Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] in [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After six weeks in hospital she was allowed back home . |
| 2 | Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency . |
| 3 | Inevitably , I saw the prison through the eyes of a western visitor , but after three months in India I had acquired at least a superficial understanding of the country and its penal philosophy . |
| 4 | After three months in hospital he returns to the car park , seeks out the girl and gives her another ticket with time left on it . |
| 5 | After 5 days in Rotorua we went south to Taupo , a disappointing touristy place except for a lovely walk to the Huka Falls beside the crystal-clear , swirling waters of the Waikato River , and a visit to Cherry Island ( in the river ) where you are warmly greeted by numerous tame animals and birds as you roam around . |
| 6 | Although she stated that after 25 years in government she was keen to seek new challenges , there was widespread speculation that she would resume her political career in 1992 by contesting either the governorship or a Senate seat in her native North Carolina . |
| 7 | After nine months in office he still is uncertain whether to go fast or slow on any issue from the Russians to oil slicks . |
| 8 | After five years in Yorkshire he was transferred to Manchester City for £56,000 and a year later made the fateful move to Torino . |
| 9 | After five years in Vienna he taught in Trieste , Greece and Moldavia before studying philosophy in Halle . |
| 10 | After several days in Nairobi he took the train to Mombasa where he caught a ship to England ; there , soon after my brother Dermot was born , he rejoined my mother . |
| 11 | After two rides in company we went out on our own , on a route he had already covered with Paddy . |
| 12 | After two months in kennels they move on to the dog supply unit for 11 months , during which time they will be required to train at least six dogs up to the blindfold standard , and pass the guide dog trainer examination . |
| 13 | After two weeks in Czechoslovakia he was climbing in a style usually reserved for winter . |
| 14 | But he pulled through , and after 14 months in hospital he was finally allowed home . |
| 15 | Given the predominance of feudal relations in Russia it was impossible for the men of the 1860s and 70s to see that capitalism was already spreading and inevitably must do so . |
| 16 | Well three sort of top professors in America they |
| 17 | It may be sufficient to remark that when the instrument was demonstrated to an assembly of interested parties in Oxford it met with great approval . |
| 18 | While it is not necessary to cover all of these activities in detail it is important , if the interest of the audience is to be held , to show some indications of the passage of time . |
| 19 | It 's like one of these films in reverse you know . |
| 20 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
| 21 | And the other one , I wonder if the Council would consider , over sixties club , I ought to declare an interest I suppose , erm have two hundred members and they are distributing this Christmas , as they al always do , a three pound voucher to each of those members in office you know and I just wondered whether the Council would consider a small contribution towards that expenditure . |
| 22 | When Watkins put forward his observations regarding remnants of prehistoric alignments in Britain he ran head-on into official archaeological thinking which still believed in the Piltdown Man . |
| 23 | At a recent conference of educational psychologists in Scotland I was foolish enough ( again ) to be arguing for the practical importance of such grand-sounding notions as idealism and commitment . |
| 24 | In comparison with the constitutions of other countries in Europe it is difficult in Britain to substantiate the charge of excessive domination of the executive over a legislature . |
| 25 | It is reflected throughout Europe , and in Tervoort 's extensive study of 20 countries in Europe we can see the move toward the incorporation of signing in educational methodology : ‘ There is no change in favour of oralism and there is an atmosphere of change in the other direction all over Europe ’ ( 1983 : 143 ) . |
| 26 | Carefully structured to cater for all tastes in tourism it allows for those who like to follow strict schedules as well as providing easy reference points for the more adventurous . |
| 27 | Childhood should be a happy time and for many children in Britain it is . |
| 28 | With such questions in mind we can now look at the ‘ structuration ’ of each class in turn , starting with the upper class . |
| 29 | With these passages in mind it is well to recall the circumstances in which Nolan J. found that Woolwich paid . |
| 30 | With these points in mind it is hardly surprising that international traders seek the assistance and advice of bankers in the conduct , financing and settlement of transactions . |