Example sentences of "and in [adj] [noun] i [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 I trained hard all last winter and in one race I came up against a black who I knew had n't prepared properly .
2 And in that way I felt that I was closer to people .
3 And in that breath I thought how like Mum he sounded .
4 I lasted eighteen months before packing it in , and in that time I saw a lot of disappointed people .
5 And in that time I became very close to the bunch of desperadoes I 'd first flown out with .
6 We flew for an hour and in that time I completed a reel of film in my camera .
7 And in that moment I realized that by some deep-rooted instinct I was already doing the right thing .
8 At some length and in careful detail I had told the story of David Damiani , Kanaan Abu Khadra , Fatima Zamzam and of another Palestinian woman , Rifka Boulos , who had lost land in Jerusalem .
9 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 . ’
10 In all the time she was there she asked for only two things , and in both cases I had to disappoint her .
11 She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’
12 This surprised me , as I had not thought of him as someone who would favour me , and in any case I presumed that he would support Willie Whitelaw .
13 ‘ I feel fine and in any case I wanted to be here in person and not have to watch you on television .
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