Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1663 an Act of Charles II had placed a partial ban on the importation of foreign cattle to England ; the ban became total in 1666 and permanent in 1680 . |
| 2 | I hate that in men ! |
| 3 | Although GEMMs in the aggregate made substantial losses during the years 1987 – 89 , the market as a whole became profitable in 1990 and remained so in 1991 . |
| 4 | Originally numbered D1500 , it was renumbered 47401 in October 1973 , the loco emerged new from the Brush Works at Loughborough in September 1962 carrying works number 342 . |
| 5 | While the penalties for water pollution offences are in theory more severe than most field staff believe them to be , they remain frail in comparison with those available to sanction traditional crime . ’ |
| 6 | I could prolong the ecstasy as long as I liked , even after he had fallen asleep in my arms and continued sleeping right through my climaxes . |
| 7 | You could pick out individual families : that old Grandma who had fallen asleep in her deckchair , legs apart , showing a formidable pair of bloomers ; the fat baby next to her pushing candy-floss into its chubby face with both hands , trying to find its mouth ; the Dad lying on his back like a stranded whale , great white beer belly rising majestically into the air . |
| 8 | They crowded round the Bookman , apart from Mr Rumback who had fallen asleep in all the excitement , and asked him hundreds of questions all at once . |
| 9 | … My return journey with the soup took twenty minutes ; the soup was cold , and the Empress had fallen asleep in her chair . |
| 10 | Kurt , 25 , says : ‘ I 've fallen asleep in a live show quite a few times . |
| 11 | Mr Levy claimed Andy Linighan was drunk and had fallen asleep in the back of the taxi . |
| 12 | From the thin , wretched creature it had been at the beginning of the siege it had become quite fat , for recently it had succeeded in eating two small lap-dogs which had unwisely fallen asleep in its presence . |
| 13 | But , having fallen asleep in militant mood last night , she 'd woken up this morning reluctantly aware that she owed him an apology . |
| 14 | She awoke to a cold , grey morning , feeling stiff and uncomfortable , and uttered a hollow groan as she realised she 'd fallen asleep in her clothes . |
| 15 | Perhaps she 'd fallen asleep in Christopher 's room . |
| 16 | The dogs have been kennelled , and the bodyguards have either gone back to bed or have fallen asleep in the hall . |
| 17 | Paul , who had fallen asleep in front of the TV after making chips , was wakened by 11-month old Keely coughing . |
| 18 | The man had fallen asleep in the lounge when he woke to find a fire at the front door of his terraced home . |
| 19 | He and Greenidge made 119 in 27 overs , and although Richards went near the end for 65 Greenidge remained unbeaten on 98 . |
| 20 | Only one fertile Genestealer needed to remain alive in hiding to undo all the good work within a few decades . |
| 21 | So I resolved to remain alive in an unofficial capacity , which of course annoys them all immensely . |
| 22 | This is fully tax relievable in the employer 's hands so the liability nets down to £3,393 for the employer . |
| 23 | Our tips — the Damon Wayans vehicle ‘ Mo Money or Ice-T and Ice Cube trying to go mainstream in The Looters |
| 24 | Be patient and remain strong in the knowledge that the universe knows what 's best for you . |
| 25 | The intermediary in the deal was Christoph Graf Douglas , head of Sotheby 's Germany , who pleaded strongly for the collection to remain intact in Germany . |
| 26 | It was a dull , snowy night , with heavy grey clouds hanging low in the sky , the kind of night when hopes are destroyed and love is lost . |
| 27 | Rural areas and subsistence-level farmers were neglected or actually excluded from the benefits which copper exports made possible in terms of schools , health facilities , agricultural inputs and credit ( Bwayla 1980 , Klepper 1980 , 1981 , ODG 1981 ) . |
| 28 | Its close links with the English cathedrals had to wait for the Norman reorganization , which first made possible in England an absenteeism and pluralism on the German model . |
| 29 | The escape , made possible in part by the chemical explosion in Quinn of the Fury , is followed by a series of independent forays in which Quinn seizes a French sloop carrying hides by following it into a secret harbour and pretending he and his men are drunken sailors returning on board , rescues Royalist prisoners from a castle by skulking and climbing , seizes another French ship by disguising the prize vessel under his command as French , and outwits a pirate ship by means of a collision ( rescuing , by the way , a young Contessa who adds a romantic touch to the story ) . |
| 30 | Successive reforms failed to end patronage and to establish the sort of professional , rationally organized state bureaucracy loyal to the notion of public service that the Northcote-Trevelyan reforms made possible in Britain . |