Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them . |
| 2 | Their nimble dexterity even made them preferred in the manufacture of buttons and in lacquering and japanning , although it did not bring them the wages of skilled male artisans . |
| 3 | The laibon asked me to sit in the boma , and pointed to my tape-recorder . |
| 4 | That evening , Frank asked me to walk in the town with him . |
| 5 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 6 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 7 | I do n't know what made me look in the bag , but it were n't . |
| 8 | She made me get in the driver 's side and we followed a Volga police car and did a careful legal speed all the way into town . |
| 9 | First of all he let nothing stand in the way of his true feelings . |
| 10 | But he let nothing get in the way of his chief purpose . |
| 11 | When Maggie returned she found them locked in the strained silence . |
| 12 | She remained in the room for a long while but although Carrie went there twice with tea for them , she found them talking in the Romany language and did not understand anything they said . |
| 13 | They found me sitting in the hall , I had to be helped upstairs to bed . ’ |
| 14 | I wanted to try them on right there but for months he let them dangle in the closet upstairs , growing the wrinkles and airpockets that would finally fit his shape , the peculiar wishbone of his shanks . |
| 15 | And he let them help in the shop ( Carrie loved that : measuring out things on the scales and giving the change ) until Nick stole some biscuits one day and he came in and caught him . |
| 16 | My dad caught me injecting in the bedroom . |
| 17 | PALEFACE David Mellor walked into a hall full of journalists last night … and found himself drinking in The Last Chance Saloon . |
| 18 | Wilting under a hail of stones and a hefty dose of the hard stuff , Jimmy Johnstone darted for cover and along with Rangers defender Sandy Jardine found himself hiding in the vicinity of a group of rowing boats . |
| 19 | IT IS a measure of the strength of the entry for the Hi-Tec British Open Championships that the world No 28 , Brett Newton , of Australia , found himself eliminated in the first round of the qualifying competition yesterday . |
| 20 | Patrick suddenly found himself standing in the hallway , his heart tripping frantically , his breathing too fast to be comfortable . |
| 21 | WHEN Swedish authorities suddenly changed the wording they wanted on 50,000 yacht paint cans , Courtaulds Coatings found itself slap in the middle of a crisis . |
| 22 | SCRAM found itself caught in the middle between those who felt nonviolent protest was the only way and those who really wanted to see the whole place go up in smoke . |
| 23 | Always in the leading group , McMahon pushed to the front before the last where he was challenged by the favourite Over the Edge , but keeping his mount perfectly balanced and running as straight as a gun barrel , McMahon found something left in the ‘ Tank ’ and went on to score a snug success . |
| 24 | Unfortunately apart from some of the movies mentioned above , she found herself stuck in the '40s with the unwelcome label of Queen of the B's , because of her frequent roles in Charlie Chan , Mr Moto and Falcon Quickies . |
| 25 | Sabine found herself travelling in the same direction , Rohan 's arm firmly round her shoulders . |
| 26 | he continued to teach at Chelsea School of Art , and has also taught at the Royal Academy Schools since 1975 when Peter Greenham invited him to teach in the Life Room . |
| 27 | I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids . |
| 28 | ‘ We found her sitting in the loo lighting up . ’ |
| 29 | Erm I went in the mill to get some wood and noticed this young man and , I think I told you , I found him smoking in the , in the Porsche . |
| 30 | I came down when she called me and found him standing in the living-room with a look of distaste on his face as he looked round at the overflowing ash trays , the dirty grate , the pile of chair cushions tumbled in the middle of the floor . |