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Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Other voluntary hospitals with such funds lost them to the Exchequer , which pooled them in a central fund .
2	Alexandra took the long pins out of her hat and laid them in the red glass tray on her dressing-table .
3	And he led them in a weary canter down to the Rorim .
4	‘ Then came the day when I snapped off my Marigolds , flung them in the marbleised pedal bin — well it was n't marbleised then , but it is now — and set off on this glittering career .
5	TWO escaped prisoners were back behind bars yesterday after police re-arrested them in an early morning swoop .
6	That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order .
7	I was the new boy at the office , he the old hand wondering what to make of me ; but if he was having second thoughts he dismissed them in a sudden grin .
8	Ribble 's failure to provide the service paid for will have caused inconvenience , and distress to elderly residents of Scorton and perhaps involved them in the extra cost of missed appointments or expensive taxi fares .
9	As the heat of the afternoon penetrated even the cool heavy shutters and stone floors of the farmhouse , the feasting guests gradually reduced their assault on the table , and drowsiness floated in with the warm air , caught them in a soft hug and lulled them to sleep .
10	Instead of joining the press of bodies that jammed up the aisle towards the crush bar , he took my arm once again and drew me in the opposite direction .
11	The figure turned stiffly and fixed them in a sightless gaze .
12	I could n't understand what was wrong with him until Frankie pulled out the other two from behind the boiler and found them in a similar state .
13	He found them in a melancholy group , joined by Charley , in Cat 's Coffee Shop .
14	She found them in the Green Room .
15	I found them in an old file .
16	In response to some implied criticism I made of his treatment of the sub-editor , Porua regarded me in a sneering silence and then said , ‘ Why should I have regard for my fellows ?
17	But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar .
18	The skills and cultures they developed sustained them in a harsh living , and gave them a lasting , non-destructive role in Arctic ecology .
19	We found ourselves in a wide desert street , lined unevenly with flat adobe buildings , the same dun colour as the street and the surrounding desert .
20	Ramsay ensconced himself in the upper storey of the mill building , where he could gain as wide a view as possible .
21	When Bud moved south to West Bromwich Albion in 1976 , he found himself in a deep trouble after a game against Brighton , when he was sent off for the unpardonable offence of kicking a referee .
22	Blake moved from the Old Nag 's Head , through a courtyard , and found himself in a long alley .
23	Driving with difficulty through torrential rain while thunder and lightning crashed overhead , Jack found himself in a narrow West Country lane , realising that he had missed the turning that would have brought him back on to the main road .
24	He pushed through a regulation fire door and found himself in a narrow passageway that ran along by the stairs to the kitchen .
25	Later that same year Lord Thurso found himself in a similar predicament in Kelvin Hall , Glasgow .
26	Mr Kelly , a slater-plasterer ran off but found himself in a dead end .
27	But he found himself in a double bind ; the bankers said they would withdraw their support if he left and this would have killed the business instantly .
28	The boy found himself in a peculiar position .
29	Charles also found himself in a difficult position .
30	Although Barber found himself in the political wilderness with the Tories ' fall from power after the death of Queen Anne in 1715 , he remained loyal to his friends and true to his Tory principles .