Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [prep] [verb] in the " in BNC.

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1 It started as a movement , that is again the critics that is that again the critics picked it up and made something of it worth discussing in the mid-sixties .
2 He took vulgar public revenge on me by mocking in the pages of Madame Bovary a seal I had once given him as a token of love .
3 Travelling by coach you will pass through the flower carpet fields to the Franz Roozen Nurseries where you will discover the art of growing flowers and perhaps order your own bulbs which will be delivered to you for planting in the autumn .
4 Vincent went to him for drawing in the mornings , and in the evenings to try his hand at watercolours , as he had done before Christmas .
5 He was ashamed of the way his father sat in his armchair staring at them without joining in the conversation , or even rudely reading as they talked .
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