Example sentences of "[pers pn] in a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes flew up to meet his in a panic until she screwed up sufficient courage to put her fear into words . |
| 2 | one of his in a set and he says |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , Travis ! ’ she sighed and lifted her lips to his in a kiss that sealed their fate — forever joined together . |
| 4 | For example , was she in a community or by herself ? |
| 5 | And there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called bromeliads and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and the world is full of things like that and now I know about them and I 'm never ever going to be able to see them and then you , ’ she gulped for breath , ‘ want me to come and live with you in a hole and wash your socks ! ’ |
| 6 | I 'll ring you in a day or two . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I should have a print for you in a day or two . |
| 8 | Then Ted can work out a market price and phone it through to you in a day or so . |
| 9 | went away and came back and said oh Mr will see you in a minute and it turned out it was Sandra |
| 10 | See you in a minute and a half . |
| 11 | ‘ You two wait here for me and I 'll join you in a minute or two , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ I very rarely go out at weekends but if someone sees you in a pub once they assume you must be a real nightclubber . |
| 13 | Aye we 'll see you in a fortnight and you 'll be ready for work . |
| 14 | But in order to justify termination of your services on this basis , the employer would certainly have to go to great lengths to treat you in a caring and reasonable manner . |
| 15 | Playing Richard III combines both of these features for you in a way that makes your point . |
| 16 | 2 Write a story in which parents treat you in a way that you believe to be unfair . |
| 17 | Yes , yeah , yeah it 's like er breakfast cereals are good for you in a way that they 've got all the vitamins in for kids ai n't they ? |
| 18 | Wait meekly for her to put you in a box and label you — give you a face to shelter behind , whether it fits or not . |
| 19 | We need you in a semicircle and the best way to do that is to push your chairs roughly around that grey line |
| 20 | She said no he kept saying oh we 'll start you in a month , start you in a month if I get rid of her . |
| 21 | I 've been to Stanford Hall where they have you in a circle but at least , I think , wh however you sit , you must have a president in front of you in a chair and someone to keep a little bit of order . |
| 22 | ‘ She put you in a cot and shut the door on you . |
| 23 | Are you in a marathon or what ? |
| 24 | I did n't want to say that to you in a letter or over the phone . ’ |
| 25 | I 've been to Stanford Hall where they have you in a circle but at least , I think , wh however you sit , you must have a president in front of you in a chair and someone to keep a little bit of order . |
| 26 | They 'd have put you in an asylum and featured your aggressive , dangerous-looking profile in a textbook for the medical profession . |
| 27 | ‘ Ask me in a year or two 's time ’ she replied . |
| 28 | Foreignness for me provided a difference that moved me in a way that sexual difference never did ’ ( ‘ Home and Abroad ’ , 44 , my emphasis ) . |
| 29 | He put down the pot , stared at the floor for a few seconds and then looked up glowering , pointed his finger at me in a way that was frightening because it was so sudden . |
| 30 | You look at me in a way that is familiar . |