Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adj] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the dying minutes the computer men rallied to net two in succession and CMS found themselves fighting to hold the one goal difference . |
| 2 | We tried to do that in R E , do you remember ? |
| 3 | We tried to do this in Hills ( 1990 ) . |
| 4 | She stared at the pages , and tried to get interested in levers . |
| 5 | so he said I did , I tried to make some in microwave and he says it turned out like sludge |
| 6 | Although Atherton failed to reach 30 in England 's first Test defeat at Old Trafford , he and Gooch improved their record as one of the best opening partnerships in English history with stands of 71 and 73 . |
| 7 | Perhaps she 'd fallen asleep in Christopher 's room . |
| 8 | The Elms , who seemed to stand next in line , were plain and sturdy , with pale-ish bark for skin and a good deal of greenery . |
| 9 | She imagined living alone in Sea House , being quite old . |
| 10 | The annoyances , injustices , and setbacks from which it suffered seem small in retrospect , but they preyed on the minds of its members at the time . |
| 11 | Yet in other respects , as was mentioned earlier , anomie-based ‘ invention ’ theories seemed to have much in common with classical criminology in their assumptions about human behaviour . |
| 12 | Somehow we got her mopped up and dried off , changed into dry clothes and made to look presentable in case any nosey parker in authority happened to look in . |
| 13 | C Will agreed to put this in hand , and estimated that it would take about two months to complete . |
| 14 | But the , I mean the reason they , that they have things in common also was when governments and other erm agencies began to get involved in rent collection . |
| 15 | He began to get interested in politics , too ; Anna had something to do with that at first . |
| 16 | The department agreed to consider this in consultation with the local authority associations . |
| 17 | I remember screaming and my scream breaking into ecstatic laughter and relief as the bear , instead of eating Charlot , started walking splay-footed in imitation of him , then went back into the wood . |
| 18 | Then , he started getting interested in banger-racing and got a steady girlfriend . |
| 19 | She chose to sit cross-legged in front of him , then decided that was n't exactly a good choice either . |
| 20 | But the building boys managed to draw 2:2 in reply on April 21 doing an Oldham and redeeming themselves in one of the last games of the season . |
| 21 | Proceeded to get lost in village — not a good start — but eventually found accommodation , despite my lack of French . |
| 22 | He kept falling asleep in lessons . |
| 23 | When the colony ran short of horses , the manager of the Economic Section of Rabkrin offered to lend some in exchange for wheels and wheat . |
| 24 | In fact , Lynn Setterington 's quilt , with its motifs sketched in tiny running stitches appeared to have more in common with the Bangladeshi Kantha tradition , or Northumbrian quilts , than the clothes of the British aristocracy . |
| 25 | But then she remembered standing alone in front of the school children all afternoon , because of Gilbert . |
| 26 | We had repulsed each in turn , and began to feel secure . ’ |
| 27 | Thus while first-class patronage was encouraged , and more businessmen complained bitterly that they had to go first-class in order to enjoy their British breakfast , more humble individuals who merely wanted to enjoy the view from the train were not so generously treated . |
| 28 | Paul , who had fallen asleep in front of the TV after making chips , was wakened by 11-month old Keely coughing . |
| 29 | It had come true in Jesus himself . |
| 30 | Duncan had seen nine in total , seven men and two women . |