Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people are booked quite a way in advance and others we do n't get a lot of notice of at all … |
| 2 | The federal public prosecutor 's office began an investigation into the right-wing Nationalist Front , based in Detmold ( western Germany ) , and the Ku Klux Klan , which was thought to have set up a chapter in North Rhine-Westphalia . |
| 3 | A £19.95 investment in a Blackjack putter is the catalyst which has brought about a change in fortune for Davies . |
| 4 | Heather Bailey said her husband told her how he 'd cut cut down a parachute in hangar 8 at RAF Hullavington and lit it with a match . |
| 5 | Today the pensioners still do not know if they are to get any of their money but the lawyers and accountants sorting out Maxwell 's affairs have so far run up a bill in excess of £30 million . |
| 6 | However , since he had served nearly a year in prison whilst awaiting trial he was released on completion of the trial , the sentence being reduced for good conduct . |
| 7 | Yet software house Microsoft recently caused quite a stir in computer circles by announcing that it is using real people , working for real companies , to test its software products . |
| 8 | Altogether Russell had served almost a year in remand and been found Not Guilty on both of his charges . |
| 9 | An action in rem now lay against the trustee , where earlier law had allowed only an action in personam . |
| 10 | Mr. Leapor has put down a Grave-Stone in Memory of his Daughter ; and I should be glad if any of the ingenious Gentlemen you mention would be so good as to write a few Lines to be put upon it |
| 11 | Indeed , in factories in San Salvador , as one woman trade unionist reported , the pill is available from vending machines and instructions for use merely state : " the pill should be taken once a day in order not to have more children " and conclude with the comforting advice " if you do n't feel well , there are other methods " . |
| 12 | Mr McWhirter had shuffled in , looking like a morose vagrant , some ten minutes late , and had taken up a position in front of the fire . |
| 13 | The client has now taken up an appointment in computing . |
| 14 | She had lost nearly a stone in weight and her face looked somewhat drawn , but she laughed a lot , especially when Willi was around . |