Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] a [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's when the beast started to change and became a sheep in wolf 's clothing . |
| 2 | In 479 BC Gelon , tyrant of Syracuse , displayed himself unarmed before his people and made a speech in justification of his career ( Diod. xi.26 ) . |
| 3 | She grabbed a coat , went back downstairs , kissed Simon on top of the head and got a grunt in reply , and then went out to meet her cab . |
| 4 | For example , he may be told that his alibi relates to a period between 2 and 5 p.m. last Thursday , when he left the refectory after lunch and took a train to a named neighbouring town and visited a friend in time for tea . |
| 5 | They were the late Roman Empire 's answer to the weakness of linear barriers and provided a defence in depth which the latter could not . |
| 6 | When the jack appeared from East , declarer ruffed a club and ruffed a heart in dummy . |
| 7 | But he backed the Cabinet line in condemning wage increases which are , what he called wildly out of line , and risked a surge in unemployment . |
| 8 | In May of 1948 , the Zamzams crossed the Palestine border into Lebanon at Naqqoura — where the Palestinian writer Kalafani was to describe the misery of the refugees — and rented a house in Tyre for 12 Palestinian pounds a month . |
| 9 | Schoolboy John Stevens from Uddingston suffered from rheumatoid arthritis as a child and spent a year in hospital . |
| 10 | The diesel locomotive came to a halt a matter of feet from the structure ; eight people were fined £2,500 and spent a week in prison . |
| 11 | At the end of 1971 , playing for a World XI in Australia , he badly injured his back when diving to attempt a catch and spent a month in hospital . |
| 12 | When Daak had been brought to join them , Bernice had expected Ace to run to him ; instead , she just smiled crookedly and raised a hand in greeting . |
| 13 | Jack Hammond , who was walking towards his car , smiled and raised a hand in greeting as they passed . |
| 14 | The circumstances are : where the adjudications authority failed to take into account specific evidence before it relating to a claim ; where a member of staff did not submit or record relevant evidence ; or where an adjudication officer overlooked and misconstrued a provision in legislation or case law . |
| 15 | Aunt Sara was n't feeling well ; she came downstairs and saw a light in father 's office … ’ |
| 16 | Beryl Beddows became interested in Reflexology ( Stimulation of the Body 's Healing Forces through Foot Massage ) some time ago and attended a Course in company with Yoga Teachers , Herbalists and Homeopathy believers , an Osteopath and Buddhist Meditators . |
| 17 | He worked for the Sudan Civil Service from 1965 to 1967 and took a diploma in Arabic at Durham in 1968 . |
| 18 | In legislative elections in March 1987 the RPR won seven seats and formed a government in coalition with the UPL which had won six seats . |
| 19 | She pulled her loom out from the corner and put a stool in front of it . |
| 20 | Although the opening batsman from Middlesbrough reported fit yesterday morning and had a net in anticipation of batting in Durham 's first innings , skipper David Graveney immediately decided he must heed his GP 's advice . |
| 21 | Although the opening batsman from Middlesbrough reported fit yesterday morning , and had a net in anticipation of batting in Durham 's first innings , skipper David Graveney immediately decided he must heed his GP 's advice . |
| 22 | Michael Chambre , the next owner , was ‘ a person of noe accompt … wholly addicted to idlenesse ’ and debauchery , who frittered away his partrimony and had a spell in prison for debt . |
| 23 | That one small doubt became a huge question mark two days later when , before the opening home game with Arsenal , Knighton took the field in a United playing strip ( having refused the previous day to be photographed holding a United shirt ) and juggled , headed and kicked a football in front of a at first incredulous and then delighted Stretford End . |
| 24 | When Seb entered the gipsy turned and extended a hand in greeting . |
| 25 | Celsus deals with a testator who has instituted his daughter heir , and left a legacy in favour of one of his freedman who is charged with a trust to make property over to the testator 's concubine . |
| 26 | His nephew , Faust Vrančić ( 1551–1617 ) , invented machines , wrote texts on logic and ethics and compiled a dictionary in Latin , Italian , German , Croatian and Magyar . |
| 27 | On January 10 , our Delegation organized a press conference and held a demonstration in front of the American Embassy in Baghdad to protest against the despatching of American military forces to the region . |
| 28 | Sotheby 's figures for the same period were close to Christie 's but registered a drop in dollar terms on last year 's autumn period : worldwide auction sales for 1992 of $1.125 billion ( £674 million ) with September to December sales at $495.4 million ( £318 million ) . |