Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 2 | She could lie in bed at night and in imagination move confidently around the cottage touching them in a happy exploration of shared memories and reassurance . |
| 3 | The 28-year-old cab driver attacked her in a clearing after she went to join Queen 's Club in west London , Mark Dennis , prosecuting , told the Old Bailey . |
| 4 | that experience changed him in every way . |
| 5 | When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye . |
| 6 | The Office tells us that he arranged for his sister to meet him in a nearby wood and to bring with her two of her over-dresses , one white and one grey , and his father 's rainhood . |
| 7 | He smiled encouragingly , and Juliet was gratified by his attempt to include her in the conversation . |
| 8 | But because of its fierce realism and deep antipathy to authority ( whether it comes in the guise of nationalism or Catholicism , ) this culture is likely to resist any attempt to include it in the cosy consensus of Dublin as Europe 's cultural capital . |
| 9 | It should be noted this is a Post Graduate course , and it is not our intention to include it in the main embalming course . |
| 10 | Hooks of meat , barrows of vegetables , trays of pies , urns of tea passed him in every direction . |
| 11 | She ran the tip of her tongue over her lips , heard the sharp hiss of Penry 's intake of breath , then his head blotted out the light as his mouth met hers in a kiss which shot a jolt of electricity through every vein in her body . |
| 12 | The challenge was taken up by Harry Baker , who being provided with a weight placed it in a backet and walked from Halling Institute to Snodland Institute , so winning the bet , but he had more difficulty collecting his winnings . |
| 13 | It is an unrelieved black except for the white flanks but a watcher catching it in the right light might see the head has an iridescent purple sheen which can be striking . |
| 14 | These might be wild animals who possessed particular strengths and had little contact with man , like a lion , jackal , hawk and crocodile , or might be animals whose usefulness placed them in a special relationship with man , like the crow , ram and cat . |
| 15 | For centuries therefore , statute has placed a limit on the time after which a claimant to an interest in land may bring an action to establish it in the face of the possession of another person holding under a later title … |
| 16 | It is always a pleasure to meet you in the field and I appreciate your commitment to creating a better housing business and providing greater satisfaction for our customers . |
| 17 | When in the " sick Chicken " case of 1935 the Supreme Court ruled against the act , declaring Federal code-making an unconstitutional interference with the authority of the separate states , Roosevelt made no attempt to revive it in a new form . |
| 18 | I 've sent Tuathal with a hundred horse to catch them in the ravine at Glen Farg . ’ |
| 19 | The second lorry ran into the car 's side sandwiching him in the wreckage . |
| 20 | The handlebar caught him in the groin . |
| 21 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 22 | ‘ I have also been to the Guildhall , ’ he mournfully concluded ‘ The mayor told me in no uncertain terms how displeased His Grace the Regent Duke of Lancaster is at our lack of progress . |
| 23 | Then he lay down on her , his weight sinking her in the bed as if in sand . |
| 24 | Why did Granddad put it in a dump or of the pocket ? |
| 25 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 26 | Nicolo 's mouth captured hers in a slow , insolent kiss . |
| 27 | The infliction of pain upon a horse affects it in a very profound way . |
| 28 | The other snaked into her hair and she tried to twist away from him , her eyes blazing in fury , but he was too strong , and his mouth claimed hers in a kiss that was brutal in its intensity . |
| 29 | And his hard mouth claimed hers in a burning kiss that sent her pulses racing , a muffled gasp of pleasure coming from her as her mouth opened hungrily beneath his . |
| 30 | How much better it is to remove trees carefully rather than wait for a gale to do it in an uncoordinated way . |