Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were some of the best he 'd ever taken , he said , but it was difficult to tell since he 'd dropped them in the water when he was changing film . |
| 2 | They 'd met them in the pub a couple of weeks back . |
| 3 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 4 | She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away . |
| 5 | I 'd seen them in the shops marked down , as a Christmas offer , to around nine hundred quid . |
| 6 | I 'd seen him in the Feathers , surly in his own corner of the Snug , not liked by , not liking , the other villagers . |
| 7 | Lucy reckoned that , for the man in charge , he had some staggeringly dull tasks to handle ; she 'd seen him in the stockroom once , counting every bottle in every crate of tonic water . |
| 8 | It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh . |
| 9 | Well only because we 'd seen it in the shop |
| 10 | Once they 'd had a conversation on two levels , from street to first-floor window ; it had been in April ; on the second occasion he 'd visited her in the afternoon , for a walk along the canal . |
| 11 | They 'd used them in the war , gliders . |
| 12 | It did n't hurt that much , but he pretended she 'd got him in the balls , hoping for a little wifely penitence . |
| 13 | He 'd bought it in the Bazaar from an Indian trader who told him it would make the muscle grow . |
| 14 | Almost inaudible in the crush , he thanked everyone who 'd helped him in the case . |
| 15 | Then they 'd they 'd bunged us in the train and sent us down to Marseilles . |
| 16 | He could n't help wondering if he 'd interrupted him in the act of copulation . |
| 17 | After Ricky 'd settled them in the drawing room with drinks , he went in search of Perdita . |
| 18 | We 'd entered him in the Novice section , but he 'd been upgraded in the meantime . |
| 19 | The wedding-dress was in the faded green trunk , just as he 'd imagined it in the night . |
| 20 | Much bigger than she 'd imagined it in the dark . |
| 21 | We 'd left her in the car actually . |
| 22 | who 'd left her in the lurch |
| 23 | He 'd left them in the Courtesy Cleaners : they 'd be ready in time for Easter Saturday . |
| 24 | He 'd left them in the refrigerator factory … ? |
| 25 | She 'd left them in the caravan , and he just see the keys |
| 26 | Well apparently it had gone to Andrew , and , Andrew had cos Andrew is n't in the office all the time , and he 'd left it in the office , and I think they faxed it by th Andrew was gon na talk to somebody about it , but of course , by the time he 'd got there , it 'd already been done and this had happened so I 'm gon na ring erm Job Centre when I get home . |
| 27 | Who 'd showed us in the end |
| 28 | Lying there in his bed , she was suddenly beset by wild , crazy images of lying there in his arms , and , even as she tried to block them out , her body grew warm with the memory of the moment when he 'd kissed her in the make-up room . |
| 29 | I 'd kept it in the bottom of my bra-and-pants drawer ever since I stole it from Dad . |
| 30 | Molly tried to speak slowly and rationally but the calm which had sustained her in the villa seemed to have drained away . |