Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 Succeeds in driving one in three directions ( 4 )
2 Early in 1971 Waddell was found guilty of committing perjury at Meehan 's trial and in sentencing him to three years ' imprisonment Lord Cameron suggested that had he told the truth there , the Meehan jury might well have arrived at a different verdict .
3 Ken lost interest completely , For the moment he contented himself with pinning the notice to the inner door of the club and taking great delight in reading it to two young black guys who had arrived carrying saxophone cases .
4 Originally rivals , they have succeeded in identifying themselves with one another by means of a love for the same object .
5 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 .
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