Example sentences of "[vb past] in [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she succeeded in holding it at bay . |
| 2 | He renegotiated the agreement over tunnel usage by the railways and succeeded in presenting it as a breakthrough . |
| 3 | OPPONENTS of Mr Frank Field , the Labour MP for Birkenhead , believe they succeeded in deselecting him at the secret ballot held last Tuesday . |
| 4 | She usually assumed that look just before he succeeded in reducing her to tears . |
| 5 | Wooing first John and then Richard , Philip succeeded in keeping them at each other 's throats , or at Henry 's coat-tails , for several more years . |
| 6 | He 'd laughed at her , teased her , and succeeded in keeping her at a distance . |
| 7 | At last he succeeded in hauling himself over the boundary wall to the solid ground that marked the edge of Old Ashfield property . |
| 8 | When the US President , Eisenhower , visited Madrid on 21 December 1959 , Franco persisted in interpreting it as a sign of recognition of his rightness , not as an indication that times were changing and he would have to move with them or be left behind . |
| 9 | ‘ I meant in spotting them at all . |
| 10 | However , one can not satisfactorily identify the question what a speaker meant in saying something with the question what caused his utterance . |
| 11 | The guilt she felt in depriving him of any pleasure was like a stitch in her side , yet the thought of the long day and the long drive were beyond acceptance . |
| 12 | We did not appreciate at the time what a wrench leaving the Weir House must have been for him , nor the difficulty he had in adjusting himself to four assertive stepsons he hardly knew . |
| 13 | Her mother said : ‘ The trouble we had in keeping it from you , Jessica . |
| 14 | So far she had gained the distinct impression that being angry and obnoxious with her suited him just fine — he positively revelled in deriding her at every opportunity . |
| 15 | The other boys revelled in baiting them about it , but in a good-natured way . |