Example sentences of "in a [adj] [adj] [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In a right old sweat he was , ’ said Mrs Yaxlee tranquilly . |
| 2 | Jim Baxter was transferred to Rangers for £27 , 000 but in a strange inter-club arrangement he was retained at Starks Park for a further three months . |
| 3 | In a strong khaki handkerchief he kept his money , the handful of coins he had managed to save or pilfer and hide away in spite of Sweetheart 's threats that she would always find him out if he tried to lie or keep wicked secrets from her . |
| 4 | Polisario sources claimed that in a recent internal investigation he had been found guilty of corruption and diversion of funds . |
| 5 | When the astronaut is in a uniform gravitational field he is incapable of determining his motion by any mechanical means . |
| 6 | But with the damaged paw encased in a thin see-through cast he was like a man unleashed . |
| 7 | In a few short months he had changed , his hair was greyer , his face more drawn and the gold Albert hung loosely around his once corpulent stomach . |
| 8 | But Novacek kept up the pressure throughout the fourth and in a nail-biting final game he unleashed a pair of winning service returns to set up victory . |