Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although his groups , ‘ Tiddlers ’ , ‘ Ritz ’ , and ‘ Boys ’ , reflected increasing involvement in delinquent activities , they served the same function of enabling young people to achieve the sort of reputations and images denied them in mainstream society . |
| 2 | Be wary of some people in high places whose duties involved them in prolific correspondence . |
| 3 | The grounding Mr Morrison received at James Dowling 's feet stood him in good stead . |
| 4 | But his finest years found him in some competition with another actor who , like Brando , refused to conform . |
| 5 | Despite his lack of political experience , Clouthier 's 20-year leadership of business organisations stood him in good stead . |
| 6 | This defence caused some difficulty for the Court of Appeal when two cases raised it in quick succession in the summer and autumn of 1988 . |
| 7 | It was not long before someone threw a lump of broken paving through a window ; a dozen sets of plans followed it in short order . |
| 8 | Sartorial details aside , such efforts stood him in good stead with Disney . |
| 9 | Moreover , the self-defined small scale nature of these projects placed them in marked contrast to the first seven Urban Development Corporations announced in Britain in the 1980s in London Docklands , Merseyside ( see chapters 2 and 3 ) , Sheffield , the Black Country , Teesside , Tyne and Wear and Greater Manchester , all of which received over £100 million in financial support . |
| 10 | I enjoyed the function and my friends kept me in good cheer as I was obviously anxious about my husband being in the Gulf and did have a few too many drinks . |
| 11 | And the third was as a confessor , because he knew that many souls valued him in this work . |
| 12 | police took him in that night cos they thought he 'd burnt it out himself . |
| 13 | Although Smith 's contemporaries held him in high regard for his remarkable administrative skill and consummate powers of conciliation , few had any understanding of his real scientific achievement until the Academy 's prize brought him posthumous international recognition . |
| 14 | LOW cloud caused problems for some of the runners in the 11.5-mile Carneddau mountain race but Kevin Hagley 's navigational skills stood him in good stead . |
| 15 | Subsequent parliamentary enquiries into improper electoral practices involved him in some censure and this enabled Disraeli , who never liked him , to make fresh arrangements for the management of the party in opposition . |
| 16 | The other old nomes watched her in horrified silence . |