Example sentences of "[conj] in [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As early as 1707 Hugh , first Earl of Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] , was advised by a surveyor in London that the Smiths did a ‘ great deal of busness in the Contry and they have done a great deal of work thearabout & in Warwick you may easy hear of them ’ ; and when in the 1730s Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough [ q.v. ] , was building a house as far away as Wimbledon , Surrey , she stipulated that ‘ Mr. Smith of Warwickshire the Builder may be employed to make Contracts and to Measure the Work and to doe every thing in his Way that is necessary to Compleat the Work as far as the Distance he is at will give him leave to do . ’ |
| 2 | The Americans say it 's the centre of the art world , but quite where in America I would n't understand . |
| 3 | She was waiting where in life she had waited , outside the station , near where the road forked , going in one direction to Bures , in the other to Sudbury . |
| 4 | I have been too quick to condemn , where in time I might redeem . |
| 5 | Mrs Robert MacDonald , of Glasgow , though where in Glasgow she was n't at all sure . |
| 6 | In so doing , they imagine themselves set in diametrical opposition to their society where in fact they have unwittingly accepted its crucial structural elements . ’ |
| 7 | They make sure they can do the basics well before experimenting , where in Wales they tend to spin the ball straight away . |
| 8 | You see if we can get away on holiday earlier this year because the violin exam 's in June or in July we 'll be back . |
| 9 | Any meaningful stretch of language , of any extent , like the or in case I 've thrown it away or the s in a plural like chairs . |
| 10 | If you are disabled or in firm you are entitled to free home nursing visits and free chiropody . |
| 11 | Accordingly , depending upon whether a bank holder of a bill of lading sued in the United States or in England he could get $500 instead of £100 for loss of the same package or unit of freight . |
| 12 | Alternatively or in addition he may be co-opted on to other public bodies , such as hospital authorities , water authorities , etc . |
| 13 | So much of my time is spent designing or in meetings it 's all too easy to forget that this , ’ he gazed around him , ‘ is the purpose of it all . ’ |
| 14 | That 's the alley , yeah , or the ginnel or the snicket you know or in Liverpool they call it a jigger |
| 15 | I believe that the reason for that is that when the Bible is used in school or in church it is nearly always in the form of a modern version , which is entirely unmemorable and unpoetic . |
| 16 | ‘ Or in future I 'm hoping that on three days a week when ye feel like it . ’ |
| 17 | Having an excellent harbour , Vancouver was a sportsman 's paradise so far as swimming , fishing , and boating were concerned , and while I have never claimed prowess in the water or in angling I have found pleasure on a boat , provided that boat was big enough — big enough that is , for me to sit comfortably on deck , preferably with a drink in hand , and watch the world go by . |
| 18 | Release Sidacai into Alexei 's charge , so that in life or in death he may serve you . ’ |
| 19 | or in fact you can go afterwards . |
| 20 | Or in fact you go to London because it happens to be in reverse |
| 21 | Since a large whisker is in no way different from any other crystal except in size it must also be a general explanation of the strength and weakness of all brittle crystals . |
| 22 | So although in Britain we have a national system of health care provision the way services have developed shows considerable variation between districts . |
| 23 | The answer is that they dispense justice , or they 're supposed to , although in Britain I 'm afraid only sometimes . |
| 24 | The human population , and the livestock , of a dozen townships was moving , like an organised but somewhat undisciplined army , from the cultivated area of the crofts to the summer grazings , or shielings , on the hill , where each township , and indeed each family , had its own special area , recognised and protected by custom , although in law they all had equal rights in the whole common , and had a joint committee to regulate its use . |
| 25 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 26 | Although in adults it exhibits flu like symptoms , it can be disastrous if passed on to a baby . |
| 27 | The first is a survival if not of feudalism ( although in Northumberland it is exactly that ) then of early modern social relations . |
| 28 | Although in English we do on occasions say yes or no and on other occasions yes or no , no speaker of English would say that the meaning of the words ‘ yes ’ and ‘ no ’ was different with the different tones . |
| 29 | Although in principle we know the equations that govern the whole of biology , we have not been able to reduce the study of human behavior to a branch of applied mathematics . |
| 30 | Instead , uncharacteristically , he went and signed up with the Maharishi , paid out £146 , and has never regretted it for a single minute , although in fairness it has to be said that his wife has . |