Example sentences of "and in the [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 And in the afternoon I think er it was about a quarter to three till four , and that was er Sunday School .
2 And in the afternoon i used to wear erm a blue and er and er blue oh I forgot .
3 In ninety two , three by point six seven and in the budget we propose tonight we 've asked for four point five five million .
4 He was looking at her this time , directly into her eyes , and in the twilight she felt her pulses begin to race , and she thought , Oh , my God , I 'm really attracted to this man .
5 Constance stood there in a simple white dress , and in the twilight she looked like a slim young girl holding out welcoming arms to her guest .
6 The back of the canvas chair had been turned towards the town , and in the gloom it was not immediately apparent that someone was sitting in it .
7 Such permanent divergences in character have often arisen in the distinct races of a domesticated species , and in the wild they would be accompanied by an unwillingness or inability to interbreed ; for there , Darwin argues , the reproductive system , with the associated instincts , is not disrupted as it is in domesticated species .
8 And in the chapel I saw us standing
9 This time the chef is from Montreal , and in the kitchen we may speak French . ’
10 Otley and I held on to him while Nigel searched for a large piece of wood to haul him out with , and in the meantime we had a close-up of the lush vegetation of the riverside : buttercups , forget-me-nots , dog roses and honeysuckle and the shy little water avens modestly hiding its peach-coloured face .
11 ‘ It would take up to two years to collect the information and in the meantime we would restore the old rates , ’ he said .
12 If the place failed as links the property was a valuable one , and there was no probability in their losing their money and in the meantime they were receiving three per cent which was as good as if the money were invested in Consols .
13 His response is to impress upon them that the time is not now , that only God knows when it will be , and in the meantime they are to concentrate on the number-one task of world-wide witness for which the Holy Spirit would equip them ( Acts 1:8 ) .
14 ‘ I 've been in touch with the museum and someone is coming over next week and in the meantime they said do n't touch anything . ’
15 You became decently engaged and made plans to get married six months or a year ahead , and in the meantime you lived decorously at home with your parents .
16 And in the meantime you 've finished working on a project for your good friend Richard Blake ? ’
17 You 're growing up , yes , but you 're not grown-up and you wo n't be for some time , and in the meantime you 're still my girl .
18 This point will , however , be ignored until Chapter 10 , and in the meantime it will be assumed that profit maximisation is in the social interest regardless of the particular market structure within which the company operates .
19 ‘ Enduring ’ means nothing if you 're having a rotten time now , so you guys love Shakespeare and in the meantime I ca n't get a good hot cup of coffee in this country .
20 ‘ Please have another glass of champagne and in the meantime I will bring my order book from the office . ’
21 In any case , as I said , we have certain plans which we 'd like to put before you , and in the meantime I want you to say hello from us to young Heinrich . "
22 Well the man nearly went through the roof and er , this was a Saturday morning , of course he did n't come , and in the meantime I had another replai re complaint about the path outside the W I hall , again which was a disgrace , not one person but several people .
23 ‘ They are not yet accustomed to him ’ , and he added prophetically , ‘ … but you will see later on , they 'll all want Modigliani , and in the meantime he has no money and he suffers …
24 The routine at this stage never varied It was unlikely that he would find it necessary to leave his office until the time came to visit the missing girl 's parents and in the meantime he was capable of giving the usual orders while half asleep — which he very nearly was , having been called from his bed not much after five in the morning .
25 And in the meantime he would go on missing her unremittingly , and finding reminders of her everywhere .
26 Bespectacled Baddiel is to host the new Channel 4 current affairs show Stab in The Dark and in the meantime he 's trying to complete a doctorate on Victorian sexuality if he gets any spare time .
27 Paige had been happy to house-sit for him until a relative could arrive , and in the meantime she had done a little searching around of her own in the markets .
28 They drank their beers and smiled at each other and in the distance they heard a street procession wending its noisy way in their direction .
29 They were on a slight hill on the edge of a little copse , and in the distance she could see the lights of boats on the sea .
30 Her proximity had overbalanced him ; physically and in the spirit it had to be ‘ she and no other ’ .
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