Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They both know it 'll be all right between them in a bit . |
| 2 | Once you had been through the three years what did you find had developed most for you as an actor ? |
| 3 | Similarly , all the forms of human culture — art , law , religion and so on-are objectifications of the human spirit by which it projects itself externally in order then to move on through them to a higher self-realisation . |
| 4 | A common mistake is to try to use lift on the way back instead of gliding on through it at a sensible speed . |
| 5 | ‘ When I bought this house and insisted she move in with me she took the path of least resistance and agreed , although even then if I 'd had the wits to see them all the signs were there that although she relished my role as provider she cared very little for me as a person . ’ |
| 6 | Silverstein called Douglas , who had already read the script , and to Silverstein 's tremendous relief , Kirk said that the part was n't big enough for him as a star , and not small enough for a cameo . |
| 7 | ‘ I loved it and the house works brilliantly for us as a family . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When the lawsuit was beginning , before he could possibly have known about it , he wrote this down for me on a bit of paper . ’ |
| 9 | Oliver , being left to himself in the undertaker 's shop , set the lamp down on a workman 's bench , and gazed timidly about him with a feeling of awe and dread , which many people a good deal older than he will be at no loss to understand . |
| 10 | She felt herself to be of right there , to have a place upon its departure platforms , and the London train drew in for her with a particular significance . |
| 11 | Would you and Karen mind standing in for me for a while ? ’ |
| 12 | They will have it in for us in a big way . |
| 13 | you know that er polythene that 's got wire netting in between it like a , like a wire netting sandwich with po with clear polythene on the outside ? |
| 14 | ‘ What we going to do ? pull him along after us on a cart ? |
| 15 | I looked enough like her in a general way , same colouring , same height . |
| 16 | He 'd seen her once , on the street , and been terrified ; not so much of her , but of the bastard who 'd maimed him and who stalked along behind her like a shadow . |
| 17 | By the time my father could sit down with me in a pub , slightly drunk , tell me and my friends about Real Life , crack a joke about a Pakistani that silenced a whole table once , and talk about the farm labourer 's — his grandfather 's — journey up from Eye in Suffolk working on the building of the Great North Western Railway to Rawtenstall on the Lancashire-Yorkshire border , I was doing history at Sussex , and knew more than he did about the date and timing of journeys like that . |
| 18 | He ordered a pastis for himself and a pineau de Charentes for Sabine , then sat down with her at a table in the corner . |
| 19 | Then , gently , he pulled her down with him into a nest of long fragrant grasses . |
| 20 | He relaxed his death-hold on me and made me sit down with him on a convenient bench . |
| 21 | Ferryman had kipped down with him for a while , till one night , turning over in his sleep , Jackie had given him such a clout with the iron boot it nearly took his hip off . |
| 22 | Julius 's eyes bored down into hers with a sudden hot light . |
| 23 | She grabbed her mug of tea , gripping it in both hands and staring down into it with an expression of such misery that one could almost imagine the dead girl 's face reflected in the surface of the liquid . |
| 24 | Managing Director David Kohler , who owns a substantial part of the club , offered Pleat the opportunity to come in with him as a partner . |
| 25 | Well Chris says he 's got ta keep in with him for a little while , he said he |
| 26 | They did a crafty one — one came out and a woman came in , very nice , telling him he had to face up to his responsibilities , she said she 'd help us , they 'd get him a job , they 'd pay his rent and he had to move in with me for a month 's trial . |
| 27 | Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’ |
| 28 | Maybe you can get somebody to move in with her for a couple of days . |
| 29 | Those who are newly bereaved and naturally dread the loneliness of returning to an empty house should be visited frequently in their own homes ; and when you are able to persuade them to get out of their own four walls as much as possible for fresh air and exercise and to meet others and visit relatives , it can be a considerable help if you can bring them home and go in with them for a cup of tea or a chat , even if it is only just for a quarter of an hour . |
| 30 | On top of all my other problems I had something of an upheaval on the domestic front when my daughter and her two children had to move in with us for a while . |