Example sentences of "[coord] in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Platform weapons were set to allow nothing to rise more than a thousand kilometres from the surface of the world below — or in other words they had a killing range of about thirty-five thousand kilometres . |
| 2 | When the children worked individually or in smaller groups he acted as adviser/supervisor to " wander round , look over shoulders , give encouragement , ask pertinent questions , look at folders of work , help on slow groups , etc. " ( ibid . ) |
| 3 | Now and then he was addressed in Anglic , either by the Khan or by one of his neighbours at the table , and in such cases he did his best to answer politely . |
| 4 | Even if we disregard the sporadic use of violence against the movement , and its infiltration by spies and agents provocateurs , it is clear that it was generally considered by the controlling bodies of universities and by party politicians as an illegitimate form of political action , even though its principal aim was to extend democratic participation in one of the most important institutions ( both economically and culturally ) of modern society , and in many cases it succeeded in enlivening academic studies , as well as improving methods of teaching and assessment . |
| 5 | Follow they did , and in many departments they matched and even surpassed the later Sierra releases . |
| 6 | The emphatic denigration contained in this locational insult had to be heard to be understood , and in many ways it paralleled the dismissive tone used to deride the ‘ civvy ’ , for nuances of speech and tone have immense meaning to insiders . |
| 7 | In all cases English kings had to come to terms with the conditions which they found in these three different countries ; and in all cases they had to show an ability to adapt themselves and their armies to new conditions , military , social and economic , as well as to new thinking in the ways that armies were formed and war was fought . |
| 8 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 9 | In 124 couples the female partners smoked cigarettes , and in 236 couples they did not . |
| 10 | To a certain extent this made economic and political sense : in economic terms it is where the council had most leverage and control , and in political terms it represented a move to a new base , one built on the strength of the white-collar and public sector unions in the changing economy and society of Sheffield . |
| 11 | Meanwhile sister-in-law Kim had been working hard too and in 12 months she lost 5st ( 32kg ) , plus 12½ins ( 32cm ) from her bust , 11 ins ( 28 cm ) from her waist , 14ins ( 36cm ) from her hips and 10½ins ( 26cm ) from each thigh ! |
| 12 | As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’ |
| 13 | A former schoolteacher and the wife of a Magee College lecturer , she was of pronounced left-wing sympathies and in later years she became Bernadette Devlin 's secretary in London . |
| 14 | Here John learned to appreciate the material things in life and in later years he allowed journalists to make the mistake of attributing John George 's wealth and position to him at this time . |
| 15 | er and in some villages they went a great deal further than they did in , in |
| 16 | Eventually , the lining would become abnormally thickened and in some women it became cancerous . |
| 17 | Around this time his wage rate came to 2/3 a day , but he rarely worked more than about 10 days in any month , and in some months he did not work at all . |
| 18 | The resentment and resistance generated in the schools by the way PNP was developed and implemented was a prominent theme in our early data , and in some schools it persisted until our last major data-gathering exercises : the 1989 questionnaires sent to primary heads , coordinators and advisory staff , and the 1990 home-school links follow-up study . |
| 19 | Twenty , she had said , and in some ways she seemed younger . |
| 20 | I 've used this one in the studio and I 've heard it used live , and in both instances it made a positive contribution to the sound . |
| 21 | In all the time she was there she asked for only two things , and in both cases I had to disappoint her . |
| 22 | He preached , visited Cluny , went to Vienne , and in both places he had talks with the abbot or archbishop , of which records have survived . |
| 23 | He wiped his hand from brow to chin in the hope of sloughing the illusion off , and in these seconds she opened the door to make her escape . |
| 24 | He was a superb horseman and in those days we had many more horses here , bloodstock that was famous as even now these horses are . |
| 25 | And in those days we required the money and er often , very often we had to do it to strengthen our wages a bit . |
| 26 | Yeah , when I started in nineteen thirty one and in those days you got a rise every six months and I got a one and three rise after they 'd been there six months and at the year I was earning seventeen and six . |
| 27 | And in those days you had to have fifteen years ' training before anyone would really look at you . |
| 28 | In the Sixth form , we put on a number of plays ourselves , and in earlier forms we had plays produced by mistresses . |
| 29 | But in recent years we noticed that some candidates were writing to us — or their employers were writing — to say that certificates had n't been received for modules completed one or more years previously . |
| 30 | But in all cases he found that local people 's blood showed concentrations only marginally higher than national averages , and locally grown vegetables had concentrations within safety limits . |