Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] in horror " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following morning , Lucien nearly retched in horror when he walked into the practise court and saw Amber Epipheny conversing with Resenence Jeopardy . |
| 2 | Charlie heard the sound of a bullet that came from behind him and a moment later watched in horror as Tommy collapsed on his stomach and lay motionless in the mud . |
| 3 | It has been suggested that those who lied to the pollsters , for whatever reason , later recoiled in horror when starkly confronted with the implication of their mendacity — Glenys Kinnock in Number 10 — and voted Tory . |
| 4 | If Aunt Emily had looked shocked before her eyes now dilated in horror . |
| 5 | During Jan. 13-15 , in a pogrom which reportedly surpassed in horror the massacre of Armenians in Sumgait in February 1988 [ see pp. 36034-35 ] , up to 60 people , most of them Armenians , were killed . |
| 6 | But the moment Renaud reached the Saracen lines , he was put into irons ; the Christian defenders then watched in horror as he was dragged before the castle and tortured in front of them . |
| 7 | Steeling herself against the pain in her head , she forced her eyes open , then stared in horror and shut them quickly , her heart thumping . |
| 8 | The tape was then continued , and after the first few words were uttered by the second voice Lucy almost froze in horror . |
| 9 | TV viewers worldwide watched in horror as hated tinpot dictator Brigadier Joshua Gqozo ordered his troops to open fire on an African National Congress protest march against his leadership of black homeland Ciskei . |