Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] in the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chief engineer 's department remained in the old CEB headquarters , and Hacking and Pask were looked upon by the divisions as the engineering heads of the industry , but the division of responsibilities at the top of the BEA , as we have seen , envisaged a role also for Self , as the deputy chairman in charge of administration ( pp. 12–13 , above ) . |
| 2 | A canoeist died when his canoe overturned in the swollen River Ogwen in north Wales . |
| 3 | Another Stapler lived in the tiny Buckinghamshire village of Hogshaw , but his assets , totalling £300 , were exceptional for a country district ; he ranked as a gentleman and was a justice of the peace . |
| 4 | The first televised discussion of homosexuality came in the 1954 BBC programme ‘ In The News ’ , when Lord Boothby discussed his call for a Royal Commission on the subject . |
| 5 | Electricians working on high step-ladders were hanging an elegant modern chandelier , there was a smell of fresh paint and sawdust , and against one wall rolls of polythene-wrapped carpeting gleamed in the thin March sunshine . |
| 6 | Harvey , 37 , whose one important victory came in the 1985 Kenya Open , completed an opening 70 , which included a hole-in-one , and then added 71 to move three under par on 141 . |
| 7 | Their main hope lay in the less-than-brilliant Hampshire ground-fielding , which was in complete contrast with the way Kent had performed on Saturday . |
| 8 | Brabham 's first Grand Prix success came in the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix , followed by another win in the British Grand Prix at Aintree . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a great feeling to get another title under my belt , ’ said Foulds whose last success came in the 1988 Dubai Duty Free Masters . |
| 10 | The second half of February was much more unsettled as an area of high pressure persisted in the eastern Atlantic , allowing frontal troughs to topple over its northeastern flank into Scotland . |
| 11 | 7,000 runners from all over the world competed in the 1990 Phuket Marathon and 10km . |