Example sentences of "[vb past] in [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These would have been largely overcome had a similar approach to that used in setting up the " persons " system been adopted . |
| 2 | Of the company of Niccolò , the only truly happy person next day was Captain Astorre , who relished parades and believed in dressing up for them . |
| 3 | Woosnam had had three birdies in his first five holes and the only shot he dropped in going out in 34 was to take five at the ninth , where he drove into the trees . |
| 4 | ‘ At one time there were dozens of companies which specialised in renting out western paraphernalia . |
| 5 | Will the right hon. Gentleman join me once again in congratulating Mr. James Baker on the notable and indispensable part that he played in bringing about the Madrid conference ? |
| 6 | Their sensual lives consisted in picking up half-drunk girls in pubs and spending the night with them , perhaps only seeing them once or twice more , or never again . |
| 7 | He succeeded in wearing down Thomson on this point , but the proposal was eventually rejected by the Colonial Office , with lengthy quotations from Lugard employed to prove its case that the emirs had lost the sovereign right to taxation when defeated on the field of battle . |
| 8 | She returned to consciousness of a sort and succeeded in getting up . |
| 9 | He succeeded in getting up everyone 's nose , particularly the flared nostrils of Kenneth Williams who saw a foreigner — in the Foreign Legion — usurping his position as the mentor of the team . |
| 10 | Of those who fought at Hazenbrouck , ten officers and around 200 ORs succeeded in getting back to England . |
| 11 | Robertson did not hesitate , and dived overboard and swam out to the dinghy which he succeeded in getting back to the fishing boat for the crew to get off . |
| 12 | Again and again , he returned amongst the debris and succeeded in bringing out two more children , one of whom died in his arms . ’ |
| 13 | Although Crawford had two safety wires attached to him , he succeeded in holding on to the car during all the filming . |
| 14 | Four of his clients were executed , including Lt Degueldre , head of the Delta Commando and Col Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry who nearly succeeded in blowing up General de Gaulle and his wife at Petit-Clamart in 1962 . |
| 15 | Three years ago , eight I R A men were shot dead when they attempted to blow up Loughgall 's police station ; close to the anniversary of those deaths this year , the I R A succeeded in blowing up the base . |
| 16 | The mighty Great Eastern not only laid a new cable ; it succeeded in hauling up the earlier one splicing on a centre-piece , and lowering it again to the sea-bed . |
| 17 | But after a good deal of patient effort Hazel succeeded in working out enough of the stump to get a grip with his teeth . |
| 18 | Today , while Maudie was filling a grocery order to the delivered by hand , he had decided to amuse him self by trying to clamber up the shelves , and succeeded in pulling down several tins of treacle . |
| 19 | ‘ did proceed across ( or along ) the carriageway ’ This point means that the pedestrian tried or succeeded in walking across the carriageway i.e. from footpath to footpath or along the carriageway in the same direction as the traffic flow . |
| 20 | Allen Watkins used to say that there was a core of truth hidden in the heart of all folk tales and legends if we can only find it amongst the accumulations which have occurred over time : the difficulty arose in finding out what it was — of winnowing the wheat from the chaff . |
| 21 | erm but you homed in on the needs and you persisted in finding out from me what I wanted which was good and you checked very carefully on the policies in existence so yeah , considering it 's a page which erm can be a bit confusing you did very well . |
| 22 | One has the sense that he himself was beached there and that one of his comforts lay in writing out his fears in order to bring his readers to the same sands where he lay struggling for air . |
| 23 | The worst part lay in facing up to the fact that some of the things he 'd said were true , much as she might try to deny it . |
| 24 | Our unconscious acknowledgement of this at the time lay in taking up as little space as possible , not being a nuisance . |
| 25 | Although the defection of Clarence , in particular , can only have enhanced Richard 's standing in the king 's eyes , the real contribution of the rebels to Gloucester 's advancement lay in opening up the existing power structure by removing several of Edward 's closest supporters . |
| 26 | Although the defection of Clarence , in particular , can only have enhanced Richard 's standing in the king 's eyes , the real contribution of the rebels to Gloucester 's advancement lay in opening up the existing power structure by removing several of Edward 's closest supporters . |
| 27 | The concept is not a difficult one , for the last two sections have made it clear that what really mattered in setting up a trust was not the use of specific words , but the use of words or deeds which plainly expressed an intention to bind a trustee under a trust in favour of a beneficiary . |
| 28 | A pool was contained under a miniature cliff , broken half-way up its face by the route the path took in looping round and pressing on down the valley . |
| 29 | A year later he collapsed from exhaustion but insisted in carrying on with eight shows a week . |
| 30 | This is what Jesus did in facing up to our fallen condition . |