Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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1 | Got killed when that horse kicked him in the head . ’ |
2 | The savings on operating costs alone were immense , some experts putting it in the order of £2 million a year . |
3 | The Prince is also very keen on deer stalking , another pull to keep him in the Highlands for as long as he can manage . |
4 | As you drive , this NVH manifests itself in the form of tiny vibrations fed back through the steering wheel and the gruff , uninspiring sounds from the SE-FHE engine . |
5 | Its ancestor , Legacy , seemed to me to be very slow and cumbersome , whereas this incarnation lacks nothing in the speed department . |
6 | Several influences combined in this period to help him in the search for an alternative theological approach . |
7 | This distinction manifests itself in the fact that the " see that " paraphrase fits the second sentence very well but is very awkward for the first . |
8 | Under the rule of the Incas this inertia expressed itself in the stagnation of commerce … in the lack of vitality and the absence of originality in the arts , in dogmatism in science , and in the rareness of even the simplest inventions . |
9 | Some bullets hit him in the air and more bullets hit him as he lay on the ground . |
10 | However , whatever , the reason why I mention it , I do notice that Green Peace are thinking of , perhaps some members saw it in the press , did you , that Green Peace are making a formal complaint to the European Commission about switching from de-sulphurisation to importing low sulphur coal , and it may be something that we should focus in on as well . |
11 | When people from this background find themselves in the middle of an industrial set-up , it is not easy for them to adjust their values or frames of reference , just as people from an industrial society , used to individual wages and jobs , would feel confused if suddenly thrust into a peasant society . |
12 | It is one thing to draw money from the public in terms of council tax and it 's another thing to spend it in the way you intend to do it . |
13 | ‘ This company prides itself in the quality of its totally unsubsidized products , ’ wrote Lord Swaythling . |
14 | The commission now has the task of finding another country to take him in the next five days , and it is not optimistic . |
15 | This dominance exhibits itself in the ability of corporations to choose effectively which topics of policy they will shepherd into the arena of public debate , and which they will keep within the confines of private discussions . |
16 | And it was n't just it was by pure coincidence , I mean his kidneys would have stopped anyway , that bloke thumped him in the pub . |
17 | While foot-based metre(s) do display promotion , they are typically " heavier " lines , and such heaviness shows itself in the high degree of demotion ( e.g. of lexical monosyllables — blind in three blind mice ) and subordination within the line . |
18 | No such fears limited them in the 1880s and 1890s . |
19 | ‘ I do n't regret not having much time to pamper myself in the bathroom , as the inclination is n't there . |
20 | Yet Boswell and other Johnsonians report that , long before the pension , Johnson wondered aloud if holding up his right hand would have secured victory for the Stuarts at Culloden to Prince Charles 's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart , and so fearful was he of the consequences of another revolution on the throne of Great Britain' . |
21 | The high viscosity of these solutions keeps them in the eye longer , while the polymer itself is intended to mimic the ocular mucins ( glycoproteins ) , a deficiency of which is often the cause of dry eye symptoms , and promote tear film stability . |
22 | These matters confirm me in the view already expressed that the disturbance complained of in this case is not actionable . |
23 | These divisions establish themselves in the first five years or so of our lives . |
24 | Many refugees found themselves in the same position . |
25 | That punch put him in the Guinness Book of Records with the quickest KO in history when he flattened American Johnny Ellis in 12secs in November 1990 , and he has claimed two other victims in 19secs and 27secs respectively . |
26 | As more people find themselves in the same position , men stop mocking each other for doing housework and mothers-in-law cease criticising their sons ' wives about going out to work . |
27 | Kubitsky was bringing his rifle to bear on a target which lay somewhere in the direction of the grove of trees on the river bank to Rostov 's rear , but before he could open fire three more arrows took him in the chest and he fell over backwards without a sound . |
28 | With those facts staring us in the face , it was monstrous and absurd to propose to sink a large outlay of money in the purchase of ground in this neighbourhood , and in the erection of new Government buildings . |
29 | I ca n't see any horse beating him in the Kentucky Derby . |
30 | But because of its fierce realism and deep antipathy to authority ( whether it comes in the guise of nationalism or Catholicism , ) this culture is likely to resist any attempt to include it in the cosy consensus of Dublin as Europe 's cultural capital . |