Example sentences of "succeed in [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 She had succeeded in damning him with the faintest of eulogies .
2 ‘ As daylight , ’ she snapped , before giving a heavy sigh as she realised that , yet again , the horrid man had succeeded in putting her in the wrong .
3 However , there 's no doubt that a usp puts the creative team in a stronger position than not having one , as long as he or she succeeds in selling it to the public .
4 OPPONENTS of Mr Frank Field , the Labour MP for Birkenhead , believe they succeeded in deselecting him at the secret ballot held last Tuesday .
5 This was partly due to ‘ The Loco-Motion ’ , remixed by Stock , Aitken and Waterman and her third single on the PWL label , succeeding in breaking her in the all-important American market when it climbed to number three in the US charts .
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