Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I met Harvey in a restaurant , ’ she mused . |
| 2 | Bullies like to be Number One and the thought that someone else could be muscling in on his top-spot got Herod in a bit of a strop . |
| 3 | ‘ I met Kay in a nightclub but did my courting in Woolworth 's where she worked , ’ he says . |
| 4 | The critical talks , which centre on future TV cash , will take place under the independent gaze of Professor Sir John Wood , who was also present on Monday when Premier League chief executive Rick Parry first approached Taylor in an attempt to end the impasse . |
| 5 | We have the additional reference in The Recluse ( see p. 109 ) and a further reading of that poem shows that the Wordsworths approached Grasmere in a mood of mystical elation verging on trance . |
| 6 | In the past , the Shrimpers have also won the Senior Cup , in 1937 when they beat Ilford in a replay , and 1899 when they beat Leytonstone . |
| 7 | they entered ITV in a crate |
| 8 | With her new hairstyle , as well as make-up , perfume and high-heeled shoes , she felt more confident about herself in the outfit today , and when , just before five o'clock , she found Tom in a lounge-room that was festooned with Christmas reds and greens , she was able to walk across the room to him , confident and smiling . |
| 9 | Tish Reid beat Gill in a trial but is not considered to have Olympic potential in a single . |
| 10 | As soon as she got back to London she phoned Simone in a bout of maudlin self-pity and told her everything that had happened between them and her decision to end the relationship . |
| 11 | The light blues beat Oxford in a report judging the quality of research in 172 universities and colleges . |
| 12 | The controversy over Thomas à Becket [ q.v. ] once again involved Arnulf in a test of the feasibility of a bishop serving both his church and his king . |
| 13 | Who would have thought that when you drew Southend in a cup , you think oh great we 'll thrash them . |
| 14 | It was a very sad day for me when I visited Basil in a Harrogate hospital , when I knew that I would , probably , never see him again . |
| 15 | They beat Everton in a Coca-Cola Cup fourth-round replay 11 days later and have not won since . |
| 16 | She found Bridget in a state of great agitation . |
| 17 | Baggio , scorer of 16 goals in just 27 internationals , badly bruised his side as his club defeated Benfica in a UEFA Cup tie last week and has been ruled out . |
| 18 | ‘ Shall I come with you , love ? ’ asked Tina in a return to her usual motherly attitude . |
| 19 | Seeing them like that , and the strange fear in their faces , stirred Harry in a way he could not quite understand , and for a moment he almost felt sorry for them . |
| 20 | And Jerry Lee Lewis , who played Iago in a pop version of Othello , alienated Shakespeare purists when , on discovering the corpse in Act V , he exclaimed ; ‘ Great balls of fire ! |
| 21 | In September 1764 , eighteen months after they first met , Boswell told Johnson in a letter from Saxony , ‘ It shall be my study to do what I can to render your life happy ; and , if you die before me , I shall endeavour to do honour to your memory . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Prince Edward says so , ’ interposed Anne in a cross voice . |
| 23 | Commenting on Storage Technology Corp 's proposed acquisition of Amperif Corp ( see front ) EMC Corp chairman said the development , and IBM Corp 's new storage products pose no threat to his company : ‘ We 're two years ahead of everybody , ’ Egan told Reuter in a telephone interview from his Hopkinton , Massachusetts headquarters ; he said that EMC has shipped 2,000 of its disk array storage devices over the past two years — and the Amperif deal means ‘ one fewer competitor . ’ |
| 24 | Some Kuwaitis , nervous about the health scare over cellular phones , have swapped their hand-held sets for car-installed phones , Abdulla al Sabej , managing director of Mobile Telephone Systems Co told Reuter in an interview ; 7% of Kuwaitis and 4% of the total population of 1.3m have cellular phones . |
| 25 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |
| 26 | Happy couple : ‘ I met Robert in a bar : It was love at first sight ’ |
| 27 | In June 1936 , Jacques met Morris in an attempt to explain the ways in which the Cambridge Board and the District were co-operating over the provision of adult education in an attempt to persuade the LEA to increase its annual grant , then a mere £20 . |
| 28 | In 1619 William joined Pavier in an attempt to publish plays by and attributed to Shakespeare , apparently intending to sell them in sets of nine volumes . |
| 29 | Two years later , he joined Louis in a war against Holland , which came close to destroying the Protestant republic . |
| 30 | Readers from last month will be glad to know that I finally tracked down the elusive Tequila based Marguerita in a Tex-Mex cafe in Covent Garden . |