Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it seemed Fergie 's ten man heroes had squeezed out a momentous victory until the soccer fates suddenly stabbed them in the back in the pouring rain of Moscow . |
| 2 | so it was a bit of er struggle to er , to get them to come and look at it and fix 'em up again , well they did n't fix 'em up they , they , they give 'em a new one , they only got it in the sale |
| 3 | Ribble 's failure to provide the service paid for will have caused inconvenience , and distress to elderly residents of Scorton and perhaps involved them in the extra cost of missed appointments or expensive taxi fares . |
| 4 | To her astonishment , he suddenly prodded her in the ribs . |
| 5 | Innocent of intrigue , Meredith suddenly discovered it in the dark depths of Lucenzo Salviati 's eyes . |
| 6 | ‘ The sessions not only pointed me in the right direction for obtaining information , they taught me a lot about the sort of questions I should be asking . ’ |
| 7 | Mrs Mantini only wanted her in the afternoons and all day Saturday . |
| 8 | I du n no , I just read it in the book saying what a blow job is . |
| 9 | He turned , took a plate of food from the hall table and offered it , making sure his hand just grazed hers in the passing . |
| 10 | I just approached it in the way I would were it my album and my band . |
| 11 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |
| 12 | Well , that 's all that ready just popped it in the oven . |
| 13 | and erm I just stuck him in the bath when we got home |
| 14 | I just stuck it in the ground I think . |
| 15 | He turned and came after me waving his revolver , but I easily lost him in the crowd . |
| 16 | He suddenly realized that the impact of this too-vivid memory had slowed him down and finally arrested him in the middle of the wet pavement Two girls in a shop-doorway were staring at him and giggling . |
| 17 | But this young one , a very spiritual guy , like a leftover from The Deer Hunter with a black headband and black jersey , said he wanted to shoo these journalists ; he had a revolver with him all the time , he is licensed to kill and he says he 'd shoot them if they came near , and I said ‘ No , please do n't do that , I 'll get in more trouble , ’ and he said , ‘ I ‘ ll just hit them in the knee . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It just hit us in the face , ’ said Robin . |
| 19 | In fact , I just saw him in the flesh , bruised as that might be . ’ |
| 20 | Cos I w he was , he was in the Post Office one day and he saw this old woman and she 'd just cashed all her giros and this bloke just nicked it in the Post Office . |
| 21 | I just did it in the pan on top |
| 22 | After a hesitant start , the other leftwing and progressive parties who were defeated in the first round have joined Mr Da Silva 's campaign , along with the Socialist and Communist parties , which already supported him in the Popular Front coalition . |
| 23 | Lifting her out of the water we were totally silent , and neither of us seemed to be willing to commit ourselves on a weight so we just put her in the sling and let the scales do the talking . |
| 24 | Well where would you , mind you I suppose like in the olden days you could only get big prams , they just had them in the living room did n't they ? |
| 25 | But I started labour and just had him in the room . |
| 26 | Maybe she just said it in the heat of anger or whatever . |
| 27 | so they just left it in the middle of the road |
| 28 | ‘ Villa totally outclassed us in the first half and we were extremely lucky only to be a goal down . |
| 29 | I do n't give a damn about Ivan 's ridiculous rag , said Charles , but of course he did , he cared much more than she did , and with reason , for Ivan usually managed to deliver her some backhanded compliment , whereas Charles always got it in the neck : ‘ HEADLEAND CRASHES HEADLONG ’ had been the headline of Ivan 's latest piece of gossip , which had consisted of a dangerous account of Charles 's behaviour at a meeting of a board of directors , laced with unfounded but inventive innuendo about a country house which he and Liz were said to be purchasing as a tax dodge . |
| 30 | I know a dug a hole and I totally misread it in the sense that |