Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , although he had recently been known to talk to an invisible giant white rabbit and peek at his neighbours through binoculars , neither of these traits were deemed enough to blacken him in the eyes of the electors . |
| 2 | SUEDE 's past has come back to haunt them in the form of a former business associate with whom they had dealings before signing to the Nude label . |
| 3 | Wilson 's Cabinet — jealous of a non-political and non-party intruder — had decided not to include me in the team . |
| 4 | Do you think though , perhaps you could have done more to keep them in the Party ? |
| 5 | ‘ He 's promised not to drive it in the rain . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He 's promised not to ride it in the rain ’ |
| 7 | I 've spoken to many knitters about the N1 cam and the comment I hear so often is ‘ Oh , I was told was told always to put it in the centre of the machine , or ( worse ! ) at the edge of my knitting ’ . |
| 8 | In an unfortunate sign of a shortage of cash in both the computer industry and museum world , however , it was unclear how much further the prototype system would evolve and whether the money could be found ultimately to deploy it in the museum . |
| 9 | Trefusis had wished her luck , Juliet had told her to shoot straight , and the psych techs had tried not to look her in the eyes . |
| 10 | In a letter to Gilbert dated 16 November , 1840 he wrote : ‘ As I find the fauna of New Holland quite distinct and that of New Zealand to belong to an entirely different group of Islands I have determined not to include it in the present work ; you will therefore not go there … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ What I strongly suspect — ’ Roman had strolled back to join her in the cockpit , stretching long , hair-coarsened dark legs unnervingly close to her own slender golden thighs ‘ — is that Mathilde embroidered the local myths to suit herself ! |