Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] in [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night . |
| 2 | I looked in the editor 's office but no one was there . ’ |
| 3 | — I remember , & never shall forget , my father 's face as he looked upon me while I lay in the servant 's arms — so calm , and the tears stealing down his face : for I was the child of his old age . |
| 4 | I remember how , when I was a naughty boy as I usually was , there being no corporal punishment , I was led about on a bit of string by my Headmaster , and one day when I was being reprimanded I laughed in the Headmaster 's face — I have always been defiant to all who tried to control me . |
| 5 | The other half I sat in the Sheikha 's section trying to be as inconspicuous as possible . |
| 6 | I sat in the children 's ward , the only one left , and nursed a little boy who had once again returned , but who had developed a whooping cough complication on ‘ the day ’ itself . |
| 7 | She was attacked as she played in a children 's playground as she bent down to stroke a dog tied to a post it attacked her . |
| 8 | She played in the women 's basketball and used to ride her bike around the university . |
| 9 | The Kylie and Jason ‘ Are they or are n't they in love ? ’ riddle reached its most bewildering moment in September 1988 when she claimed in a woman 's magazine that … |
| 10 | When you arrived in the Boys ' School , you quickly learned the rules . |
| 11 | ‘ We get off the stop after Salute , ’ he said warmly , as if pleased at her awed silence as she took in the building 's perfection . |
| 12 | And the hostility she saw in the woman 's eyes made her shudder inwardly . |
| 13 | Though to be really professional she should make corrections in red as she did in the children 's books . |
| 14 | She stayed in the Ladies ' room for a long time , amongst girls fainting , and weeping and grieving over laddered stockings , and when she emerged he had disappeared . |
| 15 | Ten minutes later as she sat in the Ladies ' cloakroom , smelling-salts to her nose , Sophie joined her . |
| 16 | Next Sunday we met in a Deacon 's house . |
| 17 | First , even if not all legislative authorities share the characteristics of dependence and pre-emptiveness we found in the arbitrator 's case , it is plain that some do . |
| 18 | The same went for all the climbing and jumping across the back court , over high walls and coal bunkers , that we did in the girls ' gang . |
| 19 | Our next destination was the West Coast and we stopped first at Arthur 's Pass , where we 'd been invited to stay in a tramping hut but it was under repair , so we stayed in a backpackers ' . |
| 20 | That night we stayed in the guards ' room with Mahmoud , but we had the feeling that other hostages were there , too . |
| 21 | They hid in the city 's petticoats . |
| 22 | At first they worked in the Direktor 's villa , then moved to the icy theatre , where his last fear was removed . |
| 23 | As they progressed in the king 's confidence and service , their benefices became more numerous and more lucrative . |
| 24 | Instead of Queenstown , they stayed in the Queen 's Hotel that night in Belfast , and it was lunchtime the next day before they got back to Newry . |
| 25 | He shared in the firm 's success up to Harland 's death in 1895 , playing his part in the extension of the yard , particularly the construction of the engine works in 1879–80 . |
| 26 | ‘ Will you forget me ? ’ he asked in an adult 's voice . |
| 27 | He drew in the horse 's reins and waited silently , his eyes momentarily tightly closed . |
| 28 | He peered in the man 's face . |
| 29 | Wessels launched an immediate counter-attack when he entered in the day 's second over , mostly with pulls and cuts , and counted eight fours and a top-edged pull for six off Ambrose who removed him for 59 to a sharp low catch at point 35 minutes after lunch . |
| 30 | Sampson became the second ( Marsden was the first ) Yorkshire player to represent the Players against the Gentlemen when he played in the Lord 's fixture of 1841 . |