Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pers pn] in the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | " I 've heard about them in the Owsla . |
| 2 | Some of you might have heard about it in the press . |
| 3 | That 's why , I said I , I said I 'd heard about you in the papers and the just said oh yeah ! |
| 4 | ‘ Our idea of what belongs to the realm of reality is given for us in the concepts which we use . ’ |
| 5 | He seemed to have forgotten about me in the middle of his sentence . |
| 6 | She thinks he 's forgotten about it in the rush of leaving for America . |
| 7 | Arnie had never looked after her in the way Guido meant , performing the sort of small but pleasing acts of chivalry that seemed to come so naturally to him . |
| 8 | Yes , they have n't really looked after him in the field have they ? |
| 9 | The decision to place Gareth in the care of his grandparents , who have looked after him in the past while his mother was working , was taken by Strathclyde Regional Council 's social work department . |
| 10 | Kopyion had sat opposite him in the hovercar , contemplating the momentous events unravelling on the planet . |
| 11 | " Well , mother explained to me what was expected of me in the marriage bed and it sounded so terrifying . |
| 12 | I was looking forward to the chance to meet ‘ our ’ health visitor and find out what would be expected of me in the months leading up to the birth . |
| 13 | In this way , the organisation does its best to ensure that the employee is likely to be able to meet the requirements expected of him in the job abroad . |
| 14 | I asked my friends who have had au pairs what they 'd expected of them in the kitchen . |
| 15 | Similarly , unless it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances , a firm must not , in any written communication or agreement , seek to exclude or restrict : ( 1 ) Any other duty to act with skill , care and diligence which is owed to a private customer in connection with the provision to him of investment services in the course of regulated business ; or ( 2 ) Any liability owed to a private customer in connection with regulated business for failure to exercise the degree of skill , care and diligence that may reasonably be expected of it in the provision of investment services in the course of that business . |
| 16 | " Oh fucking hell , " Graham heard Mr Hunter says and then something huge squeezed past him in the darkness saying . |
| 17 | A spider the size of her thumbnail dropped past her in the gloom , its legs brushing her cheek . |
| 18 | I knew she was registered at Essex , I knew she was basically dishonest , a boozer , a feminist and — from the brief glimpse I 'd caught of her in the Mimosa Club — no featherweight . |
| 19 | By convention , the government of the day resigns or requests a dissolution if a motion of no confidence is carried against it in the House of Commons . |
| 20 | is not , on the true construction of section 6(2) and section 61(1) , entitled to the relief claimed against them in the statement of claim . |
| 21 | Recently many artificial fibres , such as nylon , made in chemical factories , have replaced cotton or wool , or they are mixed with them in the spinning or weaving process . |
| 22 | Although Blanche had been sad standing there in Mother 's empty flat , she had been overtaken then by the same feeling she sensed come over her in the interrogation room that night after Taczek had left . |
| 23 | Prestel can now be accessed through the set or via a microcomputer and modem located beside it in the Community Information section in the library . |
| 24 | The comparison will not show British progress in a very nattering light , for although Traffic in Towns was a hugely influential report in its day , nothing of significance has been added to it in the UK in a quarter of a century . |
| 25 | He had come to her in the night . |
| 26 | I strongly felt that Resenence had come to me in the dream and yet , when I awoke , when the morning came , I told myself I had created it myself . |
| 27 | I am a recent subscriber , having recently renewed my subscription for a second year and I have enjoyed every issue that has come to me in the post . |
| 28 | Jesus had not left them orphans : he had come to them in the person of the Spirit , who was not only the special gift of the Messiah to the messianic people in order to enable them to know his continued presence with them , but was the first instalment of the Age to Come , the pledge that the last days which had dawned with Jesus of Nazareth would , one day , come to God 's perfect conclusion . |
| 29 | Judge Hand 's refusal to comply with the request addressed to him in the Mexico City case rested on two grounds . |
| 30 | Interest in the Lamb is known to have been considerable at this period , when the third invocation addressed to it in the Mass was changed from " have mercy upon us " to " give us peace " . |