Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flora Macdonald lived in a small farm estate , off this road . |
| 2 | Newman asked in a low voice . |
| 3 | A MUCH larger entry of store pigs at Markethill sold in a strong trade particularly for heavy stores and middleweight stores which were in outstanding demand . |
| 4 | Stuart Pascoe lived in a spacious house not far from Canterbury Cathedral with a garden that swung down to a river . |
| 5 | My cousin Ibrahim lived in a two-storey house a few hundred metres away , just beyond the Tel Aviv–Jaffa port railway line . |
| 6 | The two of them had often met socially in the old days , with their respective partners , at evenings in the Green Dragon , the local pub in the village of Welton , ten miles from Hull , where Horsley lived in a magnificent stone house which , he always stressed , did not have a drive . |
| 7 | Alison presided in a relaxed way , finding things for people to do , drawing them out , drawing them in . |
| 8 | Jessica drew in a great breath of cool air . |
| 9 | The only thing Stewart has in a nice hair-style … so nice he wo n't head the ball . |
| 10 | What is the point of having Van Goch hanging in a public building if people with disabilities are not provided with proper access facilities . |
| 11 | Nellie asked in a worried tone of voice . |
| 12 | Johnny sits in a quiet corner of the pub with the Echo crossword and a rum and black . |
| 13 | Along with the hundred-headed DRAGON Ladon , the Hesperides lived in a beautiful orchard , referred to by Robed Greene in Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay ( 1598 ) : |
| 14 | Her imagination went wild ; she pictured Barney seated in a hard chair in a dingy police interview room while the detective probed and bullied and cajoled , plucking away at the outer layers of his mind , stripping it down to its sensitive core , implacable in his search for signs of weakness or guilt . |
| 15 | This production was only a qualified achievement , but Eyre succeeded in a different vein when he brought out the kindliness and charm of Harold Brighouse 's Hobson 's Choice at the Haymarket ( 1983 ) , in which Penelope Keith appeared to splendid effect . |
| 16 | IN comparison with our own times , Marx and Engels lived in a pre-nationalist age . |
| 17 | Tammuz drew in a shuddering breath and glanced at the computer blinking serenely behind them . |
| 18 | Edward lives in a different part of town , he espouses different ideas — but he 's also seeking acceptance , due to a romantic interest in shy , true-blue Serana . |
| 19 | More intriguingly , the features may not be Doppler in origin , but due to up- and down-shifted frequencies by Raman scattering in a dense plasma . |
| 20 | He had this meeting on Wake Island that I described to you when they would n't get out of the planes , all attempts to persuade MacArthur to behave in a reasonable fashion . |
| 21 | Ken believed in a supreme being , but said he would never pray for help if he got into trouble . |
| 22 | Angalo nodded in a puzzled fashion , and crawled away into the darkness . |
| 23 | David arrived in a beige boiler-suit and trainers , fitting for his serious directness , for he was a shy man when not warmed to a subject : small-talk was not his forte . |
| 24 | BRIAN Clough 's Nottingham Forest and Steve Coppell 's Crystal Palace meet in a bottom-of-the-table clash at Selhurst Park today that would have been unthinkable at the start of the season . |
| 25 | ‘ This is certainly some house he 's got , ’ Richard remarked in a low whisper as they followed Rob along the hall . |
| 26 | They left their Nissan Bluebird locked in a free car park after refusing to pay the 40p fee at one nearby . |
| 27 | It is what Freud called in a memorable phrase , an impoverishment of the ego on a grand scale . |
| 28 | His replacement Mikhail Gorbachev ushers in a new era of reform , beginning with a unilateral 10-month freeze on the deployment of new weapons . |
| 29 | Distinctive features of the sitter , his eyes and hands for example , are rendered with a greater degree of naturalism , and these , together with the stimuli provided by other details such as a button on M. Kahnweiler 's coat , a lock of hair , or the still life to the side of him , permit a reconstruction of the subject and his surroundings ; ( one of the New Caledonian sculptures owned by Picasso appears in a ghost-like form to the left of the sitter ) ; and these more realistic touches in turn forced the painter to restore or preserve the naturalistic proportions of the figure . |
| 30 | I remember the minister 's housekeeper , Miss Lumb , calling to see if she could do anything to help , and the four-year-old Ann saying in a plaintive voice , ‘ There is n't any room for Miss Lump in this bed ! ’ |