Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our great founder laid down a rule in his will that anyone who went to prison would not have to pay his subscription during the time that he was unable to use the club premises , and that any unused portion of his subscription should be held over until his release . ’ |
| 2 | In December 1985 the long-awaited Fowler review of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme ( SERPS ) produced only a reduction in the pension benefits rather than an abolition of the scheme ( it is worth noting , however , that the encouragement to leave SERPS for private schemes has had some success ; by mid-1989 over one million people had left ) . |
| 3 | In the first incident McConville , of Lurgan Road , Aghagallon , rubbed his hands up and down her sides as she bent over a dishwasher in the kitchen . |
| 4 | Soon after moving in Minton drew up a will in which he left the house to Ricky . |
| 5 | In 1977 , we drew up a petition in the name of AMPES which was distributed to factory owners . |
| 6 | ‘ He beat up a woman in custody . ’ |
| 7 | Here he built up a trade in seeds , corn , manure , and fertilizer , and started a malt kiln in Driffield and a brewery and kilns in Malton . |
| 8 | Finn stubbed out a cigarette in an already overflowing ash-tray and immediately lit another . |
| 9 | Johnson , however , fully aware of the likely number of biographers he might attract before and after his death , found here a biography in which he could have a say , thus not only securing his immortality , but controlling it . |
| 10 | The negotiations for the purchase of the aircraft culminated in the offices of the London lawyers , Freshfields , with representatives of five companies and some six different law firms clustered around a table in the conference room . |
| 11 | And it looked as if she had been stabbed with a weapon that had a central rib ; the wound gaped quite a bit in the middle . |
| 12 | Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cumidge ’ ) is a quiet , picturesque community clustered round a bend in the River Parrett as it meanders on its way from the sea to Bridgwater Docks . |
| 13 | What about the quarrelling Australian couple who plunged over a cliff in separate vans after a St Valentine 's day row and a chase through northern Sydney . |
| 14 | Birth and inherited status played only a part in the stories of Bernard and Adalard . |
| 15 | The next shot was of Nicola hunched over a table in a darkened room . |
| 16 | A GANG of professional thieves who staked out a house in Bentworth last week got away with a £20,000 caravan . |
| 17 | Chimes of Freedom , who came out a short-head in front when the pair met over course and distance in July , should emphasise her superiority judged on a recent defeat of Pharaoh 's Delight at The Curragh . |
| 18 | Well , I played around a bit in my time but now I 've settled down I can be quite prudish , ’ Sue confesses . |
| 19 | As she put down her cases a large shiny 1935 Armstrong Siddeley car came around a bend in the station drive and braked to a halt a short distance from her . |
| 20 | Finding it caused quite a stir in the brass band world . |
| 21 | NEW-born baby lambs caused quite a stir in Stewart Park , Middlesbrough , on their first public outing in yesterday 's sunshine . |
| 22 | My leaving Lula caused quite a scandal in Berlin ; but that period with her could have been deadly for me . |
| 23 | It caused quite a sensation in the camp and people were flocking down from far and wide to have a good view , so we were informed later . |
| 24 | Bit I learnt quite a lot in , from the back you know , in the terraced . |
| 25 | So you played quite a bit in the classics during training . |
| 26 | You said that your grandmother played quite a part in your upbringing after your mother died . |
| 27 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 28 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 29 | There was a card club which met once a week in winter , where Green played with a group of about a dozen , including his doctor , Richard Scambler , and James Fleming of Grasmere and the Partridges , Robert and Edward . |
| 30 | Leader of the ‘ Prague Spring ’ reform movement that was crushed by Soviet tanks in 1968 , Dubcek was 70 when he died in Prague , and had been in intensive care after his car plunged off a road in heavy rain on September 1 . |