Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] in [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were certainly questions that I had in listening to the lecture and reading of the material and erm as herself said , there does seem to be something of an in own thinking about this . |
| 2 | She confirmed in writing to the company that she intended to return to work on 11 February 1991 . |
| 3 | Very many thanks indeed for all the trouble you took in seeing to the distribution , filling-in , and return of the questionnaires . |
| 4 | A very quick note to thank you very much indeed for all the trouble you took in seeing to the distribution , filling-in and return of the questionnaires . |
| 5 | ‘ The understanding of our history we achieved in preparing for the 70th anniversary of October is not something frozen and given once and for all . |
| 6 | We saw in regard to the coming of agriculture that the introduction of weaning produced reactions in early agricultural populations which are detectable in their religious , literary and mythical culture . |
| 7 | It was all too clear that the writers actually understood little about the subject matter , and that the understanding they succeeded in imparting to the public was correspondingly less . |
| 8 | Even if they succeeded in breaking through the sepoy lines , where would they go ? |
| 9 | They succeeded in closing off the third of five underground conduits formed beneath the surface crust and through which red-hot magma has been flowing . |
| 10 | He was wounded eight times altogether , and on the last occasion he succeeded in getting into the air before the scars were properly healed . |
| 11 | We shall see how much or how little of local nuances it succeeded in conveying to the top authorities . |
| 12 | What is surprising and interesting is not de Gaulle 's disenchantment with the parliamentary game , which was hardly new , but the perseverance that he showed in sticking with the RPF . |
| 13 | Even the elements failed to subdue him — on one occasion he persisted in declaiming from the balcony overlooking the square at Samis for more than an hour , in the course of which a downpour cut the loudspeaker system dozens of times . |
| 14 | After a couple of sentences he went into the present tense , which was a habit he had in speaking of the past , as if it were the plot of some play he was about to do . |