Example sentences of "[pron] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All credit to Gavin gave me the ball in the end , with a little persuasion . |
| 2 | He also showed me the passage in Captain Marryat 's Mr Midshipman Easy where Easy Sir , having invented a machine to alter the bumps on his head , tries to improve his personality ; with fatal results . |
| 3 | Show me the doll in the chair ’ and , ‘ The spoon goes in the cup . |
| 4 | After supper ( we 're back to normal ) Caliban handed me The Catcher in the Rye and said , I 've read it . |
| 5 | He described to me the glen in a storm — the darkness that mantles it , the springing into life of untold hosts of runlets , the careering in mad fury of the burns as they break through and tower above the channel wherein they are wont to flow ; the showers , the careering of the clouds , the thunderings and the lightning-flashings , and the artillery of the winds , as the air-gusts meet the peaks and explode in the hollows of the darksome corries . |
| 6 | He had given me the runaround in his sleep . |
| 7 | Look what Jesus says here in Luke chapter thirteen , in verse twenty four , just let me pick a few phrases out , verse twenty four it says shall not be able in verse twenty five there was their cry Lord open to us and in verse twenty seven their response depart from me the result in verse twenty eight there was gon na be weeping it was n't gon na be universal , they were not all gon na be saved , they were not all just gon na be swept in in the last day and did n't really matter , you 're all buddies together now in heaven , not at all , this surely what Jesus says here makes it very clear that all will not be saved if at first we 've already mentioned in John er no sorry verse further on in John three this done verse thirty six he who believes in the son has eternal life , but he who does not obey the son shall not see life but the wrath of God abides upon him , there 's no suggestion there of being ultimately brought in to God 's heaven and ultimately being saved , no it is the wrath of God abideth upon that person . |
| 8 | Ward stirred and asked me the time in a voice heavy with sleep . |
| 9 | me the plaintiff in a coarse white gown |
| 10 | ‘ ( 2 ) An order under section 238 or 239 may affect the property of , or impose any obligation on , any person whether or not he is the person with whom the company in question entered into the transaction or … the person to whom the preference was given ; … ’ |
| 11 | A sergeant and soldier whom the officer in charge , Captain Scott , had sent forward to reconnoitre were seized by Highlanders hidden behind the parapet , and , uncertain of the enemy 's strength , Scott decided to retreat . |
| 12 | Under the English Bill of Lading Act of 1855 , the rights under the contract of affreightment are transferred only to a person ‘ to whom the property in the goods passes upon or by reason of endorsement . ’ |
| 13 | In London I was kept busy — liaison with the Burma Office and frequent contact with Sir John Clague , the very able and wise adviser to whom the Department in Simla had reported regularly , interviews with the BBC , the MOI , the British Council , Chatham House . |
| 14 | In Kafsikas Mr Konstaninidis transferred his restaurant business to Mr Mitossis , but Mr Katsikas , a chef , refused to transfer and was dismissed by Mr Konstaninidis , against whom the action in the national court was brought . |
| 15 | Some others , though , among them the winner in Paris in two Sundays ' time , will be mysteriously gathering rather than losing strength . |
| 16 | For both of them the landscape in which they now stood was quite unrelated to any of this . |
| 17 | Keyhole cockpits are now almost universal but high density polyethylene is still unique to Prijon and has given them the edge in plastic white water kayak design . |
| 18 | These will ensure that our graduates emerge with the versatility and professionalism to back up their academic knowledge and give them the edge in the market place . |
| 19 | For teachers and other educators therefore the effectiveness of the library 's retrieval system is a matter of concern , and for some of them the way in which the retrieval system forces the enquirer to conceptualize his need is in itself a matter for educational as well as bibliothecal decision . |
| 20 | When the forwards gave them the ball in the opening four tour wins they proved that with 13 tries . |
| 21 | He was pondering how to chat him up without attracting too much attention from Blanche and Eddy , when he heard the superintendent ask the man from the Drugs Squad who exactly had given them the tip-off in the first place . |
| 22 | If for some reason it is impossible for you to give them the help in the house they need , a Home Help can be provided by the local authority social services department . |
| 23 | Now we have n't got X in it yet so we ca n't give them the answer in that form cos they |
| 24 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 25 | Carter gave them the lead in real ding dong of a game … |
| 26 | ‘ Bardolet 's co-driver made a timing error on the last rally which dropped them from first to fourth and that cost them the lead in the championship , ’ explains Meeke . |
| 27 | So what I 'd like to do is erm , balance out the influence in him , prior to going out and making these negotiations erm , so that he comes back with a a suitable timescale for us to deal with it , and has n't promised them the earth in the way of commission or er , print changes or whatever . |
| 28 | For them the death in our family is the result of their successful and fully justified vengeance-magic in return for an earlier killing in their family . |
| 29 | To name but three : Protestants everywhere insisted upon the necessity of allowing the laity to worship in the vernacular , giving them the cup in communion , and allowing the clergy to marry . |
| 30 | Rather than an ordinary ScreenShow in which the order in which the slides are shown is determined in advance you can create an interactive HyperShow in which the viewer decides what to see next . |