Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | A government that sought to remain in office after losing a vote of confidence in the House of Commons would find its position politically intenable : it would lack the political authority to govern . |
2 | Summoning up all my courage , I entered San Esteban and its overpowering gilded Churriguera altar seemed to welcome me like a long-lost friend as I dipped my hand in the holy-water stoup at the door and knelt to pray in front of Claudio Coello 's heavenly blue painting . |
3 | Because it 's designed that way , with tiles coloured and crafted to live in harmony with both history and local environments . |
4 | The Boundary Commission should be set to work immediately and told to report in time for new constituencies to be in place for the next election — to bring fair representation across the United Kingdom , ensuring that a vote in Scotland is no longer worth more than one in England , or a vote in one constituency worth more than one in another . |
5 | Lucenzo finished his unnervingly fast count-down and came to stand in front of her , commandeering the laces again despite her protests . |
6 | Purely out of tact , Maxim braced his brain cells for a kamikaze mission and opted to drink in parallel . |
7 | Through this kind of work , women became more and more politically conscious and began to participate in solidarity work with other sectors . |
8 | The Feldwebel suddenly pulled the helmet sideways over one eye and began to sing in English : |
9 | Instead of staying carefully on his side of the screen — ‘ She goes left , I go right ’ — he suddenly stepped forward , centre stage , out of his position , out of the whole plot of the operetta , threw out his arms in the great expansive sexual gesture that never failed to work with the audiences , and began to sing in front of Therese , ignoring the screen , ignoring the action , making a total mockery of the whole theme of a bride and groom who marry without knowing who they are . |
10 | When Richard Baxter returned to the court in June for the sentence , he was fined five hundred Marks and ordered to remain in prison until he paid . |
11 | The college takes 500 pupils from across the world and decided to call in debt collectors as a last resort . |
12 | He remembered that Riddle 's house was known as Buller 's Hill House and decided to go in search of it . |
13 | It may be that he just does n't feel very well , and decided to stay in bed . |
14 | They failed ; but Baldwin had to abandon his original intention of resigning straight away , and decided to stay in office until the new Parliament met . |
15 | Just a month later , when James Russell sold his business and went to settle in Contention , he took the boy with him and gave him his American name , John Russell . |
16 | Ten have been charged and bailed to appear in court at a later date while another will appear before the town 's magistrates this morning . |
17 | The attacks , followed by further clashes later in the month , ended a 21-month lull in fighting between Morocco and the Polisario guerrillas , and appeared to place in jeopardy a formal UN-backed ceasefire due to come into effect on Sept. 6 . |
18 | But Wohlfarth had expended all his torpedoes and had to watch in anguish as the huge aircraft carrier , without a protective destroyer screen , slid past him . |
19 | But the next day I fell ill , and had to stay in bed for three weeks , which was very unusual for me . |
20 | Through his marriage he acquired the lease of houses and lands here and continued to invest in property . |