Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know we got a mention in it for the museum and that was , oh did you get your keepsake ? |
| 2 | Last night , Amaranth Wilikins had told Grunte that she had yet to make up her mind in which of the many debates she would try to speak . |
| 3 | There was only one stroke in it after the first round ( Thomson 68 ; Thomas 69 ) , so it was n't cut-and-dried . |
| 4 | Though his tone was abrupt , Polly sensed a lessening of tension in him at the change of subject . |
| 5 | Well , I 've read them pretty closely and though there 's no date or any positive indication in them of the order in which they were written , there does seem to be a progression of a sort . |
| 6 | She had turned on him again that remarkable glance in which for the first time he had detected to his discomfiture a brief flash of intelligence and of calculation . |
| 7 | The web of diplomatic contacts which had developed in western and central Europe over the last 200 or more years was now being extended further east by the full incorporation in it for the first time of the great new emerging state of Russia : henceforth events in eastern Europe were to be far more significant in the calculations of statesmen in the west than ever in the past . |
| 8 | Perhaps a crewman stumbles , it could be the gloop is n't hot enough , maybe there is n't enough pepper in it for the cook 's liking . |
| 9 | B Sky B is now profitable of trading level , we increased our stake in it during the year from eleven percent to sixteen percent . |
| 10 | The rain which I collect from the downpipe often has debris in it from the guttering . |
| 11 | Keeping her voice steady was a battle in itself as the touch of his hard , powerful body against her own was sending her breathing awry . |
| 12 | All four of the Titford brothers of this generation were in their early twenties on their wedding day — a reflection in itself of the fact that the average age at marriage for men was falling as the century wore on ; that average in the early 1700s had been as high as twenty-seven . |
| 13 | Another performer in One Over The Eight who took to Kenneth with the greatest of affection was Lance Percival , soon to make a national name for himself with the top TV satire show of the Sixties , That Was The Week That Was . |
| 14 | The syllabus for modern languages in the GCSE is very full ; but there is no place in it for the teaching of grammar . |
| 15 | This applies whether or not accountants ' work is investment business in itself under the FSA . |
| 16 | He 'd shaken up Evans , first bawling him out then ending up with a show of confidence in him with the Havana . |
| 17 | Purchasers may need to be reminded that a loss of confidence in them by the vendors can be difficult to recover and will adversely affect relationships after completion . |
| 18 | There was no evidence of her having a psychiatric disorder , although it was clear that she had become somewhat withdrawn and had lost confidence in herself since the break-up of her relationship with her boyfriend . |
| 19 | Does my hon. Friend the Minister agree that while Britain has the highest proportion of health costs funded by the public purse , the British public have shown their confidence in it by the fact that only 13 per cent . |
| 20 | The repeated blindnesses of critics can only be explained by a deep dissatisfaction in them with the very data of ‘ fairy-story ’ , an inhibition against accepting the conventions of romance . |
| 21 | The distinction between the meaning of the word ‘ agent ’ in the common law sense of ‘ special agent ’ and its meaning in what for the want of a better expression I will call its ‘ equitable sense ’ was not expressly pointed out until the judgment of the court was delivered by Slade L.J . |
| 22 | Private court patronage was not just a reserve of employment for members of a political interest , however , for there was danger in it for the patron . |
| 23 | Lesotho is one of eight countries across the globe in which Save The Children has introduced the riders for health project , working with the ministry of health , a successful programme has been developed which provides primary health care to almost five times as many villages that could have been reached on foot . |
| 24 | Now , when you 're putting on the presents there are little , there are other areas within putting on the presents that you can possibly include like a present 's going on the tree , you happen to see your name in it on the tag , right ? |
| 25 | The sonnets to the Friend , by contrast , elicit warmth in us by the warmth that they contain . |
| 26 | But if you put something like a wall with a slit in it in the way of the particle , the particle paths can spread out beyond the slit . |
| 27 | She began , Dear Sis , Tell Joel that it 's quite an education in itself for the girls to be brought up in the heart of the capital , and on the very shores of London 's historic river . |
| 28 | We know that the Ancient Egyptians er did insist on circumcision er they were racially very erm erm er very prejudiced the Ancient Egyptians cos they were living at the peak of cultural time and regarded all other races as inferior to them and one of the main er stigmas in inferiority was erm not being circumcised and Ancient Egyptians regarded people who were n't circumcised as filthy and erm they er they had this tremendous er racial pride in themselves as the circumcised people , and this of course has passed on into Judaism and even to Islamic faith . |
| 29 | When they had gone Phat pulled a small notebook from his shirt pocket and with a little grunt of irritation , made a mark in it beneath the number of the barrack hut . |
| 30 | Anyway , I only have it with a slug in it in the morning . ’ |