Example sentences of "in [adj] the [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Coucy soon rose high in favour at court : in 1363 Edward granted him lands in north Lancashire , Cumberland and Westmorland to which he had some claim by inheritance ; two years later he married Isabella , and in 1366 the king created him Earl of Bedford with an endowment of 1,000 marks a year .
2 Later in 1054 the king sent him to Germany to arrange the return from Hungary of Edward Atheling [ q.v . ] .
3 In 1473 the king ordered him to look into a dispute between two members of the goldsmiths ' company .
4 In 1473 the king ordered him to look into a dispute between two members of the goldsmiths ' company .
5 But most of the English fleet had been on Parliament 's side during the Civil War , and in 1650 the Republic decided it was strong enough to impose an embargo on trade and send out an expedition to make Virginia and the West Indian islands acknowledge its authority .
6 Park Court , which houses Hilda 's flat , was at one time an outhouse for a local manor , but in 1931 the owner left it to the local council who then converted it into a fire station .
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