Example sentences of "in [det] particular [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 I mean I 've only got some figures here up to the twenty fourth of February , and in that particular week we sold about thirteen and a half thousand U K holidays , as against the week last year of about five and a half , so we 've obviously seen a fairly major growth in U K holidays , but , as I said , we spent about a hundred thousand pounds on promotion , so we 're very pleased with the uptake of business coming in .
2 It is just that in that particular situation he had to act as he did , and to have acted differently would have meant that he would have been in the wrong though not for the same reason .
3 In this particular Mess I had hardly sat down before I felt completely at home , and before I had finished the meal , I had made up my mind that if this particular unit would have me , this was where I would stay .
4 Playing the spy was not something that came naturally to her , but in this particular instance she sensed it was her duty .
5 In this particular case I used wild roses , plus their buds and leaves .
6 But Herschel 's equipment was not sensitive enough , and in this particular investigation he failed .
7 Sampson used to tie his gloves with straps and whilst batting in this particular game they came loose .
8 fit for the purpose in the general sense , it also means fit for the purpose in any particular sense you had made known to the shop .
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