Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sqd Ldr Jimmy Malley had a distinguished career with bomber command and flew in the legendary Wellington F for Freddie , featured in the film Target For Tonight . |
| 2 | With Romy he 'd had a real romance but it had flourished only on the Continent and withered in the cold climate of England . |
| 3 | The rings had spilled out of the tin and lay in the tufty bits of grass like slugs trying to eat their own tails . |
| 4 | We climbed the low hills northwest of the loch and lay in the long grass under the pines and the birch , looking out over the small glen to the forested hill on the far side where the old railway tunnel was . |
| 5 | He leaned against the door of the ambulance and drew in the mossed and woody scent of trees . |
| 6 | This morning the school party , including the wet member , having gone on well ahead , I crossed the beck and sat in the warm sun outside the gorge , simply looking . |
| 7 | Suddenly , a girl aged about 16 walked up from one of the scattered houses in the village and stood in the same spot he intended to use for his photography . |
| 8 | The old gentleman was a continual critic of the City Council and started in the late ‘ twenties , in conjunction with Mr. Allan B. Lemon , the well-known Salisbury Solicitor , a Salisbury Ratepayers ’ Association . |
| 9 | When a BEA Comet blew up in 1967 as the result of an explosive device on board and crashed in the Mediterranean between Rhodes and Cyprus , very little wreckage was recovered from the sea which was about 11 000 feet deep at that point , so the question of salvage did not arise . |
| 10 | Cranston unclasped his cloak and basked in the sweet odours and warmth of the tavern . |
| 11 | Syria had hoped to be dropped from the list , having supported the US-led coalition in the Gulf war and participated in the Middle East peace talks . |
| 12 | Highly paid male employment re-emerged during the war and remained in the post-war boom , but women never retreated to the domestic sphere after 1945 . |
| 13 | Stuart changed this so that he travelled with his team and stayed in the same cheap hotels . |
| 14 | Asked by Crown counsel how Aindow had regained his balance , taken aim and fired in the short space of time available , the accused replied ‘ I do n't know ’ . |
| 15 | Each of these master gangs had ‘ satellites ’ , smaller groups that supported them at need and stayed in the general area . |
| 16 | The offensive was launched on 18 June but was deeply unpopular with much of the rank and file and collapsed in the first week of July . |
| 17 | His body was wheeled off in a peat barrow and cremated in the local brick kiln . |
| 18 | The phone call finished , Jack Stone buttoned up his heavy jacket and stood in the darkened box , for a moment , peering through the windows at the desolate streets around him . |
| 19 | But the equaliser was always on offer and arrived in the 73rd minute . |
| 20 | The Girls who got the contract loved it ; they earned £8.10s a week and stayed in the best hotels . |
| 21 | In the old days , Grandma was usually propped up on an upright chair and sat in the open door to enjoy the street scene . |
| 22 | The story was written by an observer and appeared in the Deltic Deadline , issue No 17 . |
| 23 | On 9 January 1986 Heseltine dramatically walked out of a full Cabinet and resigned in the full glare of televisual attention . |
| 24 | Massingham walked over to Berowne 's jacket hanging on a hook at the back of the door and felt in the two outer and one inner pockets . |
| 25 | The big man beat on the door and shouted in the high nasal tone of the Caucasus , slammed his fist into the woodwork , demanded attention . |
| 26 | The car pushed them through the garden wall and they were flung into the air and landed in the next garden . |
| 27 | Silently , I climbed back up to the road and lay in the long grass to watch what happened . |
| 28 | The taller of the two took his weight off his rake and pointed in the other direction . |
| 29 | Raising up the wooden clouds to hide himself from the public gaze , he hurried trembling down the ladder and hid in the dark cart , under his quilt . |
| 30 | He slid down from the pill-box and sat in the high grass , halfway down the canal bank . |