Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Georgina sank back in Ivor 's chair . |
| 2 | Last week , the ARC turned out in force at the National Agricultural Centre near Coventry to show farmers its work , and to persuade them to ‘ get more out of muck ; ’ . |
| 3 | John and Eleanor arrived back in London in June 1987 and John took a secular job . |
| 4 | Hari walked along in silence for a moment , breathing in the salt tang of sea air . |
| 5 | On his return from the song contest his father died , and David 's mother remembers how David rushed back in time to show his father the trophy he had won . |
| 6 | Surere broke off in fury . |
| 7 | Meredith pulled back in alarm , but his hand slid up her spine to cradle her head , immobilising it and making her an easy prey . |
| 8 | That was still true after Mikhail Gorbachev took over in March 1985 . |
| 9 | Tinnion grew up in Switzerland , though by the mid-30s ( when the body of this book is set ) he has moved to London , where he is enmeshed in an adulterous affair . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not quite as easy as that , ’ she said , her voice so full of sympathy that Dana looked up in alarm . |
| 11 | The island of Angistri went up in flames within minutes of being declared a wildlife refuge . |
| 12 | Hari sat up in bed and stared through the window to where the light from the street lamp paled into insignificance against the rising sun . |
| 13 | Ellen sat up in bed , rubbing her eyes with her knuckles like a sleepy child . |
| 14 | As Gore Vidal pointed out in Newsweek , ‘ Like Tom ( Sawyer ) , Ollie is essentially fictional . ’ |
| 15 | Meredith sat up in bed and listened . |
| 16 | The Accademia Reale set up in Turin in 1677 , the Noble Cadet Corps established in Saint Petersburg in 1731 , the Ecole Royale Militaire which came into existence in Paris in 1751 , the military academies established at Wiener-Neustadt in 1752 and Zamora in 1790 , were all essentially intended to prepare young nobles for a military career . |
| 17 | Lord Beddington clomped along in silence . |
| 18 | Topaz took a step forwards and in spite of her superior position , Liti drew back in alarm . |
| 19 | James Nicholson TANGLED UP IN WHITE by Peter Roebuck ( Hodder and Stoughton , £14.99 ) , which was published in Australia in 1990 and reviewed in The Cricketer in April 1991 , is now available in Great Britain . |
| 20 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 21 | Department of Health and Social Services staff throughout Northern Ireland walked out in protest over the attack , and many offices remained closed for more than a week . |
| 22 | Jane stepped back in surprise . |
| 23 | For when the Battle of the Somme broke out in July , Boelcke — having persuaded his seniors of his indispensability at the front — accounted for fiftyone planes with his ‘ Flying Circus ’ , of which twenty were his own personal bag . |
| 24 | Pooley pulled up in front of his apartment building and handed Amiss the keys and the newspapers . |
| 25 | Mr May broke down in tears as he added : ‘ This is the saddest day I can remember in football . ’ |
| 26 | Darwin settled down in London for a few years and became an active member of the Geological Society . |
| 27 | Frank looked up in surprise when Matron walked in . |
| 28 | Katherine looked on in confusion . |
| 29 | Sometimes after the exercises , Sister Cooney stood and talked , while Frank lay back in bed , his breathing like the wind through dry leaves , and a rusty flush on his cheekbones . |
| 30 | CHRISTOPHER HOPE grew up in Pretoria and moved to London in 1975 . |