Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've climbed or just walked in Range West on many occasions . |
| 2 | Topaz could have expressed some brief regret , or simply shrugged in helplessness , but she did n't . |
| 3 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 4 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 5 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 6 | This followed a spate of incidents in which the ubiquitous Lenin statues had been toppled , blown up or otherwise vandalized in towns across the Soviet Union . |
| 7 | The drama depicted is something that once happened in front of the canvas — where the painter claimed to be nature ! |
| 8 | Go down Via Francesco Sforza , and look out for the façade of the church of San Giovanni in Conca , the majority of what remains of a church that once stood in Piazza Missori . |
| 9 | A little to the west of Casa Litta is the church of San Vito al Pasquirolo , a church in a more than usually pretty Baroque style that once stood in meadow land , its position explaining the name — ‘ San Vito in the pasture ’ . |
| 10 | But this week 's award goes to MR CLIFF RICHARD , for his assertion that , ‘ I could do a nude video and it would be the biggest thing that ever happened in Britain . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm the biggest thing that ever happened in sports . |
| 12 | Duncan and I had been talking for about ten minutes or more and swatting the increasing number of mosquitoes that always arrived in force at this time of the evening . |
| 13 | There had always been more in common between the front benches than either had in common with their followers in the country . |
| 14 | There were hunting parties , and celebrations that occasionally resulted in fires , riots , and other expressions of middle-aged high-spirits . |
| 15 | Kelly and Sear predict that things should actually improve over the next few months as the northern hemisphere continues to recover from the 0.5°C cooling that actually happened in June last year . |
| 16 | So Jessie became a secretary to a Manchester solicitor and eventually fell in love with and married an officer during the First World War . |
| 17 | They became friendly and eventually fell in love . |
| 18 | I was lucky in my tutors and my college , and like so many young men before and since fell in love with the place . |
| 19 | And , checking back , the Sounds review of the time ( in which journalist Rab claims that he 's had a tape since November 1980 ) provided the release with a five star rating , while NME was mildly less enthusiastic , observing that ‘ it 's an odd LP , naturally flawed and imperfect and rather stilted in places but nonetheless a worthy attempt at indisciplinary entertainment . ’ |
| 20 | In 1915 and ‘ 16 he had proved he had n't lost his old touch , and so died in bed at a great age , garnished with colourful honours , many of them from grateful countries whose soldiers he had n't got killed even on purpose . |
| 21 | John Combes was obviously friends with a fine stonemason who would have done work at Wilton House and perhaps lived in Broad Chalke . |
| 22 | On Pecham 's death in December 1292 the Canterbury chapter unanimously elected Robert Winchelsey in February 1293 , probably with the king 's good will , but because the papacy was then vacant the archbishop-elect was not consecrated until September 1294 and only arrived in England in January 1295 . |
| 23 | Belief in these three Pates is said to have been very deep-rooted in Greece , and apparently survived in parts of the country almost till the present day , where birth customs included rites to propitiate these goddesses . |
| 24 | Kraal could hardly believe his eyes as the Keeper carried Minch into the cage , and just stared in amazement , for once saying nothing at all . |
| 25 | I went into London and I picked up this Tokai and just fell in love with it — it just had the perfect neck . |
| 26 | I walked up to these fellers , a few paces , and just stood in front of them , looked at them — they knew what was wanted — ‘ Clear off ! ’ |
| 27 | The real researchers found themselves as restricted as the employed technicians , and soon left in frustration . |
| 28 | The propertyless proletariat , exploited and progressively immiserized in line with Marx 's expectations , are in the less developed countries . |
| 29 | It is appropriate to recall that Elementary Matrices ( 1938 ) was printed nine times in U.K. , several times in U.S.A. , was translated into Russian and Czech , and finally republished in hardback in U.S.A. in 1983 . |
| 30 | I realised the truth when I became close to a friend of a friend and gradually fell in love with her . |