Example sentences of "[noun] in [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Banning ( Robin Williams ) is an American attorney turned corporate pirate , who wo n't find time for his children ( Charlie Korsmo and Amber Scott ) and sees no irony in accusing them of childishness . |
| 2 | Bolognese lawyers were so important to both the papal and imperial parties in supplying them with lawyers to staff their governments and administrations that they were given special protection . |
| 3 | The predominant influence of parties in deciding which of their candidates shall win seats is an inescapable fact of political life , however much some of us may deplore it . |
| 4 | Angeli , who also was not in court , had committed a fault in selling them to the press last August . |
| 5 | ‘ But my intention in bringing you in here was never to enjoy the pleasure of your body . |
| 6 | It 's quite a nice little town , everybody knows everybody , and they do n't like to feel that they 're going to be outside of the sort of social circle that they move in , so it does have that effect in keeping them under control . |
| 7 | ‘ Berenice will come first , but we 'll come again and I shall take pleasure in seeing it through your eyes . ’ |
| 8 | Because she disliked it so , he found a fleeting pleasure in calling her by her first name . |
| 9 | And , and you think to yourself oh we 've seen everything , but I used to get pleasure in taking somebody to the potteries because I knew they had n't seen it and it would be like ooh , when they got there , you could see the shock , the surprise in their eyes when they went in there |
| 10 | She was not altogether surprised by her father-in-law 's absence , because right from the start he had taken particular pleasure in taunting her in this way . |
| 11 | He take a rather gloating pleasure in setting her beside Kee , and one imagines his expression as he writes — the isolate , turning over his secrets to make capital of them . |
| 12 | The Directors of Craigendarroch Country Estate have great pleasure in inviting you to a luxury weekend in Royal Deeside . |
| 13 | Why do people take so much pleasure in immersing themselves in warm water ? |
| 14 | She remembered how Douglas , her new stepfather , had taken pleasure in showing her round Lomond View , pointing out the paintings , the antiques , the porcelain , the like of which she had never seen before . |
| 15 | Congratulations and best wishes were extended to our five newly qualified teachers and Peggy Secord took great pleasure in presenting them with their certificates . |
| 16 | Congratulations and best wishes were extended to our five newly qualified teachers and Peggy Secord took great pleasure in presenting them with their certificates . |
| 17 | I have pleasure in informing you of … |
| 18 | It was never in dispute that her action in removing them from Australia was unlawful in the context of article 3 of the Convention . |
| 19 | He did not hold out much hope that Merymose would persuade Kenamun to engage him , but there was no harm in familiarising himself with the terrain in advance if he could . |
| 20 | Mr Wesley had kindly words to say about the people of the little town and neighbourhood and there is no harm in reminding ourselves of what he thought about or predecessors : ‘ They have in general the finest natural tempers I ever knew ; they have the softness and courtesy of the Irish , with the seriousness of the Scotch and the openness of the English . ’ |
| 21 | And if you recall when my Colonel read John plaque it attributes to him er the aid in assisting us at in the establishment of that memorial museum , John gave us a er and sort of took that apart and hauled it over to and it was flown back to the States and that 's going to be a briefing operations room for the museum itself . |
| 22 | Is the evidence on which I base my denial of God actually non-experience , in which case how can I be sure that this is not caused by my own limitations in accessing what in reality exists ? |
| 23 | The applicants accepted that the justices had jurisdiction to make such an order but contended that they had erred in law in making it on the facts of this case . |
| 24 | Ken lost interest completely , For the moment he contented himself with pinning the notice to the inner door of the club and taking great delight in reading it to two young black guys who had arrived carrying saxophone cases . |
| 25 | Adults take great delight in frightening them by invoking unexperienced horrors , such as being confronted by a Malay or a tiger . |
| 26 | Afterwards in the bar , Bender takes great delight in ribbing him over it . |
| 27 | I am not sure that the hon. Member for Leicester , East ( Mr. Vaz ) renders Mr. Hall 's case particular assistance in raising it in this fashion . |
| 28 | Tom had been a great help in advising him on the farming aspects and , of course , on the teaching . |
| 29 | Parents may feel suspicious of these , or resentful , and will need help in using them to best advantage . |
| 30 | They had come to me for help in extricating themselves from satanism because the high priest had insisted on performing the ‘ Act of Unity ’ with their fourteen-year-old daughter . |