Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a mounting feeling of dread , I went to a chair at the far end of the table from Quigley and lowered my head in the gloom . |
| 2 | ‘ I got my chance in the national side when injuries put me into the match against Romania in Bucharest three years ago . |
| 3 | But as they had n't seen each other since the day they both left the house , I did n't think my debut in The Jungle Book was the best time for a reunion . |
| 4 | Because how does Philip know that in five years ' time , I 'm not going to ring him up and say , hey you know when you recommended me to invest my money in the Japanese fund , well it 's just gone through the bottom of the market . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have a tremendous fundamental urge to get out and make my way in the world . |
| 7 | That was how she met my father in the early years of the war . |
| 8 | The death of the Empress does not affect my opera in the least , for none of the theatres have been closed and plays are being performed as usual . |
| 9 | The situation had become embarrassing , so I laid my rod in the rest , with the hook hanging from the butt-ring , and tied on my mate 's hook for him . |
| 10 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 11 | Because , if not , I 'm going to see my solicitor in the morning , cos if you wo n't speak to me , you can speak to him instead ! |
| 12 | He 's good about helping my mum in the house . |
| 13 | When it became clear that he had nothing to tell me , I made my exit in the face of dismissive politeness . |
| 14 | As the last of the boys arrived I thought that maybe I could just make my way to the back of the queue , or sprint back to the changing room on one pretext or another and conveniently lose my place in the line . |
| 15 | There was an angel watching over me , as someone had once predicted in my childhood when she read my fortune in the tea-leaves , in my cup of white china with the gilt shamrock on the rim and in the centre of the saucer . |
| 16 | I jerked my head in the direction of the mountain above us . |
| 17 | The barmaid caught my eye in the mirror . |
| 18 | But she did n't pity me ; she mimicked my accent in the play . |
| 19 | This reinforced my interest in the subject , but as I soon became involved in postgraduate studies in busy medical , surgical and then paediatric units I had little time to pursue it at that stage . |
| 20 | But I have been divorced 30 years and know I 'd feel the same as the man who was jailed if I found my wife in the arms of someone else . |
| 21 | I flew into the dining room , and found my husband in the middle of the floor , with a gaping hole in the ceiling above him . |
| 22 | In his unobtrusive way he had shown his interest in my faltering attempts to climb the golfing ladder , and had even carried my bag in the Amateur Championship . |
| 23 | He came racing towards me just as I got out , I had already shed my parachute in the aircraft to get out a little more schnell before he accosted me , I got the most bitter rollicking for leaving the aircraft outside his engineering hangar area . |
| 24 | JOANNE HOCKLEY from Felixstowe Ferry booked her place in the match-play stages of the British Women 's Amateur Championship when she handed in a 72 during the second qualifying round at Royal Lytham and St Annes . |
| 25 | Speakers of Hiberno-English ( one variety of English used in Ireland ) are under increasing pressure to modify their language in the direction of Standard English , which is the prestige norm in Ireland . |
| 26 | And , of course , unless an applicant with standing applies in time for certiorari and the court exercises its discretion in the applicant 's favour , the decision , though wrong , will remain valid for ever . |
| 27 | The essence of the balance sheet is that the sum of the fixed and current assets shall equal the capital employed , thus explaining its use in the company . |
| 28 | The essence of the balance sheet is that the sum of the fixed and current assets shall equal the capital employed , thus explaining its use in the company . |
| 29 | Both samples of women will be involved in commercial sex , though the better educated younger women will be plying their trade in the hotels in the centre of the town , while their mother 's customers will be drawn from the shanty towns on the periphery of Nairobi . |
| 30 | Only the Kandyan Kingdom maintained its independence in the interior . |