Example sentences of "[pron] and in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A palliasse had been laid for me and in a corner were the rolled palliasses of others . |
| 3 | As for Aunt Pamela , she never liked me and in a way I can understand why she resented my existence . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was in authority over them and in a class above them . |
| 6 | . ’ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The launcher was only six feet away from him and in a few seconds thousands of people were going to die horribly . |
| 11 | It was shortly after this that her mother approached her and in a voice that she rarely used to her , she said , ‘ Agnes , I … |
| 12 | He leaned towards her and in a whisper he said , ‘ I do n't think I 'll waken her . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |