Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 2 | And the full awfulness of my landing hit me in a rush . |
| 3 | Had my Pop passed me in the street , he would n't have recognised me . |
| 4 | The use of acrylic colours in my palette allows me in all aspects of landscape painting to correct and add light ; in fact it enables me to work more in the manner of an oil painter . |
| 5 | My husband kicked it in the chest and it flew off but returned shgortly after and attacked the smallest of the dogs pinning it against a stile |
| 6 | It was my job to bury her in the church . |
| 7 | Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order . |
| 8 | This was eventually made doubly plain when each member of my crew took it in turn to brief me on his particular duties , and I in turn had to perform in his position . |
| 9 | At least the President saw enough sense to agree to my request to put you in charge of the unit . |
| 10 | and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er |
| 11 | As regards res as my friend put it in opening , |
| 12 | ‘ Of course nothing can be formally arranged just at this present , ’ went on Miss Merchiston , and Theda almost laughed out to see the burgeoning hope in the poor man 's face , ‘ for with dear Mama in this sad condition , I could not reconcile it with my conscience to leave her in the care of other hands . |
| 13 | Yet we felt we should give this fellow a chance , so my wife put it in a box and set it on top of the Aga . |
| 14 | ‘ My father tells me in his latest letter that Hester and the baby are doing well , ’ she informed Ruth . |
| 15 | ‘ My father left me in sole and total charge , ’ she said slowly , battling to retain control of her emotions . |
| 16 | My father met me in the kitchen . |
| 17 | We always had plenty of vegetables , for my father grew them in the garden , and during the Second World War , had an allotment too . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sure that was a better lunch than my father gave you in Rouen . ’ |
| 19 | My father carries me in his arms . |
| 20 | ‘ But John Reed knocked me down and my aunt locked me in the red room , ’ I cried . |
| 21 | It was because the Communist Party fed me , that my learning stood me in good stead and I know at least this much and I live like this . |
| 22 | ‘ Those are turf strips , ’ my guide informed me in her calm , assured voice that I found so soothing . |
| 23 | He sent his parents a letter promising that ‘ if the good Lord God be merciful unto me and bring me safe home again , I will all the days of my life serve Him in praising His Holy name and exhorting others ’ . |
| 24 | Today we had one of those famous assault courses , followed by a ten-mile forced march ; my platoon did it in one hour and forty minutes , which is not too bad . |
| 25 | My predecessor supported me in the Lobby last week , as did the vast majority of the House . |
| 26 | My mother had it in her garden . |
| 27 | And I remember very very well he had a big heavy coat and my mother put him in a very big pocket on the inside of the coat and we always called that his rabbit pocket , because he very often came home with a rabbit . |
| 28 | Apart from the shock that her GP saw her in the same light as his aged mother , Marie has never looked back . |
| 29 | Shedding their skin puts them in the same position as Jane Austen 's heroes , prematurely aged by the treacherous sun of the West Indies . ’ |
| 30 | The baby in its cradle confirmed him in his desire for infantile carefree experiences . |