Example sentences of "[vb past] in the [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 In this small group of tales he first described in the third person how a murder had happened and then in the voice of his " Watson " narrated the activities of his sleuth , Dr Thorndyke , the scientist , in bringing the murderer to book .
2 But he and Eleanor moved in the same set socially .
3 A good example , relevant to this book , surfaced in the previous chapter where we discussed ‘ overinclusive thinking ’ as an extreme , clinical , manifestation of divergent thinking .
4 The cylinder bounced hard on Dream Baby 's dazzle-painted transom , then sank in the clear water where , resting on the sea-bed , it continued to discharge its disgusting foam .
5 Er I mentioned in the earlier session today about erm a situation that appertained when I was in the police at Maidstone .
6 Potent creatures swam in the dark sub-ocean in between worlds .
7 Lightning flickered in the ragged aperture where the ground-floor staircase door had been .
8 On the other hand , it would be incorrect to suppose that the first influx of nuclear workers in Thurso did not produce the twofold or greater increase noted in rural new towns : the only two cases at ages 0–14 in the period 1951–67 occurred in the five years following the influx in 1958 ( expected 0.41 ; not significant ) .
9 It was noticeable that infringements occurred in the last quarter more than in the rest of the game and I put this down to tiredness and a resulting lack of concentration .
10 When convocation met in December 1373 even the prelates were alienated from the crown , or at least from Gaunt and those who carried on the government in the king 's name : the attempt to levy an unprecedented tax of £50,000 in 1371 had aroused great resentment , aggravated in the next year when , in an effort to speed its collection , all the bishops of the southern province had their temporalities seized .
11 Eyes rounded in appalled realisation , she stared up at the man who stood stooped in the confined space up ahead .
12 Littlejohn , playing his first game of the season , equalised in the 47th minute when he took advantage after Gary Mabbutt slipped , and slammed a fierce shot past Eric Thorstvedt .
13 Setback number two came in the 70th minute when Stewart Renton ( Barrhead ) broke a leg in a collision with the Dundee goalkeeper .
14 The difference came in the trailing edge where 3mm glass fibre rod was retained in a hemmed sleeve .
15 The Dundela score came in the 25th minute when Mark Snodden latched onto a brilliant cross sent over from the right-wing by Lawrence Fyffe to head the ball high into the roof of the net .
16 To put this in another way , before democracy came in the Western world there came the society and the politics of choice , the society and politics of competition , the society and politics of the market .
17 Jonathan came in the other night when the news was on .
18 McCarthy 's mistake came in the 76th minute when he allowed a long ball to go over his head , and Guy Whittingham nipped in for the equaliser .
19 The best demonstration of the quality of Harry Collyer came in the 1909–10 season when he appeared in the English International Trial match .
20 Perryman 's relief came in the 52nd minute when Ken Charlery , his Pounds 350,000 signing from Peterborough , scored his third goal in seven matches to bring an end to more than 400 minutes of League football without Watford scoring .
21 His best chance came in the 10th minute when Woan 's slightly over-hit cross allowed Southall to save with his legs as Keane closed in .
22 Wivenhoe 's only chance of hauling themselves back into the match came in the 48th minute when Gray was pulled down by keeper Caskey , who then saved the spot kick from Abrahams .
23 The turning point came in the 75th minute when McGrath brought down Walsh only for the resulting penalty by Lineker to be saved easily by Spink .
24 The decisive goal came in the 75th minute when Tiler swept in Crosby 's right-wing centre .
25 Yeovil 's first came in the 31st minute when Paul Wilson scored with a low diving header .
26 He never played in the same pub twice in the same month ; even so , word got around among the regulars .
27 The only disturbance to its surface happened in the nineteenth century when the architect Gilbert Scott took up the edges in order to install a heating system .
28 Tempers briefly flared in the 15th minute when Steve Nicol was flattened by Viktor Onopko 's blatant lunge , which followed a crunching challenge seconds beforehand .
29 They showed in the first half why they were the bookies ’ favourites , ’ he said .
30 Willie joined in the second time round .
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