Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | A body builder who tackled two armed raiders single-handed , after chasing them through the streets in his car has been hailed as a hero . |
| 2 | They tell readers nothing about the arguments in favour of the extension of VAT . |
| 3 | You told them about the tubes in my daughter 's bag … |
| 4 | Michael Johannsen plays in midfield , his brother Morton up front , and manager Benny Johannsen ( no relation ) regards them as the jewels in his crown . |
| 5 | She could hardly thank them for the tears in her eyes . |
| 6 | She often asked me about the hills in the distance , beyond the moors , and wanted to ride her pony there . |
| 7 | We must remind ourselves of the contexts in which the relevant terms are acquired . |
| 8 | And I would want to know what the health effects were on them of the conditions in which they had to work . |
| 9 | His opening 76 in reality had been his practice round because of his late arrival , and he could make nothing of the greens in his outward 36 yesterday , starting at the tenth . |
| 10 | Mr Henry Blacksell , prosecuting , told the court the Crown accepted Smith knew nothing of the events in 1982 when , as the jury found , her father had murdered her mother . |
| 11 | Churchill was telling everyone of the dangers in Europe but no one would listen . |
| 12 | These include : the Department of Employment , which ( directly and indirectly ) runs YTS/YT and TVEI ( see Chapter 10 ) and controls 25% of the funding for NAFE ( see Chapter 5 ) ; the Department of the Environment , which through the Urban Programme gives grants for educational projects in deprived areas ; and the Department of Industry , which through the Micros in Schools Project subsidises the buying of microcomputers in primary and secondary schools . |
| 13 | Which of the participants in the event was most successful ? |
| 14 | I asked to speak to somebody in the Highways in the Transportation |
| 15 | He snatched up a handful of the medicaments and began distributing them himself to the coolies in the front rank . |
| 16 | Secrets are not confined to the great houses of antiquity : Mr Merdle in Little Dorrit has his own new secrets , and is uneasy beneath the eye of his butler in his new London palace : ‘ He would have clasped himself by the wrists in that constabulary manner of his , and have paced up and down the hearth-rug , or gone creeping about among the rich objects of furniture , if his oppressive retainer had appeared in the room at that very moment . ’ |
| 17 | Peebles played 18 games for the Ports during an extended loan period , and scored three goals — ironically one of them against the Blues in that 3–0 win on the last day of the season . |
| 18 | A similar effect can be obtained for the walls by taking wads of newspaper and wetting them thoroughly before packing them against the walls in papier mache style . |
| 19 | Lord we thank you for the ways in which you challenge and call people to all forms of ministry within the light of your church . |
| 20 | ‘ Two years ago , Adai told you about the holes in the AOL . |
| 21 | So we need n't have any more from you about the twinges in your knees or the tweaks in your hips , or your back giving out , eh ? |
| 22 | No no , do n't put the nuts in your mouth , remember what daddy told you about the nuts in there . |
| 23 | None of the women in the school kitchen where I worked went to union meetings . |
| 24 | Concentration of updates in a particular area — case 3 above — reduces the number of blocks that have to be read and in the most extreme case , where all or none of the records in a block require updating , the percentage of records that need to be read would not change due to blocking . |
| 25 | Dr Raymond Hintz head of paediatric endocrinology at Stanford University , for instance , said that none of the adults in his studies became diabetic . |
| 26 | A slight tightening about DeVore 's eyes was the only sign that he was interested , but none of the others in the room noticed it , nor the way he rubbed at his wrist , as if relieving an itch there ; they were watching Mach , horrified by this new development . |
| 27 | None of the proposals in this White Paper will change that , but the NHS has always bought a substantial amount of services from external suppliers . |
| 28 | None of the teachers in the school asked me to do it . |
| 29 | And when ye would set out for Castille , let all the people know in secret , that they make themselves ready , and take with them all that they have , so that none of the Moors in the suburb may know thereof ; for certes ye can not keep the city , neither abide therein after my death . |
| 30 | I 'd also bet that none of the girls in the class is one whit more likely to become a lesbian , or to have the pure white robe of her maidenhood smirched in any way . |