Example sentences of "[verb] in [noun prp] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be of interest to note that 760 years after this visit there is living in Halling today a person whose grandfather , Robert Langton , a friend and biographer of Charles Dickens , claimed descent from the family of this Archbishop . |
| 2 | ‘ Strange , ’ Benedicta mused ‘ I meant to tell you , Brother , Lady Maude was seen in Southwark over a week ago . |
| 3 | It is amazing that in this age of guitar exotica , courtesy of PRS , Valley Arts and so on , most players can not help but become romantic and misty-eyed about an old Strat — even one that was made in Japan only a month or so ago . |
| 4 | It happened in Germany about a year ago . |
| 5 | Sir Derek Alun-Jones , chairman of Ferranti , and some other directors of the troubled group are said to be ready to resign in February once a share issue to raise £187 million in finance for the group is agreed by shareholders .. |
| 6 | : ’ Speaking in London almost a year after becoming Chairman of British Coal , Mr. Clarke said — What we are seeing is a sort of energy arms race , with attempts to justify it on the grounds of guaranteeing security , diversity and competition — but in reality , guaranteeing nothing but higher electricity prices , a rapid abandonment of other fuel reserves , and reliance on as yet unproven overseas resources . ' |
| 7 | The water was supplied from an eight-wheeled tanker that had arrived in Heymouth only an hour before . |
| 8 | However , the instruction manual , though extremely comprehensive , is written in that awful Americanese which makes similar pamphlets printed in Japan almost a pleasure to read ! |
| 9 | interesting to hear about India , about tea , because er my daughter is working in India quite a lot and it is very high poverty for people . |