Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He first met Minton in a top-floor club in Wardour Street and they became firm friends . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been listening , ’ announced Ken in a pointed BBC accent , ‘ to an excerpt from Forever Amber . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Are you joining us for a swim ? ’ asked David in a loud voice . |
| 4 | But when the duke — still in his flying gear — was ushered into the presence at Ditchley Park , he found Churchill in a playful mood . |
| 5 | Clearly these involved Roger in a considerable amount of work , and at a time when Roger 's wife was giving birth to their daughter in the UK ! |
| 6 | When I arrived back at the cafe , I found Kathleen in a perplexed mood . |
| 7 | Similarly another story involved Kylie in an Australian restaurant . |
| 8 | So , as my whiskers grew , I settled down to watch France beat Brazil in an exciting football match , and enjoy one channel entirely devoted to children , where understanding was universal despite the language . |
| 9 | She hurried round to Mozart 's apartment , where she found Constanze in a terrible state , though trying to keep calm . |
| 10 | On returning to the apartment , Sophie found Mozart in a high fever , trying to explain to Süssmayr how to complete the Requiem . |
| 11 | When I took Larne to the ‘ 87 final against Glentoran we defeated Cliftonville in a semi-final replay . |
| 12 | Having already beaten Premier League side Crosfields , Salford travelled to Widnes and beat Farnworth in a thrilling game . |
| 13 | When Leonora finally arrived home , red-eyed and white-faced after a nightmare journey , she found Elise in a terrible state . |
| 14 | In the intermediate section , the Giants , a team from Blurton Ladsandads beat Goldenhill in a thrilling penalty shoot-out . |
| 15 | Paula found Archer in a small kitchen at the rear of the cottage . |
| 16 | In the second half of the month Turkish troops entered Iraq in a large-scale air and ground operation concentrated on two fronts , with the objective of trapping the PKK in a pincer between hostile Iraqi and Turkish forces . |
| 17 | When Charlotte reached Swans ' Meadow late that afternoon , tired and dispirited after her journey to Wales , she found Ursula in a further stage of her adjustment to Maurice 's death and Samantha 's disappearance . |
| 18 | Suzy Menkes , then fashion editor of The Times , described Laura in a major feature as ‘ The queen of printed cotton … who has nurtured a nostalgia for a vanished rural world . ’ |
| 19 | " But why was she taken to prison ? " asked Dong in a choked voice . |
| 20 | MY husband got PMT in a bad way this morning … |
| 21 | ‘ Are all kids like this ? ’ she asked Ross in a low voice . |
| 22 | There is no evidence that Wordsworth ever studied Rousseau in a systematic way , but he would have met with his influence in France , if not well before . |
| 23 | They buried Martin in a secluded plot in the churchyard in which he had died . |
| 24 | Whereas Modigliani cut out all extraneous detail and painted Cocteau in a high-backed chair , looking every inch a peacock , angular and dominant . |
| 25 | Of the er regime I saw erm Moscow , Moscow Dynamo came over and played Walsall in a friendly match yes erm |
| 26 | " I 've been in the Pacific islands for a month looking at the plantations there , " replied Lepine in an uninterested voice . |
| 27 | And Melvyn , who had come to complain about the state of arts funding under the Conservatives , joined Alan in an impromptu duet . |
| 28 | ‘ Mr Beckenham , ’ stated Aycliffe in a level tone ‘ is not in prison . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ She 's at Thornfield Hall , ’ replied Mason in a weak voice . |
| 30 | To avoid his being rounded up by the Germans for STO ( Service du Travail Obligatoire ) and sent to the munitions factories in the east , Montaine and Mme Guérigny hid Jean-Claude in a sunken hollow in the grounds of a crumbling manor house at the edge of the village . |