Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] in [noun prp] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | The Government resolutely refused to comment until in January 1978 we suddenly heard that an exasperated Lord Rosebery had broken off the sale and given Sotheby 's the go-ahead to auction the contents in May . |
2 | After the war , Bank use of the hotel began to diminish and in May 1949 it was sold to a member of staff who ran it for many years on his own account . |
3 | Despite his resignation , the Civil Aviation Authority decided to prosecute and in May 1991 he was found guilty by a jury and fined Pounds 2,000 plus £1,600 costs . |
4 | Also will he confirm that in August 1991 he said : ’ I think the people trust me . |
5 | He was charged with " taking undue advantage of authority in favour of a third person " , it being alleged that in October 1989 he had authorized sending Zhivkov 's grandson Todor Slavkov to study in Switzerland for five years at the state 's expense . |
6 | So swollen did the self-confidence of the House of Lords become that in June 1990 it rejected a measure ( the War Crimes Bill ) already decisively passed by the House of Commons on a free vote , the first such confrontation since 1949 . |
7 | Note : If we are to complete the list of known domestic creatures to which Gustave played host , we must record that in October 1842 he suffered an infestation of crab-lice . |
8 | In August 1864 , when Admiral ( Sir ) Henry Codrington [ q.v. ] sought a divorce from his wife on grounds of infidelity , the wife counter-claimed that in October 1856 he had attempted to rape Emily Faithfull , then a guest . |
9 | Further threats of suicide followed and in September 1922 he was diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and committed to Barnwood House Asylum , Gloucester . |
10 | Thank you for permitting me to tell you some more about EMMS and I close by mentioning that in November 1991 we celebrated our 150th Anniversary in the Greyfriars Church , Edinburgh . |