Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the purpose of the law is to protect women from acts of sexual intercourse to which they have not in fact consented , whether by reason of force actually applied , physical or other threat , or fear induced by the accused or by others , then the relevant question would appear to be : Did this particular woman , in these particular circumstances , submit to this particular man ; or did she in fact freely consent to have intercourse with him ? … if the law deems the woman to have consented to the act despite ample evidence of threats which rendered her submissive but non-consenting , then the law can not be said to be serving its true function of protecting individuals from the imposition of non-consensual sexual intercourse . ’ |
| 2 | She inaugurated the practice outfit that distinguished them in press photos — black pants , white blouse , ankle socks and the black bow tie that they were so nervous of mislaying . |
| 3 | They are a bulwark against that dark night : the candle that protected us in childhood . |
| 4 | She had an artist friend print up some material for her , using a picture that showed her in profile . |
| 5 | Before looking in more detail at who the ‘ Hooligans ’ were , and in order to place the controversies that surrounded them in perspective , it will be helpful to make an imaginative effort to reconstruct the kind of social world in which the original ‘ Hooligans ’ moved . |
| 6 | But the fine fuzz of tiny spines that covered it in life are not present . |
| 7 | He still does n't know the exact reason for the problem that kept him in care for a week — more tests are planned at the end of next month — and which has prevented him from going back to Stamford Bridge , where his coaching has transformed the fortunes of London 's Cinderella club . |
| 8 | It 's gravity that kept you in orbit you and the Shuttle . |
| 9 | As well as Seve 's good start on the fourth round , he also birdied one of the par-5s going out and that put him in front . |
| 10 | The three-year-old bears the scars and bruises from the freak accident that put him in hospital and left his parents in deep shock . |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't think she could have come across something that put her in danger ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Do you think Nicola could have got hold of something that put her in danger ? ’ |
| 13 | After all , the inspector himself admitted wondering whether Nicola had learnt or been given something that put her in danger . |
| 14 | The young New Zealander never looked comfortable in a freshening breeze and slumped badly to an 80 that left him in danger of missing the match-play cut . |
| 15 | The thought had barely come and gone , and I was in the act of reaching out to replace the whisky bottle , when a long burst of electric-blue light from the aperture showed me something that froze me in mid-reach . |
| 16 | Perhaps the magic of science would overcome this detestable witchcraft ( or whatever it was that held me in thrall ) . |
| 17 | Martha took out the two tiles and laid them in front of him . |
| 18 | Tommy gave straight answers and expected them in return . |
| 19 | He was on Muizenburg Beach , then a popular resort , when a stranger came he up and asked him in Afrikaans ‘ Is your name Cranko ? ’ |
| 20 | He needed this knowledge on the day a deaf house-painter called to decorate his house , and asked him in sign language which school he went to ( a conversational gambit which remains unchanged to this day . ) |
| 21 | The son of Tony and Monica Dickinson , who respectively preceded and succeeded him in charge at Poplar House , Harewood ( not far from Leeds in Yorkshire ) , Michael Dickinson had ridden 378 winners in eleven seasons as a jockey before taking out a trainer 's licence for the 1980–1 season . |
| 22 | She had pulled a pretty knitted skull-cap over her head and pinned it in place with metal grips . |
| 23 | Before 6th April 1978 , this created a gap in their contribution record and penalised them in retirement . |
| 24 | Katherine visited the ‘ very jolly ’ new flat and described it in detail : |
| 25 | She knew only that suddenly her hand was upraised , that his shot out with lightning speed and caught it in mid-air . |
| 26 | I smiled , sat closer , took up my brandy and cradled it in front of the candle flame . |
| 27 | She had sketched symbol after elegant symbol in a gracious , flowing hand , embellishing them with lovely loops , arabesques and curlicues , and invited them in turn to imitate these mystic outlines . |
| 28 | And then one day he 'd come home early and found her in bed with someone else . |
| 29 | ‘ I called — quite unexpectedly — just before you came and found her in bed , so I 'm filling her hot water bottle . ’ |
| 30 | At one school I attended for a short while , very much for ‘ young ladies ’ , the headmistress descended unexpectedly on a class , with a visitor , and found it in uproar . |