Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a quarter past seven she got off the bus in Bath worrying that he might stand her up . |
| 2 | It got off the ground in Berlin in 1982 despite an atmosphere of increasing pressure on funds for all forms of higher education in Berlin as elsewhere in West Germany . |
| 3 | This clash between the old rivals seldom got off the ground in terms of entertainment value , but the more adventurous team won the day . |
| 4 | The Prussians were horrified to learn that in Pomerania and Danzig the surviving Polish nobility were reluctant to work for the new authorities and much preferred to lease out their estates to tenant farmers while they lived off the income in Warsaw . |
| 5 | The details of the case were outlined by prosecuting solicitor , Huw Evans , who applied for a remand in custody until next Monday . |
| 6 | John was full of invention , always making up steps and sequences which he called by odd names : for instance a stamping step he called ‘ Sherman tanks ’ , which he devised for the zephyrs in Primavera and used again for the unicorns in Harlequin in April . |
| 7 | But while Francis and Mary fussed about the situation in Edinburgh , setting up an enquiry into what had happened to the burgh council , in February 1560 the Protestant lords did something ideologically much less courageous than their deposition of the regent , but in practical terms infinitely more crucial : they made the Treaty of Berwick with England , and were assured of English help . |
| 8 | Is he aware that , when I asked about the growth in employment in south Derbyshire recently , I was told that figures were available only until 1989 , that they are collected only once every six years and that figures for self-employment are collected only once every 10 years ? |
| 9 | In the famous Middletown studies made by Robert and Helen Lynd the Lynds lived for a time in Muncie , Indiana , but were always known to be researchers . |
| 10 | ‘ We lived for a time in Washington DC , ’ she said slowly . |
| 11 | A contemporary of Gundulić was Junije Palmotić ( 1606–57 ) , a Ragusan noble who lived for a time in Bosnia , and who drew upon the Slav folk tales as well as on contemporary Italian and ancient classical traditions for the abundant outpouring of songs , satires , verse epics and dramas which he composed . |
| 12 | We asked for a lament in verse or a prose epitaph for Punch |
| 13 | JOHN Z. DeLOREAN , facing drug charges in the US following the collapse of his Northern Ireland sports-car firm , this week asked for a reduction in bail because he is short of money . |
| 14 | ‘ She told me that you phoned her and asked for a meeting in town . ’ |
| 15 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 16 | Japan agreed during a visit in May by the then Japanese Prime Minister , Toshiki Kaifu to extend a loan of 31,200 million yen ( US$235 million ) . |
| 17 | Shortly afterwards they were outward bound for the Great Barrier Reef where they cruised for a year in search of a dream . |
| 18 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 19 | Pete says he just wanted to get in the air so he read about the sport in magazines and then got in touch with the association … he says the sport is easy if you know what you are doing but you can pay dearly for your mistakes |
| 20 | Before the Soviet revolution of 1917 , one approached and rode through the groves in silence lest the gods and spirits of the woods be offended . |
| 21 | Philip Pearlstein can be seen in the new Hirschl & Adler space in SoHo from 7 November to 5 December , Eric Fischl at the newly-configured Mary Boone gallery from 7 November to 19 December and Volker Stelzmann , who matured as an artist in East Germany , shows ‘ Berlin Today ’ a series of twenty-five paintings in the spacious new quarters of the Forum Gallery . |
| 22 | He is also trying to find a manufacturer for a porcelain razor he designed for an exhibition in New York . |
| 23 | In the 1940s , when she trained as a nurse in Johannesburg , she began a lasting friendship with Mr Mandela 's first wife , Evelyn . |
| 24 | He trained as a painter in Vienna , spent long periods in Russia and France and became one of Hungary 's leading Romantic painters and illustrators . |
| 25 | Former Defence Minister Ariel Sharon discredited during the war in Lebanon , possibly back in a prominent post . |
| 26 | The submarine sank after a fire in April 1989 , killing 42 . |
| 27 | On Dec. 12 an aircraft carrying two FMLN commanders to the peace negotiations was forced to land in Guatemala following an explosion on board , which occurred after a stopover in Honduras . |
| 28 | The challenge was accepted and amidst cheers from a group of semi-inebriated local husbands , the offended owner headed out the door in search of a couple of friendly Gardai . |
| 29 | This contributed towards the shift in policies of the late 1970s and early 1980s . |
| 30 | There was consistent growth over this period and it is notable that this occurred despite the collapse in demand during the 1970s . |