Example sentences of "[vb past] in [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Philip Warner has said in The Special Air Service , the official history re-issued in an expanded edition in 1983 , the regiment ‘ has often been criticised for the high proportion of officers and N.C.O.s , as well as first-class men , which it absorbed , and the answer must invariably be that used in this way they caused far more damage to the enemy than they would have done if they had been with other units . |
| 2 | Once you learnt in this way it was easily recalled . |
| 3 | The last time she played in this competition she suffered a disastrous defeat and is keen to make amends . |
| 4 | Well they crofted in small way I suppose , and went the fishing . |
| 5 | What it lacked in glossy technique it made up for in sincerity . |
| 6 | Although he succeeded in that task he was surprisingly replaced in mid-summer 1982 by Alan Mullery . |
| 7 | and when I went in that lavatory , there 's seven on there , when I went in that lavatory I , I |
| 8 | Cos they , when I went in that shop it 's , he 'd tell me he had n't , he 'd failed his driving test . |
| 9 | Cos I went in this morning I 'd better on the piss last night . |
| 10 | Contrasted in this way it seems improbable that madness and creativity could spring from the same source . |
| 11 | Hanne and Jens always hoped that Svend would join them on their farm , but when it became clear that his interests lay in constructional engineering they gladly supported him , despite their disappointment and the sacrifices they had to make . ’ |
| 12 | When he slipped in that muck he could have cracked his head against the side of the lift shaft ! |
| 13 | I said in one breath he tells me he 's not going to erm going on holiday with Linda . |
| 14 | I said in that case we will make you a concert in mid January and I think he said are coming with them . |
| 15 | Asked about BBC1 and 2 , ITV and Channel 4 , more than two-thirds of respondents in the ITC study said in each case they had not been offended by the channel in question . |
| 16 | He liked her , you could n't help but like her , but he wished in this moment it was in him to more than like her . |
| 17 | The Clow Committee had recognised there would be practical problems : the quarterly cycle of meter reading would make it difficult to concentrate the higher charge on the crucial months of December , January and February when demand was highest ; in really cold weather or if coal remained in short supply it would have only limited deterrent effect ; and off-peak demand might be adversely affected . |
| 18 | Eventually , well into the afternoon , we found the route — but had to wait for a couple who pushed in front claiming they were ‘ HVS climbers ’ and would not take long . |