Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [adv] [vb pp] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim 's previous three marriages all ended in divorce . |
| 2 | PCBs , although no longer produced , were for 50 years widely used in industry — for example as cooling and insulating fluids and in the manufacture of plastics , adhesives , and lubricants . |
| 3 | ‘ In the multitude of words there wants no transgression ; therefore let thy words be few , ’ is but one admonition regularly repeated in scripture and the sayings of the fathers . |
| 4 | Next out of the bag came a paper nylon petticoat with many more layers of frothy rainbow-coloured net than the one Sally carefully washed in sugar water after each wearing , and then , to Sally 's delight , a saucy little white basque , boned and trimmed with lace . |
| 5 | The third Test is in Bombay 's Wankhede Stadium , making it somewhat irrelevant that England 's last two visits there ended in defeat . |
| 6 | Two workers casually dressed in navy blue shorts and singlets were already in the process of unloading the unwieldy hospital bed . |
| 7 | There is no catalogue , only one of the 14 pieces mainly cast in bronze has a title and there are no details of the artist . |
| 8 | It is possible that there may have been a recovery of population around 1430 , as the previous decade was relatively free of plague , but from 1433 to 1454 epidemics again increased in frequency ( see Framework ) , some being general throughout the country and others being more localised , particularly in London . |
| 9 | ‘ And she 's adapted to spending seven months virtually imprisoned in bed , or at least on the couch … |