Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a time a chorus of bells from the monastery seemed to peel in celebration each time I finished a pitch . |
| 2 | Even the opposition seemed to slow in sympathy , but he still kept the ball and did quite well each time . |
| 3 | This study aimed to analyse in detail the serum lipid concentrations in patients with primary colorectal carcinoma drawn from such a population , with an evaluation of the influence of tumour activity on altered serum lipid values . |
| 4 | The cost of living continued to rise in wartime . |
| 5 | The coalition had to agree in principle to the report , announcing its determination to implement the report 's assumption that mass unemployment must be prevented . |
| 6 | A further — and connected — factor contributed to this change : the expense which the individual cavalryman had to incur in order to fulfil his proper role in war . |
| 7 | And her heart seemed to quicken in response . |
| 8 | The boy continued to stand in front of Alice , where he had been placed . |
| 9 | I thought any well-known painter 's work tended to slump in market value for several years after his death . ’ |
| 10 | The arrogant princess refused to talk in English and Corbett had to use all his skill in French to conduct a conversation whilst ensuring he did not give offence . |
| 11 | For a moment Merrill 's enchantment seemed to hang in suspension , then she sat up quickly , pushing back her hair . |
| 12 | Insulted nature began to reply in kind and a growing audience emerged , particularly in the most industrialised societies of the USA and Europe , for dystopias such as Rachel Carson 's Silent Spring ( 1962 ) . |
| 13 | There was a sense in which both Whigs and Tories made the Revolution , and could claim it as their own ; but because of the compromises which had to be worked out , both were left feeling dissatisfied with the eventual outcome , something which helps to explain why partisan strife continued to grow in intensity after 1689 . |
| 14 | A mule began to bray in alarm and a Myrcan struck it at once with his staff until it fell silent , blood oozing from its nose . |
| 15 | About 11.30 a.m. , the opening parade began to assemble in front of the castle . |
| 16 | The popular courts survived far longer , and the royal court remained stronger than elsewhere in northern Europe ; and in the twelfth century the royal court began to grow in importance , until in later centuries it swallowed the jurisdiction of most other courts . |
| 17 | The later authority was , of course , Ex parte Saunders , which the Divisional Court proceeded to analyse in detail . |
| 18 | In making his decisions about gifts or patronage , a king had to bear in mind that his nobles too had clients , and obligations of their own . |
| 19 | ( 3 ) For purposes of subsection ( 1 ) ( b ) a person induced to take in payment a cheque or other security for money by way of conditional satisfaction of a pre-existing liability is to be treated not as being paid but as being induced to wait for payment . |
| 20 | The prosecution sought to adduce in evidence documents which contained statements made by the defendant in the earlier bankruptcy proceedings . |
| 21 | The woman seemed to change in front of Kim 's eyes , seemed almost to grow in size . |
| 22 | As discounting become not merely prevalent but universal , the game began to turn in favour of the customer and against IBM . |
| 23 | And what is the ordinary consumer meant to do in face of such confusing and horrendous information ? |
| 24 | He insisted that every entity asserted to exist in mathematics must be shown to exist by a finite set of instructions whose applications yield the entity . |
| 25 | She had not even had the support of her mother , sister , or boyfriend while she gave birth , and the baby had to stay in hospital for several weeks after she returned alone to her bedsit : |
| 26 | His parliamentary role continued to grow in importance : in early 1678 he chaired committees of the whole House on supply and on ways and means . |
| 27 | One school , deciding that extra space for resource-based learning was a priority , took over a classroom for use in unstructured individualized work , with the result that other classrooms including some specialist rooms were more heavily used than before ; teachers complained that they could not get in to put up work on the blackboard beforehand , and were introduced to the more thorough use of the overhead projector ; the timetabler had to bear in mind the needs of some practical subjects where the previous laying-out of equipment was vital , but the exercise was valuable in focusing attention on such priorities and making them clear to everyone . |
| 28 | Disappointment and frustration began to accumulate in criticism of Buxton as parliamentary leader of the cause . |
| 29 | When her inner disquiet began to peak in case Ven Gajdusek might once again ‘ overlook ’ that he had agreed to see her , Fabia got out of her damp clothes and went to wash her hair and take a bath . |
| 30 | The Scottish Liberal Democrats ' leader , Jim Wallace , said the Government needed to invest in training , education and the country 's infrastructure as well as provide help for small businesses . |