Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [adv] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope this came across in calm , polite and unthreatening language . |
| 2 | Depressingly , there was no evidence that this happened much in language work at University level , even in in-service and BEd work ( though this could be accounted for by the pressure of time on PGCEs , and the tendency to teach general research methods at Masters and Diploma levels ) . |
| 3 | Some stormed across in jubilation , others in a mood closer to melancholy . |
| 4 | Two rounds of voting in Lebanon 's first general election since 1972 went ahead in spite of a boycott by leading Maronite Christian parties . |
| 5 | This emerged partly in response to the issues raised in the 1985 Swann report into the education of ethnic minority pupils in British schools . |
| 6 | This sounded entirely in character , and believing that the said Armstrongs were well able to find their own way back to Eskdale and look after themselves , Douglas ordered onward progress . |
| 7 | The British coal dispute of 1984–5 had more in common with the American ‘ labor struggles ’ of the early twentieth century than the post-reform era UMW strikes of 1977 and 1981 . |
| 8 | All lived together in contentment . |
| 9 | Richard II died mysteriously in captivity . |
| 10 | Psychology , sociology , anthropology , philosophy and educational studies all responded either in agreement or in reaction to Chomsky by taking language more seriously . |
| 11 | The general answer that we first came across in section 6.7 is : the residual spread should be small in comparison with the original spread . |
| 12 | Montenegrins on March 1 voted overwhelmingly in favour of the republic remaining part of Yugoslavia . |
| 13 | His post-operative progress was complicated by a chest infection and he found it very difficult to regain his usual level of activity because his arthritis seemed worse after the operation and a day or two spent largely in bed . |
| 14 | Angel Four grunted once in agony as the cruel steel sliced straight up into the pulsing muscle of his heart . |
| 15 | However , it is suggested here that the prime factor attracting women to work in the 1980s lay rather in demand for labour from the service sector , albeit at comparatively low rates of pay ( Townsend , 1986a ) . |
| 16 | Gerry Dalrymple , 58 , of Rasharkin , Co Antrim , and Noel O'Kane , 20 , of Upperlands , Co Derry , both died later in hospital . |