that quite upset her and yet was pleasurable . |
| 4 | The driver of the truck sent to meet Charles and his baggage at the railhead south of Arras , had told him that Lord Christopher — Charles did n't ask the surname — was waiting for him in the Officers ' Mess of 2nd Grenadiers . |
| 5 | I talked to them in the Friends ' Meeting House on a dark and stormy summer night . |
| 6 | Drinking Irish whisky by herself in the Ladies ' Cloakroom ? " |