Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adj] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd prefer a proper fire , of course , but we made them illegal in this part of London some years ago . ’ |
| 2 | Rejected by the priesthood , he found himself unfitted in some way for normal life . |
| 3 | These workers have designed primers to the organism , and found it present in extraintestinal tissue from unrelated cases of Whipple 's disease . |
| 4 | In his tract justifying the activities of the Commons in the Parliament of 1701 , when the Tories had made a number of attacks on the policies of the Court Whigs , culminating in the attempted impeachment of some of the Junto Lords , the High Anglican Tory , James Drake , found it plausible in one place to quote Algernon Sidney in support of his argument about the rights of the lower House ; the tract as a whole , however , makes it clear that Drake can in no way be considered a convert to Sidney 's particular brand of radical Whiggery . |
| 5 | She had a friend who kept them caseless in huge straw baskets and crunched the loose cases to bits , muttering ‘ Oh , shit ’ as he wandered through to a five-by-eight foot kitchen where nine wires ran from the central lightbulb . |
| 6 | He felt it necessary in any case to establish himself on campus before leaving for Cyprus , in order to avoid arousing suspicion among his university colleagues , and to connect with the Fulbright Commission , which administered its scholarship programme through offices in American embassies overseas . |
| 7 | Sam , being an even-tempered chap who did n't have the same need to brag as Harry , took it all in good part . |
| 8 | But he took it all in good part . |
| 9 | She took it all in good humour , though Stuart seemed as twitchy as a rabbit 's septum . |
| 10 | lord justice beldam made it clear in this case that the insurer had made it clear they would indemnify the defendant . |
| 11 | Unfortunately despite this success I feel compelled to write this letter of complaint about certain aspects which undermine the efforts of managers , coaches and boys from this country who gave their all in this tournament . |
| 12 | But when the woman dressed him later in rough cotton clothes , yellow with age , he looked exactly what he was — an orphan in a workhouse , ready for a life of misery , hunger , and neglect . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , they never did it all in one move . |
| 14 | If she put it all in one account she could step up the return on her £20,000 to 6.45 per cent or £1,290 after tax . |
| 15 | Blackburn managed to equalise in the last five minutes and won it 3–4 in extra time . |
| 16 | wanted them all in one place . |
| 17 | GRIM FIND : Body of woman with stab wounds found in bathroom of house in Old Brompton Road , Kensington , west London , after man set himself alight in nearby grocery shop , Scotland Yard said . |
| 18 | So compulsively did he watch me empty my glass that he drained his own in compulsive sympathy . |