Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The missing boy was n't really interfering with the progress of the Connon case , because the progress only existed in theory . |
| 2 | The story only waned in popularity when Mandela was released : why hang on to the book , if it existed , at the time when it was most likely to sell ? |
| 3 | Then Julius 's mouth closed over hers again , his hands began a series of loving , teasing caresses , and Jessamy forgot everything except that this was her brilliant , stubborn , bullish husband whom she loved very much , and a bright future suddenly shone in front of them . |
| 4 | The bear apparently fled in terror , yelling and howling , but contemporary accounts tell a different story , where the bear in fact knocked Lambert down and he was so fat he could not get up ! |
| 5 | The contest also ended in disaster for 12 men from Ford Open Prison , Sussex . |
| 6 | Apart from , turnover also increased in consumer products , helped particularly by the strong performance of and gains at . |
| 7 | At the far end of the table Nadirpur almost yelped in anguish . |
| 8 | ‘ The winter only began in spring of last year , ’ said Kasper , ‘ but I 'm cautious about changing our whole programme , even if we could . |
| 9 | ‘ But Headmistress , the child only arrived in school this morning and came straight to the classroom … ’ |
| 10 | One line shows what has happened to personal wealth divided by personal income : if wealth merely rose in line with incomes ( which would be represented by a flat wealth line on the graph ) , the theory would suggest that it would not have any independent influence on savings . |
| 11 | Council also approved in principle the text for a booklet Guidance on professional conduct incorporating a code of professional practice . |
| 12 | The law reportedly came in response to recommendations by the United States authorities that controls on cash transactions similar to those in force in the USA should be adopted by other industrialized countries . |
| 13 | At the opposite end of the graven floor , a second mighty bowl held darker balls , composed no doubt of the bodily secretions of the third degree likewise embalmed in amber . |
| 14 | His body is not all that promising : the epic blemishes on the back of the hands , the torso loosely robed in flesh smelling of poultry and peppermint , the feet . |
| 15 | The young German eventually got in front with seven laps remaining when Senna 's McLaren appeared to develop a technical problem , Schumacher squeezing past at the final hairpin . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The meeting also agreed in principle on the need for member countries to establish , ideally by the end of the year , medium-term strategies to align the economic performance of EC member countries . |
| 18 | As time passed , the collarbone also shrank in size , hinting at the development of a free-swinging shoulder . |
| 19 | We threw stun grenades into the room then went in firing . ’ |
| 20 | This rugby fanatic doubtless had in mind the tendency of Welsh forwards , in recent times , to give away daft penalty kicks . |
| 21 | The year-long strike eventually resulted in defeat for the NUM , due , not least , to the police success in enabling working miners to continue to enter pits and strikebreakers to return to work . |
| 22 | Expert knowledge easily codified in rule form |
| 23 | THE £400,000 launch of a professional pool circus yesterday ended in farce when an angry shopkeeper burst in to take the jackets off the backs of the leading players . |
| 24 | The European Court also decided in favour of two Spanish and British foreign language tutors at the University of Venice , who had been denied contracts of indefinite duration on the grounds that the posts were in the public service and that they were not Italians . |
| 25 | The landlord then relented in part and gave her back the keys to the bedsit . |
| 26 | United 's triumphant march to a 16th victory rarely looked in doubt against a County side that has now won only once in 14 league games . |
| 27 | The canal age effectively began in south-west Lancashire where it developed naturally from improvements to the river navigations serving Liverpool and Manchester . |
| 28 | The ground still shook in time with the footsteps of the great beast . |
| 29 | The threat to dismiss the Congress of People 's Deputies prematurely was thus averted , but direct presidential control also remained in place . |
| 30 | And victory never looked in doubt as he dominated throughout , making the fences seem little more than matchsticks . |