Example sentences of "in [pers pn] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a sign of " malice " to refuse an apology , or to repeat the allegations prior to trial , or to persist in them at the trial : this is no more than steadfastness in the cause ( although if the allegations turn out to be false , such conduct may increase the damages . ) |
| 2 | It was natural that the sermons should be indignant , but the ferocious exultation in them at the fate of the conspirators is in striking contrast to his usual gentleness . |
| 3 | Even the songs they sang on such occasions had a defiance in them , always remembering of course they had a drink in them at the time . |
| 4 | I shall just have to play on and ride out the recession and I feel I still have three good years left in me at the top . |
| 5 | I ca n't say I 'm doing a Page-type thing in the studio , but he was someone who was able to make very soulful records , and that was something that generated excitement in me at the time . |
| 6 | Right now it would have taken more than a memory of someone else 's predictions to have any effect on the blazing anger stirring in her at the prospect of sweaty workmen and a ruined holiday . |
| 7 | But Nathan felt a sickness rise in him at the thought of arriving , he did n't want the journey to end . |
| 8 | Though his tone was abrupt , Polly sensed a lessening of tension in him at the change of subject . |
| 9 | There was a narrow alley with dustbins in it at the bottom of the garden and , beyond that , the rude and unkempt backsides of a row of tenement houses with blind , curtained windows and washing ( long pants , vests , sheets , shirts ) limp in the windless air , strung out on high lines running from pulleys at far-up windows.Tin baths , like giant snails , stuck half-way up the walls as if resting in a trip to the top . |
| 10 | It came to him that he could lock the door , there was a bolt on it , but this conjured up the vision of her battering on it , for she certainly would n't be deterred by the fact that she was raising the house ; she would know that Mary was the only one in it at the moment . |
| 11 | There is nothing in it at the moment that I would want my name associated with . ’ |
| 12 | Having made the two , comes through to there , you just having clear of the metal work , you put , this is a three foot , just not in it at the moment . |
| 13 | I 've got plants growing in it at the moment . |
| 14 | Surely it is a ludicrous notion to suppose that two scientists on their own in a remote basement lab could claim to solve the world 's energy problems so that the scientific community would take up this claim , that world leaders would ask for regular briefings and that there could be nothing in it at the end . |
| 15 | Unfortunately his foot was in it at the time and I slammed it , at which point he pulled out a badge and said he was a cop . |
| 16 | ‘ Our house in London has been burgled but we were not in it at the time . |
| 17 | He need not be interested in it at the time when the insurance is effected . |