Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] in the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He now faces Alan McManus , the Scot who defeated him in the Asian Open semi-finals last year .
2 Afterwards , Bowe dismissed Lewis , who beat him in the 1988 Olympic final , as ‘ a big , ugly bum ’ .
3 ‘ You will not be coming back , ’ he assured her in the same arrogant tone .
4 The fate that befell him in the 1956 Grand National booked him a permanent place not only in the reminiscences of racing folk but in the British national memory .
5 The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours .
6 It was for Couples , already top of the world rankings , his first major championship and he did it in the same accomplished manner that has already marked two earlier victories on the American tour .
7 On Junction Buttress , Malc Taylor put All my Pegs in one Basket and then left them in the obvious overhanging crack , which is now E7 6c .
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