Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun sg] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interesting thing about this — in my experience the first ever co-ordinated attempt to find a target — was that despite the assurance of all the enthusiasts to the scheme ( one Plt Off Leonard Cheshire included ) that the run was made with great care , not one of a dozen or more taking part in this quite unofficial experiment claimed to have ever seen one of the other 's flares or Very lights . |
| 2 | Jessie Young fired my imagination with her tales of warfare , politics and terror at Berwick , and fanned in my heart the first flames of a lifelong fascination with Scotland 's history . |
| 3 | In my case the third effect is that someone shouts ‘ Stop leaning forward ! ’ |
| 4 | We were dyeing popcorn , of all things , in two bowls of red and yellow Dolly-dye in my sink the next morning when I heard John moving about . |
| 5 | I remember feeling sad one minute and shoving a giant cookie in my mouth the next . ’ |
| 6 | To be successful the direction-shifts of the fleeing animal must be irregular so that the predator can not anticipate either when or in which direction the next change of course will be . |
| 7 | For example you could use the letter P , in which case the last two lines might be : " It 's my patience , you brat , so come here and take that ! " |
| 8 | Well if you 've almost drowned her one week I should think you could quite well bring yourself to put a spider in her desk the next week said Daryl . |
| 9 | As Simone de Beauvoir argued in her book The Second Sex , man has constructed woman as ‘ the Other ’ , as the one who is not oneself . |
| 10 | Arlie Hochschild in her book The Second Shift interviewed 10 couples over 12 years , from 1976 to 1988 . |
| 11 | Mr James Johnston , in whose house the first meeting of Sunday School teachers took place , was in real terms , the most generous benefactor Edenderry Church has ever had . |
| 12 | He paused , detecting in his voice the first trace of that reedy mixture of sarcasm and pomposity which he knew occasionally affected him and to which he was morbidly sensitive . |
| 13 | The next colour found becomes colour 3 , blue and finally , in our design the last colour found , white , becomes colour 4 . |
| 14 | Yeah well as soon as that comes out on the list you can put in your claim the next |