Example sentences of "[vb past] in a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | He drew in a deep kapalabhati breath , concentrating his mind on the renewal of his ch'i , the inner energy which increases strength and speed of reflexes , and imparts greater pliability . |
2 | THREE men were hurt yesterday when a keg of firework powder exploded in a special effects workshop at Pinewood Film Studios , Bucks . |
3 | On Nov. 4 hearings began in a federal appeals court in Honolulu on the constitutionality of a Guam territorial law of 1990 , permitting abortion only when a pregnancy threatened to kill the woman or " gravely impair " her health . |
4 | Henry lived in a small mews flat , just off Fitzroy Square . |
5 | And I lived in a back-to-back houses , and concrete floors , no no carpets on . |
6 | This is no longer funny , because , that is what will happen when the recommendations made in a recent Monopolies and Mergers Commission report come into force . |
7 | It was the worst air accident in France since 1974 , when 346 people died in a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crash near Paris [ see p. 26426 ] . |
8 | The constant impact against the field 's rim , of everything from showers of meteors down to stray molecules of gas , resulted in a cosmic fireworks display of spectacular proportions : a long tail of deteriorating matter stretched out along the path which the ship had taken . |
9 | In order to facilitate a quick arrest under difficult circumstances — ‘ the crowd was jeering and becoming unpleasantly restive ’ — Robert Mark then confesses that he indulged in a little police brutality , by using his strictly non-regulation rubber truncheon to give the offender ‘ a hefty whack on the shin' which apparently broke his leg . |
10 | There 's also the soft side , the Bill Morrison who is reduced to tears by Harry Secombe — ‘ I 'd love to be as good as him ’ and the Bill Morrison who confesses in an unguarded moment that as an epitaph he 'd like the description that appeared in a recent Times leader about him : ‘ a man they can trust ’ . |
11 | ACTOR Kenneth Branagh — adored by millions of women — once appeared in a lonely hearts ad . |
12 | Both parents ordered him to stop calling his sister ‘ Brian ’ , a nickname derived from a slow and rather dull-witted snail who featured in a popular children 's TV show , ‘ The Magic Roundabout ’ . |