Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bye bye money , give me that in a minute will you ? |
| 2 | Perhaps he had not said to himself that in a marriage between two like this , someone was going to have to know a little less clearly what they had wanted . |
| 3 | She goes up to him and tells him to stuff himself and in a flat half-minute he 's belting the old lorry up the London road . |
| 4 | So Patrick had no use for Edward Balliol ; but , by aiding Edward the Third , almost certainly saw himself as in a position to displace the unsuccessful Balliol and himself take over as King of Scots , with English support . |
| 5 | All of the entries contain details of location , times of opening , admission prices , some of which are illustrated with a small map showing the exact location of the facilities , which when in a strange land will prove to be very helpful . |
| 6 | A palliasse had been laid for me and in a corner were the rolled palliasses of others . |
| 7 | As for Aunt Pamela , she never liked me and in a way I can understand why she resented my existence . |
| 8 | The curtains fluttered as the figure moved behind them and in a moment parted to reveal a metal bedstead with a grubby patchwork quilt , shelves jostling with books — and Vic , or so Mungo presumed . |
| 9 | He was in authority over them and in a class above them . |
| 10 | . ’ Her words were cut off when his mouth covered hers , but when she clawed at him , one of his hands caught her wrists and held them and in a voice such as he had never used before , a deep moaning voice , he said , ‘ It 'll be all right . |
| 11 | Oh that is big age , is she still with you or in a home ? |
| 12 | Does n't it matter to you that in a place where you can now hear birdsong there 'll be pop music blaring and loudspeakered announcements from morning to night ? |
| 13 | In five of the six companies the environmental issues are determined mainly by the planners within the planning department itself and in a totally informal way . |
| 14 | You are allowed to keep them but in a centred box . |
| 15 | In 1899 she wrote of herself as in a state of ‘ waiting , not actually living ’ . |
| 16 | I tell him that in a depression , manners are the first casualties . |
| 17 | In a tense cup tie a rival fan threw a can at him and in a moment of pure pantomime ‘ Bud ’ picked up the can , motioned a greeting of ‘ cheers ’ to the terracing and drank some of the can 's unknown contents . |
| 18 | The monument to Chaloner Chute , also designed by him and in a seventeenth-century classical style , was eventually erected after his death by his cousin T. L. Chute . |
| 19 | The launcher was only six feet away from him and in a few seconds thousands of people were going to die horribly . |
| 20 | It was shortly after this that her mother approached her and in a voice that she rarely used to her , she said , ‘ Agnes , I … |
| 21 | He leaned towards her and in a whisper he said , ‘ I do n't think I 'll waken her . ’ |
| 22 | Then strangely the sun began to turn black and the sky dark and as she breathed the shadow of his name she felt her legs folding beneath her and in a moment she had fainted . |
| 23 | Cold , and terrified of growing colder , so that when he opened his arms and put them around her , his musk-scented cloak coming with them , ample enough to cover them both , all she felt was the salvation of his warmth , his hard , hot body supporting her as she shook and shivered against him , that blessed , beautiful fur enclosing her as in a nest , muffling her from the killing storm . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't understand economics , Superintendent : why is it that in a country with three million on the dole some of us do n't have time to breathe ? |
| 25 | Erm and that type of stand I mean it that in a very restricted area have n't you |
| 26 | That , along with the kicks and punches shown , has to be practised , and there is no better place to do it than in a kick-boxing or Thai boxing class . |
| 27 | Although subjects in the study could almost all subsequently remember seeing the weapon they were worse at identifying the person holding it than in a comparable condition where the subjects had heard an ordinary conversation followed by a person passing through the room carrying a pen . |
| 28 | It was almost at this moment , too , that the door was thrust open and the indignant lady stood within it and in a loud voice proclaimed in her most officious manner : ‘ When you have come to yourself enough to apologise , Peggy , I 'll see you upstairs in my room . |
| 29 | In other words a good mirror signal manoeuvre routine , however you apply it but in a particular order , which gives a discipline , so that you 're keeping yourselves out of the problems that other people may give you if you allow them to . |
| 30 | Or is it because in a way I share their disapproval ? |