Example sentences of "[adv] in [adj] [art] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | They did not pause on her arrival , though Alix , ever polite , waved obliquely to welcome her back : watching them , it occurred to Liz that perhaps in all the years they had all known one another , this was one of the very few occasions on which they had all been in the same room . |
2 | All we 're asking for , as I think perhaps the council will knock it down anyway in all the letters they 've written you do n't . |
3 | And although , now , twenty years later , she could understand his hurt and confusion and desire for revenge , then it had hit her squarely in all the areas she was most vulnerable . |
4 | Never once in all the years they had known each other had Chambers gone further than a grudging admission that she had a certain flair for bookkeeping . |
5 | My father never visited Jubilee Street Elementary once in all the years I was there , but Granpa used to pop along at least once a term and have a word with Mr Cartwright my teacher . |
6 | When you finally get down to it , the machine knows how reluctant you are , so it play up in all the ways it can think of . |
7 | My handicap went up in twos the winters I spent with him . |
8 | Even one of the ‘ enemy ’ admired the ‘ valour and stoutness ’ of the Cornishmen and ‘ … never in all the wars he had been in did he know the like ’ . |