Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other voluntary hospitals with such funds lost them to the Exchequer , which pooled them in a central fund . |
| 2 | And he led them in a weary canter down to the Rorim . |
| 3 | I was the new boy at the office , he the old hand wondering what to make of me ; but if he was having second thoughts he dismissed them in a sudden grin . |
| 4 | The unions said the minister promised them in a private April 19 meeting that the operator 's status would not budge for two years . |
| 5 | As the heat of the afternoon penetrated even the cool heavy shutters and stone floors of the farmhouse , the feasting guests gradually reduced their assault on the table , and drowsiness floated in with the warm air , caught them in a soft hug and lulled them to sleep . |
| 6 | The figure turned stiffly and fixed them in a sightless gaze . |
| 7 | I could n't understand what was wrong with him until Frankie pulled out the other two from behind the boiler and found them in a similar state . |
| 8 | He found them in a melancholy group , joined by Charley , in Cat 's Coffee Shop . |
| 9 | In response to some implied criticism I made of his treatment of the sub-editor , Porua regarded me in a sneering silence and then said , ‘ Why should I have regard for my fellows ? |
| 10 | The skills and cultures they developed sustained them in a harsh living , and gave them a lasting , non-destructive role in Arctic ecology . |
| 11 | We found ourselves in a wide desert street , lined unevenly with flat adobe buildings , the same dun colour as the street and the surrounding desert . |
| 12 | When Bud moved south to West Bromwich Albion in 1976 , he found himself in a deep trouble after a game against Brighton , when he was sent off for the unpardonable offence of kicking a referee . |
| 13 | Blake moved from the Old Nag 's Head , through a courtyard , and found himself in a long alley . |
| 14 | Mungo found himself in a small , wild garden with a rickety greenhouse whose roof was as green as pond-slime . |
| 15 | Driving with difficulty through torrential rain while thunder and lightning crashed overhead , Jack found himself in a narrow West Country lane , realising that he had missed the turning that would have brought him back on to the main road . |
| 16 | He pushed through a regulation fire door and found himself in a narrow passageway that ran along by the stairs to the kitchen . |
| 17 | Later that same year Lord Thurso found himself in a similar predicament in Kelvin Hall , Glasgow . |
| 18 | Mr Kelly , a slater-plasterer ran off but found himself in a dead end . |
| 19 | But he found himself in a double bind ; the bankers said they would withdraw their support if he left and this would have killed the business instantly . |
| 20 | The boy found himself in a peculiar position . |
| 21 | Charles also found himself in a difficult position . |
| 22 | Last summer Frankie had climbed the tallest ash and found himself in a whole new world . |
| 23 | The defense Department , a major user of At and T services , found itself in a new position yet still charged with statutory requirements regarding national security , emergency preparedness and defence of national interests . |
| 24 | The government found itself in a difficult diplomatic position , given the fierce denial of the allegations by the Belgian authorities . |
| 25 | Bees hummed steadily through the yellow bird 's foot trefoil that wove itself in a tangled carpet over the sand . |
| 26 | One of them , a handsome man scarcely more than an adolescent , shouted something in a high voice . |
| 27 | She appeared more mature , bore herself in a different manner but did not look more than six or seven years older than her earlier self . |
| 28 | When she emerged , she found herself in a small square beside a canal so wide that she immediately realised it must be the Grand Canal itself . |
| 29 | Kim soon found herself in a tiny tenement flat . |
| 30 | Benny found herself in a rock-walled tunnel , with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling at regular intervals . |