Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , William Baskerville , write this for my sons in the year 1742 . |
| 2 | ‘ I too have my contacts in the music business , Aurora . |
| 3 | But my contacts in the trade — I am using three , all very discreet and understanding men — tell me the number of stones involved is very substantial . |
| 4 | Your words helped sustain my defences in the aftermath of Matthew Sura 's vicious and slovenly attack , from which , I fear , I am still rather reeling . |
| 5 | I had already written to them about you , in guarded terms , and their lack of response to my enthusiasms in the way of friends never discouraged me . |
| 6 | I cleaned my teeth in the washbasin , then sat reading until perhaps eleven-thirty . ’ |
| 7 | For my contemporaries in the postgraduate school at Durham in the early 1980s , the inclusion of the scientism of the self ( to use Okely 's phrase ) became part of ‘ doing the business ’ ( to move to the jargon of my contemporaries in the detective departments ) . |
| 8 | For my contemporaries in the postgraduate school at Durham in the early 1980s , the inclusion of the scientism of the self ( to use Okely 's phrase ) became part of ‘ doing the business ’ ( to move to the jargon of my contemporaries in the detective departments ) . |
| 9 | Closing my eyes in the gloom I could still feel Helen in my arms and I smiled to myself at the memory of her bounding healthiness . |
| 10 | ‘ Snap out of it — you 're grown up now , ’ said Otley , passing his hands in front of my eyes in the manner of a hypnotist . |
| 11 | As I warily got to my feet I felt a compulsion to retrace my steps in the direction of Jock 's trench . |
| 12 | With my ears in the drawer , my teeth in a cup |
| 13 | I told the bloke , I look after that my cars in the garage . |
| 14 | went out of the house to go to , shut the door and realized I 'd left my cars in the house . |
| 15 | So I got down on my knees in the car showroom and I said : ‘ I want you , Lord Jesus , to come into my life . ’ |
| 16 | I rolled on my back , stuck my legs in the air and laughed . |
| 17 | I lay on my back with my legs in the air and pushed . |
| 18 | In an attempt to retrieve it gracefully , I did a half turn ; the backs of my knees hit the arm of one of a pair of chairs and I toppled backwards over the chair and landed on my hat , wedged between the chairs with my legs in the air . |
| 19 | And as for me , I 'm going to stretch my legs in the town , while I can . |
| 20 | My father sits in the living room in front of the television , my brothers in the dining room in silence . |
| 21 | Bashing one of my peers in the ring released a kind of spring inside me . |
| 22 | As a uniform constable , my boundaries were very clearly demarcated and my peers in the city centre division set out the parameters of my social reality . |
| 23 | Oh , no , Bros Will I , will I be I can when will I see my pictures in the paper . |
| 24 | There 's no when will I will I be famous , when will I see my pictures in the paper . |
| 25 | took it in my hand and my pictures in the bag . |
| 26 | When my parents did eventually reply , their letter was full of the most ordinary details of life in England and seemed far removed from my experiences in the Legion . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've enjoyed speaking to audiences about my experiences in the game , ’ he said . |
| 28 | While walking the Pennine Way I cooled my feet in the beck before continuing south to Airton and Gargrave . |
| 29 | We shall have to try and swap seats with someone so that I can put my feet in the aisle . ’ |
| 30 | I had always felt embarrassed and had to look at my feet in the presence of anyone playing any musical instrument , and had realised once when watching Syl spitting and squinting at his oboe that this was because it was irresistibly evocative of masturbation . |