Example sentences of "in [adj] [adj] [noun] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that limited area where we lacked expertise we have employed outside consultants to advise the council . |
| 2 | By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament . |
| 3 | George Bush appointed Justice Souter , to political conservatives ' dismay , in the summer of 1990 , in that short period when it looked as if he might be a great president . |
| 4 | You know , in that horrible time when I first knew I had to have this operation . |
| 5 | In that horrible moment when I looked across the room and realized that poor old Eddy was dead I certainly felt something . |
| 6 | In oral cultures the meanings of words are ratified in specific concrete situations where they are used , whereas in literate cultures words accumulate ‘ successive layers of historically validated meanings ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 7 | She found sanctuary in this remote place where she stayed alone for fifteen years . |
| 8 | It , we 'll we 'll put those in this loose-leaf format where we can sli whip out all the BES ones etcetera if we do n't want them |
| 9 | Shallowness had saved Beador — that very shallowness which had enabled him to engage in such monstrous debts when he had nothing to meet them but his partner 's money . |
| 10 | But most of the work is going on actually in the auditorium where they 're stripping out all the wood er and putting in great big holes where they can put the fire exits in . |
| 11 | After the first day , his manner had thawed , and , no doubt refreshed by his dip in the river , he was in good enough spirits when I had my talk with him . |
| 12 | In those dark days when I was recovering from my knee injury I 'd play a video of an England match and upset myself all over again . |
| 13 | I agree it 's not the way I planned in those remote days when I imagined one could keep to plans . |
| 14 | The ‘ magic ’ as she had called it in those exciting days when it had all begun , had become a curse . |
| 15 | ‘ Before you do another thing , kindly explain to me in plain simple English why you 're here and what you 're talking about . |
| 16 | Although they are not yet quite as common a sight as foxes in towns , badgers have established themselves in quiet urban area where they can excavate their under ground home , or set . |