Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typical of the uneasy compromises that resulted was the Ten Articles of Faith laid down by convocation in 1536 . |
| 2 | ON TUESDAY , the 27th October , Carlisle Walsingham Pilgrims ' Group met together for Mass in St Bede 's Church at the start of our 39th annual pilgrimage |
| 3 | One by one they sauntered out , or clustered together for safety in great rushes : all in theoretical navy and white , but with such imaginative variation in those two colours and where and how placed , and in what fabric , as to make their apparel singularly unalike . |
| 4 | Sandeep , used only to life in a Bombay high-rise , is hypnotised by the daily rituals going on around him — his aunt rubbing oil into her black hair , his uncle retiring to the lavatory with an ashtray , a newspaper and a pair of reading glasses . |
| 5 | We climbed far enough to find some specimens of the Mount Cook lily ( which is n't a lily at all , but a giant buttercup found only at altitude in this part of the South Island ) , and while the others rested I went across to investigate a steep track up a snow-filled gully . |
| 6 | Discovered by Heidrick in the course of a search , he rose quickly from associate in 1964 to partner by 1968 , in charge of the recently-opened New York office . |
| 7 | A bitter laugh rose up like bile in her throat . |
| 8 | Unwilling to allow legal reforms like the Catholic Relief Act 1793 ( which repealed some aspects of the Penal Laws ) to appease them , the movement rose up in rebellion in 1798 . |
| 9 | These are , for example , the nameless and faceless workers who lined up for work in response to Henry Ford 's visionary offer of a $5-per-day paycheck . |
| 10 | ‘ A ’ moved up to second in division one after beating bottom team Farnborough Tech ‘ C ’ . |
| 11 | The personality , something built up by interaction in the world , may become rigid and show signs of extreme wear — it is like a mask which is becoming stiff and cumbersome — but the spirit is becoming freer , disengaging from the normal functions of everyday life . |
| 12 | Mike Fibbins , who like Ruckwood was unable to produce his best at the Barcelona Olympics , also bounced back with victory in the 50 metres freestyle . |
| 13 | Dad had a regular and earnest young crowd of head-bowers — students , psychologists , nurses , musicians — who adored him , some of whom rang and visited late at night in panic and fear , so dependent were they on his listening kindness . |
| 14 | The same group are investigating a similar combination designed specifically for use in patients with poor performance status , using etoposide , folinic acid , and 5-flourouracil . |
| 15 | He only got away with money in one of the raids . |
| 16 | His team , he admits , got away with murder in this match before goals from Paul Showler and Mark Carter took them to the top . |
| 17 | His mother would find him still at it when she came down to breakfast in the morning . |
| 18 | But recent reality had also taken its toll : his father 's lamented death , his guitar teacher 's suicide , and that of a cousin ; the presence of his grandfather Klinitsky-Klein , now reduced unhappily to senility in his mother 's house ( at which he would surprise Leonard by encountering him suddenly , in odd moments of clarity , saying , ‘ Oh , yes , you 're the writer , are n't you ? ’ ) created other pressures . |
| 19 | Always of weak constitution , he suffered progressively from blindness in his last years , and died a bachelor 14 March 1855 in Thurlby . |
| 20 | The images generated were fed directly into other , more powerful computers , analysed by various marketing experts and filed away for use in the development of Cybercranker II — next in the line of arcade games to be pioneered by the Bolt Head Corporation . |
| 21 | He also lavishly praised the king , James IV , for his learning , love of his religion , humanity and political skill , although he expressed grave and prophetic doubts about the courage which toppled over into foolhardiness in war . |
| 22 | Several weeks of unrest , amid calls for the resignation of Prime Minister Vere Bird Sr over alleged misappropriation of funds , spilled over into violence in late February and early March . |
| 23 | On some you 'll find screens and pews and font-covers of such exuberance they 'd more at home in a Moorish palace . |
| 24 | Twenty years ago more than three quarters of Imperial 's total income came directly from government in the form of a grant . |
| 25 | Invalided home with malaria in 1917 , her war experiences no doubt contributed to her indifferent health and drink problem , which were to be factors in the weakness of the BF before her death in 1935 . |
| 26 | When he came home on leave in April 1930 , they both returned to their childhood home and made all the necessary arrangements for its sale . |
| 27 | Especially when the family came home for Christmas in later years . |
| 28 | The next morning , I came home to defiance in the face of defeat and 50 Scots Labour MPs , the Fighting Fifty . |
| 29 | German Michael Kahlfuss , in his much-ridiculed 600cc Trabant , seemed more at home in the land of Wordsworth and Wainwright . |
| 30 | When this manuscript came up for sale in London in 1980 , its estimated value was £40,000-£60,000 . |