Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] in such " in BNC.

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1 Which is how she came to find herself in such an embarrassing position .
2 Mike Fitzpatrick capsized 2 minutes before the start but managed to right himself in such a position that he was first away on the gun although he was to drop back to 30th .
3 Not for the first time , Beth asked herself how she could so readily condemn David for being so weak as to love someone who had treated him in such a callous and despicable manner , when she herself was guilty of the very same weakness !
4 The boys heard the crash and they ran as fast as they could to get help from the police and ambulance , but when the police and ambulance got there they only found the boys ' fishing tackle where they had dumped it in such haste .
5 Mr Ceausescu had encased himself in such an impeneterable fortress that Gorbachev spared the Romanian leader from the warning he was to deliver later to Erich Honecker , that ageing leaders who failed to reform in time would pay dearly .
6 The people who had put her in such a tizzy were a solicitor , a computer analyst and someone in advertising .
7 I said , coldly and pompously — he had put me in such a strong , moral position by hitting me — that if he really felt I was such an awful wife , if would be better if we got a divorce .
8 I knew what he was getting at , of course , and I was so hurt that he should think he had to approach me in such a roundabout fashion — as if I was a terrible , uncharitable woman who had to be coaxed into a simple act of kindness — that I suggested it myself at once , though it was really the last thing I wanted .
9 Furthermore , it had to regulate it in such a way as to ensure that it would ‘ contain a suitable proportion of matter calculated to appeal to tastes and interests not generally catered for by Service 1 ( i.e. ITV 1 ) ’ .
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