Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And 12s to 50s lasted longer and stayed in tune better , ’ chips in Keith , ‘ so you did n't have to change them as often . |
| 2 | I went outside and stood in front of the police station , which was set on a hill . |
| 3 | They said he answered some of their questions sarcastically and spoke in Russian , even though he is bilingual and the questions had been put to him in Moldavian . |
| 4 | The prince limped from the polo field at Smith 's Lawn , Windsor , yesterday and lay in agony on the sidelines after straining his back . |
| 5 | Ruthven cradled his cat and stroked the back of its head , his hand moving faster and faster across the animal 's fur until it stirred restlessly and mewed in protest . |
| 6 | I just got off the plane here and fell in love with the place , so I stayed . |
| 7 | She made a mild attempt to evade him but he cut across and landed in front of her , sitting , as she had first seen him , with the sheep and goats dithering and teetering before and around him . |
| 8 | The Shah went in there and paused in front of the graben image of the ruthless and brilliant army officer who had seized power in 1921 , and ended the Qajar dynasty , proclaimed himself the new Shah , the first of the Pahlavi dynasty , and begin to recreate Ira . |
| 9 | Astor was a German who had settled in Canada about 12 years earlier and started in business , trading with Indian tribes and immigrant trappers . |