Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this counts for nothing in the world of rugby and it will be his ability to scrum and compete with the best that will make or break this South African legend . |
| 2 | We will be able to provide the equipment he needs to lead a normal life , and we know he 'll want for nothing in the future . ’ |
| 3 | Even if you have problems , there is very little you can do about them in the middle of the night . |
| 4 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 5 | BBC television 's reporter on the Prime Minister 's election tour , Mr John Simpson — an embodiment of the communicating class — wrote about them in the Spectator with special rage . |
| 6 | A man as highly educated as Augustine changed his mind about them in the course of his life . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just that you do get rather obsessive about them in the city . |
| 8 | If your client is in a trade , say baking , then you must deal with his trade journals , Clients are sensitive enough about what is said about them in the consumer press but when negatives appear in their own trade journal , the sparks fly at your next client meeting . |
| 9 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 10 | At a public meeting last September he suggested that saying ‘ they ought to do something about it ’ was pointless , and boldly proposed that the only way to save the shop was for everyone in the village to club together and buy it . |
| 11 | We aim to take an active role in setting up projects which will set standards of excellence and make the arts more accessible by developing a wide ranging programme of arts activities for everyone in the South East . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We 've opened the doors to new possibilities for everyone in the hotel industry , ’ he declares . |
| 13 | A white cow used to provide milk for everyone in the locality , but it was customary for only one pailful to he taken . |
| 14 | ‘ As in XEU , Alaska is building a good track record and the challenge is to enhance and maintain it.Within BPX , however , the scale of the challenge continues to be very large for everyone in the business . |
| 15 | The tendency is for everyone in the team to touch the ball as it goes through and to shuffle back each time someone has completed their turn . |
| 16 | We need some of the younger , newly retired to come and join us in the fight to restore the dignity and security that should be there for everyone in the autumn of their lives . |
| 17 | Prayer should be beyond self , and so Nenna repeated a Hail Mary for everyone in the world who was lost in Kingsland Road without their bus fares . |
| 18 | David Meldrum , general manager , financial services , said the last couple of years had been very difficult for everyone in the industry . |
| 19 | There are so many compensations for everyone in the family during the teenage years that it is a grave mistake to look on the black side . |
| 20 | If you are having difficulty cooking for everyone in the family , try Roseyne Masselin 's recipes ( see p.70 ) ; they are also Mediterranean in style and perfect for today 's lifestyle . |
| 21 | " Everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled . " |
| 22 | He seemed to have forgotten about me in the middle of his sentence . |
| 23 | He and I had had a heart to heart in the hotel following some comments supposedly made by him about me in the press , more particularly in the Sun . |
| 24 | Is everyone talking about me in the shack ? |
| 25 | Now from my observations of these debates I 've not heard anybody on this council saying council debates that there is no role for this local authority or any other local authority there is no role for them in the provision of residential care or any extension of residential care because some of our residential care is getting very , very close to providing a degree of nursing care . |
| 26 | I caught up with them about 3.30pm in Jackson Bridge where they were finishing a hymn , and possibly a silent prayer , before they marched back up the steep winding hill to Hepworth where a free tea was waiting for them in the school . |
| 27 | I had heard her cry for them in the night . |
| 28 | I also continued to help the two people and their father , and did many jobs for them in the night . |
| 29 | Cries could be heard from the stairs as the policemen tried to make their way up to the landing , the remaining boys making it as difficult as possible for them in the hope that their brother would get away . |
| 30 | And she brought forth her first-born son , and wrapped him in swaddling clothes , and laid him in a manger ; because there was no room for them in the inn . |