Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a fair distance , and without being able to see them clearly in the encroaching dusk , they seemed a friendly lot and we yelled back . |
| 2 | ‘ Pray take my arm m'lady and I shall convey thee hence in the twinkling of an eye . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We bring them inside in the bad weather . |
| 4 | Instead of seeing them individually in the privacy of his study , he arranged regular ‘ Sharing Jesus ’ evenings to which the baptism families and wedding couples were invited . |
| 5 | Now unle now unless there are any participants that want , really burning to make a comment , er I feel that we have settled , well we 've had enough discussion on little A , I 've got enough , well I 've got enough from you in terms of your views about size of settlement , and Mr Brighton has pointed me again in the direction of his submission about er the definition of an integrated and balanced community , I would like to know , er from Mr Davis whether he concurs with that sort of interpretation , and I have a feeling that we have also had an expression , generally , that at the moment one settlement is probably appropriate , if you have to have a new settlement . |
| 6 | If you have prepared bottles of formula in advance , cool them quickly in the fridge and keep them there until you 're ready to use them , with sterilised teat caps on . |
| 7 | ‘ Lay me quietly in the earth ’ , he requested , ‘ … no monument to mark where I am laid . |
| 8 | While she is away feeding they take the strange kittens and rub them gently in the bedding that carries the female 's scent . |
| 9 | Their performances have , over the years , given ordinary people a much-needed reason to feel pride in their native city , while binding them together in the sharing of two terrible tragedies . |
| 10 | By choosing to investigate the ideas behind Magritte 's art , Sylvester 's discussion of important pictures such as ‘ The Annunciation ’ or ‘ The Rape ’ is fragmented and spread over different chapters , an irritation aggravated by the publishers who have failed to give plate references to the illustrations and cite them appropriately in the text . |
| 11 | Yes that 's a good idea sit them together in the hall . |
| 12 | I mean I normally in the past I 've always gone for experienced keepers because you know I mean they they do n't come to their prime until , I do n't think goalkeepers over twenty six twenty seven onwards . |
| 13 | The last two goals are the most important , and we shall consider them further in the following sections . |
| 14 | The child finds the same letters on the eight cubes and places them correctly in the tray underneath the card . |
| 15 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
| 16 | He looks me straight in the eyes as he takes his hand from my glass . |
| 17 | Kellard looks me briefly in the eye . |
| 18 | As the young owls had fledged , he said that we might expect to find them anywhere in the area , and that the best idea was for us to fan out and scan the branches . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's really what drew me here in the first place , ’ he said quietly . |
| 20 | Dr Gray does , however , advise people to take chips out of the frying pan , when possible , and cook them instead in the oven , so reducing their fat content . |
| 21 | And if you phoned me early in the year it must have been just after we got the V W. |
| 22 | Ivy caught me alone in the passage to say how much I must miss Donald . |
| 23 | If she caught me now in the front hall she would waste a good ten minutes warning me that I was risking tuberculosis and a gastric ulcer by being too late to eat a proper meal quietly , and probably throw in the chances of my poisoning a patient with the wrong drug before the night was out through carelessness induced by my own lack of blood-sugar . |
| 24 | Stubbly paused for a moment , then rocked forward on his heels and prodded me gently in the chest with a forefinger . |
| 25 | He prodded me playfully in the chest . |
| 26 | He had come on as sub just as Tottenham began to turn the tide against an Everton side who had torn them apart in the first half . |
| 27 | Also , when you die you get to choose whereabouts on the screen to restart , avoiding the trap of landing you right in the middle of what killed you in the first place . |
| 28 | I mean it 's such a variety and it 's involved both face to face and direct sales that er er I know I stopped you right in the middle of your spiel there . |
| 29 | So I followed you over , and found you here in the cottage . |
| 30 | THE HONEST old hired hand who has seen it all looks you unwaveringly in the eye . |