Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] in [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ There are no provisions for new ideas , so I keep them posted in my office until I need them , ’ he said . |
2 | This allowed them to include in their theory dissimilarities in free volume between polymer and solvent , together with the corresponding interactions . |
3 | One of them slouched in her seat making a great show of what she thought of the event . |
4 | It gives me the opportunity to see God in young people and watch them develop in their faith in the short time that they are here . |
5 | Meechai told reporters that so-called " sex tourists " were no longer welcome in Thailand , and warned them to remain in their own countries " and exploit their own women and children " . |
6 | She took the keys from him , and was appalled to hear them rattle in her shaking hand . |
7 | Almost always , by helping them stay in their own homes — not only by providing the necessary cash , but also by helping them to obtain all the entitlements to which they are due . |
8 | The governor had other officials whose posts entitled them to sit in his executive council , but although they might have looked like potential ministers the legislative assemblies could not use them to control the governor and , as the governor had no automatic right to dismiss his councillors , he could not use them as his ministers either . |
9 | We hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God . |
10 | I have now , through your lordship 's favour , the satisfaction of seeing them cultivated in my neighbourhood , by the skilful hand of my friend , Mr. Miller , and shall take the first opportunity of describing and engraving them that the public may see how much they are indebted to your lordship . |
11 | At that time I happened to be running the scheme as a leader and officer in the Stornoway Sea Cadet Corps and the boy 's mother had asked me to attend in her place . |
12 | It snatched at the windows in the nearby houses and set them rattling in their frames ; it whooshed over the slates and plucked at the loose ones , prising them away and sending them spinning to the ground ; it scurried down through the garden gates , hoisted up handfuls of dead leaves and paper and kicked them scurrying down the pavement . |
13 | Equally , however , the constable and marshal of the army had authority delegated to them to try in their courts ( in which the military law was applied ) men such as deserters and those who broke the rules of discipline . |
14 | True , her book is devoted mostly to the early characteristics of her subjects , the brief biographies she provides for them ending in their mid-twenties . |
15 | The hand-outs were vital to get them a bite , to help them survive in their pitiful plight . |
16 | One or two people at the other end were snoring and once someone quite close to me shouted in his sleep : |
17 | Ironically , because having shown me what he termed ‘ retroscendence ’ , The Fat Controller was content to let me stew in my own juice for a while . |
18 | Be that as it may , I perceive in your decision to purchase these shorts — you did purchase these shorts , did n't you ? ’ |
19 | Every time I do a stall I I quake in my boots up until I do it and then I feel great when we 're doing it and afterwards realize that it 's been productive and we we 've had a good lot a good response from the public . |
20 | I would like to emphasise the point I made in my previous letter , that a recent BMA survey showed that 85 percent of doctors believe a ban on animal research would damage medical progress . |
21 | How would you feel about standing up in front of a group of people and telling them something about I mean in her situation telling her class or even the whole what you were doing . |
22 | Cos look at I mean in our street , our area alarms going off . |
23 | I mean I think that 's extremely important to allow children to erm you know play things out in the best way that they which is in a sense their way of coming to terms with things erm and to answer their questions as honestly as I can and to admit it when I do n't know the answers erm and also , I mean in our family we 've taken various actions to try to stop the war and we 've , you know , taken part in demonstrations and written letters and erm |
24 | Of course it is , I mean in your house and taking over |
25 | It happens in my country , when you break the marriage , I mean in my town , when you break th the marriage this sort of money will be paid wi then . |
26 | I mean in my own village we have erm |
27 | I mean in my opinion that 's a good thing , but it 's had the effect of school governors , not having had any training in appointing people , have this sort of stereotyped model in their mind and tend to give promotion to men rather than to women . |
28 | Yes , but the pro-active , the good news often is not a good enough hook , I mean in my experience , the local media , they do want , the hook has to be , at least in the , in the initial phase has to be bad news . |
29 | ‘ Very merry , and the best fritters that ever I eat in my life . ’ |
30 | I whispered in his ear ‘ I saw a letter from the advertising director of the Sunday Chronicle . |