Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] in [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sits me down in Jamie 's heap of a living room while she clatters in the kitchenette . |
| 2 | If the bride or groom or their families or ancestors are famous , it might be worth your while looking them up in Who 's Who , and similar reference works , of which there are many editions covering authors , scientists , theatrical personages , and royalty . |
| 3 | ’ I do n't recall you being so keen to leave while your lover-boy was knocking me around in Fif 's last night ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
| 5 | I looked it up in Gray 's anatomy and that 's what it says . |
| 6 | Look it up in Titmarsh 's book . |
| 7 | Buy it by pound , yes , they wrapped it up in paper wr in greaseproof paper yes they 'd pat it into |
| 8 | Rufus had called her a waif and Adam had immediately ridiculed this word , said it was a romantic novelist 's word , so they had looked it up in Hilbert 's Shorter Oxford Dictionary and found illuminating things . |
| 9 | The only thing is I think I 'd rather try and er find out now we know it 's Fancy Goods and look it up in Thompson 's local and then find out the address and then we 'll find our own way down there . |
| 10 | The two modes fight it out in Schlesinger 's Billy Liar , where the hero escapes from the constraints of life in an undertaking business by fantasizing himself as variously a soldier , Winston Churchill , a gunman mowing down his family or an aristocrat living with obliging parents whose behaviour is strikingly different from that of the real screeching proletarians . |
| 11 | ‘ Theodora , ’ said Julia bravely , ‘ is breathing it out in Dhani 's system the same as praying in yours ? ’ |