Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] in [adj] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He was not impressed by all the hocus-pocus with the Scapegoat nor by the gossip which linked Jordan with the dead man , but beyond all that he was beginning to feel — to sense that this was a sinister crime , an expression of hatred , long nurtured in secret until it could no longer be contained . |
2 | They had a son Cameron , 11 , but finally parted in 1986 after she accused him of giving her black eyes . |
3 | The concentration of production in a few firms was considerably more marked in 1970 than it had been 15 years earlier , and many economists attribute around half the increase in concentration in the 1960s to the merger boom during those years . |
4 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
5 | The hell of making a film out of anything was lovingly rehearsed in Ready When You Are , Mr McGill , a play by Jack Rosenthal , first shown in 1976 and repeated on Saturday in Channel 4 's TV Heaven slot . |