Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone sits in a circle with one child , possibly the birthday girl , being ‘ Sleeping Beauty ’ in the middle blindfolded . |
| 2 | Everyone sits in a circle with one person sitting blindfolded in the middle . |
| 3 | Everyone sits in a circle with an unbreakable plate in the centre . |
| 4 | Not everyone shared in the boom ; in particular the farmers did not . |
| 5 | Inspired , yes , by a bus run , but the booler is definitely my own husband who is devoted to sport and allows nothing to come in the way of his bowls , both indoor and outdoor bowling . |
| 6 | The sounds of what was going on in the box were being relayed out into the laboratory where Gedanken was , but nothing happening in the laboratory was getting through to the beetles in the box . |
| 7 | She was kicking herself for forgetting the most basic Capricorn trait of allowing nothing to stand in the way of their goal . |
| 8 | We love the way everyone joins in the spirit of the thing . |
| 9 | Leave lights on in rooms you frequently use ; no-one lives in the hallway , but people often leave only these lights on — a sure sign that they 're out ! |
| 10 | I prefer a more recessed sound with the guitar shade more forward , but nothing stands in the way of a hearty recommendation . |
| 11 | Nothing stands in the way but cultural inertia . " |
| 12 | Everyone lives in a world of such meanings ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's lovely , ’ Carrie said , though she thought it a strange dress for someone to wear in the daytime . |
| 14 | Adapt this by inserting bride 's or groom 's name ; e.g. ‘ When Steven/Annabelle was a young reporter he/she heard a shout from someone drowning in a river … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Keith ! ’ someone shouted in the bar . |
| 16 | I might see someone walking in the street , in an outfit I like , and think , she looks good . |
| 17 | Jungle English was the title given by A. P. Herbert to writing so confused that one has to read each sentence several times , struggling with the words to find some sense like someone caught in a jungle . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose it 's feasible that a girl with your looks and brains could drive someone to behave in the way you 've described . |
| 19 | At the same time , the CCA 1974 exempts certain categories from liability here : first , lawyers involved in contentious business ( s146(1)– ( 4 ) ) ; second , where introductions are not effected by someone acting in the capacity of an employee canvassing off trade premises ( s146(3) ) . |
| 20 | This sort of liability can obviously only be incurred by someone acting in the course of a business ( a " businessman " ) . |
| 21 | They knew someone living in a house there . |
| 22 | ‘ So what you reckon is , she had her boyfriend in , and after he left someone climbed in the window and smothered her in her sleep ? ’ |
| 23 | Someone lying in the gloom of a lower bunk was reading a book . |
| 24 | They only found out about the marriage afterwards and used it to strengthen their case , which was , basically that the Archbishop could n't have someone teaching in a school in Clontarf who was the author of a banned book . |
| 25 | ‘ The Salvation Army are looking for someone to put in a training house they 've got there and — ’ |
| 26 | Her shift passed rapidly , and , though her heart fluttered every time someone walked in the door of the lounge , it was never a wet , muddy , and very angry Matthew Blake . |
| 27 | Someone laughed in the graveyard because he was an old , old man who died and no one weeps much for the old . |
| 28 | They always have someone go in every day anyway |
| 29 | ‘ I believe someone invested in the business , ’ replied Sarah vaguely , ‘ but he never told me the details , and I did n't like to pry . ’ |
| 30 | If I could lead you from that paragraph on page three fifty over to page three six four page three six four , one two three , four paragraphs from the top it 's ab it 's the second of two paragraphs that begins the Board affirms the church 's th that Christ teaches that marriage is special and divorce is not the way he would wish for his people and then this sentence no-one would wish to condens condemn someone to stay in a marriage which is beyond redeeming . |