Example sentences of "[vb past] in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soften the cheese , then beat in the soured cream or fromage frais . |
| 2 | Gradually beat in the sifted icing sugar , adding a little at a time and mixing until well incorporated . |
| 3 | The wonderful thing about the USPGA Tour 's year-ending statistics is that a quick perusal leaves you with a crystal- clear picture of what transpired in the previous year : Which players improved the most ; which were at the top of their games ; who won what and where , and when , and how . |
| 4 | Her smooth-soled court shoes glissaded in the glazed turf , and he stood solidly , large feet planted , and let her slide bodily against him . |
| 5 | has been undertaken and the result analysed in the full report , the summary of which is produced as a |
| 6 | The Law Reform ( Limitation of Actions ) Act 1954 for Scotland provided in the relevant section : |
| 7 | She shrivelled in the icy blast of his scorn . |
| 8 | And as her body and limbs thrummed in the dizzy afterflow Fernando deepened his penetration , shuddering against her till she clung to him , grinding herself under him to give him the ultimate pleasure , to enhance every thrust he pounded into her , to draw him hard down into her power and her love . |
| 9 | Fearing an imminent clampdown , the Gagauzes brought forward the elections to Oct. 25 , when thousands demonstrated in the main Gagauz town of Komrat , defying the Moldavian authorities to intervene and calling on USSR authorities for assistance . |
| 10 | I demonstrated in the previous chapter that the use of discursive metaphor causes simultaneity and association to replace causality and linear chronology as the compositional principles of the novel , allowing changes of scene in mid-sentence and the coexistence of a number of often incompatible signifieds in a given signifier . |
| 11 | Grasshoppers churred in the long grass . |
| 12 | He gave in that connection some instances from The Rock , which he described not so much as a play as a revue , a word he pronounced in the French manner . |
| 13 | In this capacity , he also established ties with the Government of Mozambique , and helped in the gradual process by which relations between Mozambique and the EEC were put on a more constructive basis . |
| 14 | We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee . |
| 15 | Whelan is one of 700 entered in the annual ordeal , which offers just 40 cards for next year 's £25 million circuit . |
| 16 | More recently he has produced a series of pieces decorated with routed fluting , such as the box he entered in the national box competition and a citrus fruit squeezer with a range of ribbed heads . |
| 17 | If you decide to do this , Azhag is the Warlord of your army and therefore replaces the Warlord described in the main army list . |
| 18 | If you decide to do this , Grom is the Warlord of your army and therefore replaces the Warlord described in the main army list . |
| 19 | Curiously , this futuristic notion returns us to one of the earliest electronic book models which we described in the original report . |
| 20 | He was about four feet away when his foot caught in the electric flex he was dragging and he stumbled forward off balance . |
| 21 | It differs from most kouroi in having the right foot forward and the arms raised from the elbow , something ( probably a bow ) grasped in the left fist and something lying on the open right palm . |
| 22 | He wondered , as he dismounted in the outer ward , precisely what it foreboded . |
| 23 | In England and Wales the position is now governed by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 , section 78 , the terms of which we encountered in the previous chapter . |
| 24 | Two U S air force pilots have been killed after their Phantom reconnaissance jet crashed in the Southern Desert of Saudi Arabia . |
| 25 | And while the black mussel shells rose in the spare plate , like cars on a scrap heap , he told Daisy about Chessie 's last taunt . |
| 26 | More recently , Dr Snell has suggested that male real wages rose in the southern part of the country from 1740 to 1770 , then stabilised before the whole gain was wiped out in the French war years . |
| 27 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 28 | The mayor was in the process of proposing a motion of sympathy with Lady Churchill , following the death of Sir Winston , when James Gallagher of Creggan Heights rose in the public gallery to read a short statement on behalf of the DUAC calling on the councillors to sink their political differences and to unite in efforts to press the Government to establish new industries in Derry . |
| 29 | He dabbled in the long jump until the age of twenty-four and then decided to switch to the sprints . |
| 30 | Benjamin 's income came from any one or more of a series of sources , as we have seen : at times he earned wages as a silversmith or a clerk ; he also dabbled in the retail trade as a general salesman , and picked up some spare cash from his boarding houses . |