Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | to do and we 're going to have the opportunity to do it in a slightly interesting way and you failed miserably because you sat and chatted and did n't get any work done . |
| 2 | You will receive a copy of the report and have the opportunity to discuss it in an interview . |
| 3 | He gave the union leaders the opportunity to tell him in a forthright manner where they thought he was going wrong with his policies and he in turn did some pretty plain talking about what he saw as their shortcomings . |
| 4 | It 's about six feet in height and just about shoulder width , er it 's coloured black and it has a bullet proof glass window of about six inches by four inches which enables the er officer behind the shield to manoeuvre it in the correct position . |
| 5 | Occasionally I would join Robins on the bridge ; at other times , when all was going well , he would come into the saloon to join me in a drink served by a Cockney steward called Tomkins ; the choice was limited , but I did n't drink much anyway . |
| 6 | The vet left them in the staff room while they tried to discuss Lizzie 's future . |
| 7 | Nieto was walking alongside the touchline when a ball kicked from within the field hit him in the face , breaking his glasses . |
| 8 | The Economist interviewed him in a chintzy suite at Claridge 's . |
| 9 | As The Economist put it in a wide ranging analysis : ‘ European business needs more competition , not less ’ . |
| 10 | The decision to install it in the museum 's new Henry Cole Wing in 1989 led to its restoration and trip to Japan for the Wright exhibition in 1990 . |
| 11 | ‘ The decision puts us in a very difficult position . |
| 12 | Stories which Richard Burton brought out again and again because he was proud to celebrate his past and would not let any bounty or glamour of the present put it in the shade . |
| 13 | I rose hurriedly and stumbled towards the door but the redolence followed me in a wave . |
| 14 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 15 | She could lie in bed at night and in imagination move confidently around the cottage touching them in a happy exploration of shared memories and reassurance . |
| 16 | He did n't want to run into Ballater again ; his wish to purchase the cottage put him in the enemy camp and threatened his peace . |
| 17 | When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye . |
| 18 | The stranger kept her in a sound vacuum , through which no fascinating rhythm could penetrate . |
| 19 | The Buid resent the use of the term and the attempt to place them in the moral as well as material debt of the lowlanders . |
| 20 | The handlebar caught him in the groin . |
| 21 | As he raised his binoculars to scan the coast , the wind struck him in the face . |
| 22 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 23 | ‘ I have also been to the Guildhall , ’ he mournfully concluded ‘ The mayor told me in no uncertain terms how displeased His Grace the Regent Duke of Lancaster is at our lack of progress . |
| 24 | The club struck him in the stomach again , dripping him to his knees , and there was a sudden crack that seemed unnaturally loud in the silence . |
| 25 | Was n't this demonstrated when the scum did us in the semi 's a couple of years ago ? |
| 26 | The first I knew about the plan to publish it in the newspapers tomorrow was a fax at midday today . ’ |
| 27 | Wilson , more respectfully treated at Lord 's , where he recently stood down as MCC coach , than in his native county , offered Carrick wise counsel when the youngster replaced him in the Yorkshire side . |
| 28 | The fireman put me in a car and drove me back home . |
| 29 | Four photographs of the wearer showed him in the act of jumping from an aircraft . |
| 30 | If you have set a strategy on the lines described in Chapter 7 , the way to begin to judge whether you have a good advertisement is to go to your target group , or at least a few of them , and find out if the ad affects them in the way you intended . |