Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Got killed when that horse kicked him in the head . ’ |
| 2 | The Prince is also very keen on deer stalking , another pull to keep him in the Highlands for as long as he can manage . |
| 3 | Its ancestor , Legacy , seemed to me to be very slow and cumbersome , whereas this incarnation lacks nothing in the speed department . |
| 4 | Several influences combined in this period to help him in the search for an alternative theological approach . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ This company prides itself in the quality of its totally unsubsidized products , ’ wrote Lord Swaythling . |
| 10 | The commission now has the task of finding another country to take him in the next five days , and it is not optimistic . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't regret not having much time to pamper myself in the bathroom , as the inclination is n't there . |
| 15 | 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' . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I ca n't see any horse beating him in the Kentucky Derby . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Mains was recalled for the solitary Test against Tom Grace 's Irishmen at Athletic Park , in which the All Blacks gained an undistinguished win , but Mains got a penalty goal and enough credit to keep him in the team for the great tour — South Africa , 1978 . |
| 20 | Never , ever breed from a mare that has given you any cause to fear her in the stable . |
| 21 | Neither party involved themselves in the messy business of seeking votes in the province , democracy was n't mentioned . |
| 22 | So she had downgraded herself , attempting by each step to lose herself in the back-streets of the cities she went to . |