Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words seemed to catch in her throat . |
| 2 | He had never caused her breath to catch in her throat or her mouth to dry with a mixture of hope and dread that he might reach for her . |
| 3 | If a woman married a poorer husband , however , she was left to struggle in what source B calls ‘ the white slave traffic ’ . |
| 4 | But there was no need to worry in his case . |
| 5 | Conscience gave her an uncomfortable nip , for it could n't exactly be said to be the height of honour for her to accept his invitation to dine in his home in the guise of a journalist when she was n't one , but Fabia went and studied her wardrobe . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mass Ob gave specially produced round-bag samples to 300 people to try in their homes . |
| 8 | He himself was able to bequeath only plate and household goods , and to request in his will to be buried under a ‘ plain black stone ’ with a simple inscription recording his Christian belief . |
| 9 | I turn back to Rachel to nestle in her warmth . |
| 10 | This time his fingers seemed to tighten in her hair , drawing her mouth like a prisoner against his . |
| 11 | His eyes narrowed and a muscle seemed to tighten in his cheek . |
| 12 | People can be expected to differ in their abilities and this inevitably gives some people a comparative advantage in processing information , making decisions , and communicating them to others . |
| 13 | But even under optimal conditions in captivity , we see very different potential lifespans in organisms that do not seem to differ in their risk of damage , showing that the degree of ageing has evolved . |
| 14 | Definitely an insect to encourage in your garden . |
| 15 | This is something that many parents also find difficult to accept in their daughters . |
| 16 | Here it is sufficient to say that , disagree with their particularities as one may , they present a good working model of sexual development and one which it is hard not to accept in its essentials . |
| 17 | He would have liked to have known what Louis planned , if only to know in whose cause Colonel Smith had sacrificed his life and how much information Smith had kept hidden . |
| 18 | As we have seen , it is difficult to know in what sense one may talk of an unselfconscious elite , and Bachrach and Baratz 's more limited point is the more cogent . |
| 19 | I would like to know in what proportion of the control patients the referring general practitioner considered the diagnosis of malignant melanoma . |
| 20 | It would help to know in what way precisely he maligned people , but the child remained as mum as a mute , one hand gripped tightly into a fist , the other holding the mug of cocoa . |
| 21 | It 's difficult to know in what way you would actually set about doing this . |
| 22 | Before venturing on new formulas , however , it is as well to have an idea of what the old recipes were like and to know in what quantities , approximately , the ingredients were portioned out . |
| 23 | You 've go to know in your mind what you 're going to talk about . |
| 24 | When we asked who had won , we were told it was a pet dog called , but her owner , , would love to come in her place . |
| 25 | Jane knew from bitter experience that love is a rare thing , so she felt very strongly that nothing should be allowed to come in its way , that nobody should be condemned to endure the rest of life with those two small , sad words : ‘ if only … . ’ |
| 26 | In his more pessimistic moments some rogue part of his mind knew this darkness to be inevitable , although he did not expect it to come in his time , maybe not even in his son 's . |
| 27 | They all came down and used to come in our rooms and all sorts of other and I met some very ni and of course , all nationalities , you see and no matter what they were , well of course Cambridge has always been noted for different nationalities , has n't it ? |
| 28 | Never went hungry , no my mother always have a good , always used to have a good table , very good , we were a very lucky family , anybody used to come in our house on a weekend they always thought there was a party every weekend . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd like to come in your mouth , and watch you swallow it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The cheque 's in the post , I love you and I promise not to come in your mouth , ’ Porter added . |