Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [pers pn] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 2 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 3 | If there are enough requests for them in the web , I 'll stick them in . |
| 4 | Léonie left the Jews behind her in the room . |
| 5 | They would have lists of all the people that had bought books from them or might have bought books from them in the past , categorized by where they live , the age of the person , the sex , the special interests , the past purchases , and then they would send out special books erm special letters , if they had a new doggie book coming out they might select all the ladies over fifty-five who had bought doggie books in the past . |
| 6 | In order to learn to master this sort of mismatch , simple context drills must be prepared such as the following one , in order to become accustomed to the way the word is used in German : N.B. ( to me ) indicates that it is implied in the English sentence , but not usually stated ; if stated , it would be followed by the preposition " in " , as in " Bring the books to me in the library " . |
| 7 | What I recommend you , you look at , I do n't think it 's on your reading list , no it 's not , it 's not on your reading list , but there are copies of it in the library . |
| 8 | These hands , and the crisp white shirtsleeves that lead away from them , are the only signs of me in the room . |
| 9 | I tell you what , if you get one of the earlier mountain bikes there made of five three one tubing which is lighter than what you 've got , there 's loads of them in the paper for sale and there so cheap |
| 10 | There were distinct advantages for me in the relationship . |
| 11 | She moved away , walking beside the river , but she could hear footsteps behind her in the grass , and felt love all around her , like perfume in the air . |
| 12 | There were crates with us in the carriage ; he was escaping from home again . |
| 13 | And I would like to say at this point I was very disappointed that we did n't have any other conservatives with us in the afternoon . |
| 14 | I was the one who would help him back to bed , I was the one who would read lines to him in the morning before he went on the set . ’ |
| 15 | Miss Macdonald , I thought , would probably know about Andrew Stavanger 's dentist — she might well have made appointments for him in the past . |
| 16 | Tom met him outside at lunchtime as there were no classes for him in the afternoon . |
| 17 | Malcolm Badenoch , 25 , of High Street , Elgin , had brought in local youths , some still at school , to act as dealers for him in the sale of the drugs at all-night raves , Lord MacLean was told . |
| 18 | Should you decide that you would prefer to knit your design in jacquard rather than Fair Isle , DesignaKnit can automatically separate all the colours for you in the way that is required for your particular knitting machine . |
| 19 | My year between school and university was about as creative as the period Terry Waite spent in captivity staring at a concrete wall with only his postcard of John Bunyan for reading matter , but I did spend the first few weeks of it in the typing class of a comprehensive school in Hackney . |
| 20 | Scone is invested , but there are three hundred horsemen of mine in the neighbourhood to keep everyone unhappy . |
| 21 | I 've been up there buying things for him in the past when he was er operating the taxi and he had n't time to go himself . |
| 22 | She kept reminding herself of the stories about him in the gossip columns , of his reputation as a womaniser . |
| 23 | We are including an extra pack of two coarse discs for you in the pack — worth £2.69 . |
| 24 | He has organised concerts for them in the past . |
| 25 | There 's only about er what is it four teams below them in the table at the moment and a defeat today would be a serious blow for them . |
| 26 | Dedicated enthusiasts will be able to make themselves familiar with the brighter galaxies , and use binoculars to make regular surveys of them in the hope of catching sight of a supernova . |
| 27 | Whether we know him or not whether we 've never had any dealings with him in the past or not , he is able to bring peace once we allow him to come in and to take control of the situation . |
| 28 | Some of these dogs will be strays , abandoned by their owners because of difficulties with them in the home . |
| 29 | There are no breaks in it in the sense of special divine interventions ; and while every event is in its own way particular , individual and unique , none is qualitatively of a wholly different kind from all others . |
| 30 | In the early 1770s Sulivan promoted the career of Warren Hastings [ q.v. ] as a reforming governor of Bengal , but he was unable to prevent a major loss of the Company 's autonomy when the government took powers over it in the Regulating Act of 1773 . |