Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In wounded puzzlement I had a sudden flashback to the time immediately after Dunkirk , when Leslie had referred to the projected formation of a parachute corps , and to service in it as ‘ absolute certain death ’ in a ‘ suicide squad ’ . |
| 2 | In normal spirits he seemed to need only two steps to cross a room . |
| 3 | In monetary terms it made a lot more sense to extend episode numbers within a serial , thereby getting more television hours with fewer changes in location . |
| 4 | Back in civvy street he landed a job at the Strand Cornerhouse in London ; from there a number of jobs with skilled confectioners allowed him to accumulate the experience needed to go it alone . |
| 5 | In broad Scots he asked Selkirk for his authority , the soldier flourished a piece of parchment and told him to hurry . |
| 6 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 7 | In eight years he built his television services company , Carlton Communications , to a value of £1 billion . |
| 8 | In private conversation he told Asquith " I am afraid that I shall have to show myself very vicious Mr Asquith this session . |
| 9 | Clare Lawrence ( Mrs Hatcher ) writes , ‘ Since qualifying as a solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial work in private practice I worked in industry 1986- 8 as a Legal Director of Bricom plc . |
| 10 | In thunderous silence he raced to the traffic lights and had to brake hard as the lights changed . |
| 11 | In memorable phrases he spoke of things being ‘ changed utterly ’ as a ‘ terrible beauty ’ was born . |
| 12 | In each trial he won a trophy given to the top twenty percent . |
| 13 | In each basket we compared like with like — so there were no cheap and nasty products with brand names you 've never heard before . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They did find high incidence of eye diseases among local animals , but in each case they concluded that the most likely cause was infection from a common pathogen . |
| 16 | In each case it had in effect been ruled that Gen Robertson 's order of 14 May would apply , and that 5 Corps could continue with arrangements already entered into hand over both Cossacks and Yugoslavs but only in each case , so lob as force did not have to be used . |
| 17 | In each case it seemed clear that local adaptation was taking place , showing — as far as Pearson and Weldon were concerned — that natural selection was an effective evolutionary mechanism . |
| 18 | In each case I pressed the national authorities concerned to allow me to send a UK ‘ observer ’ to their investigation and I am happy to say that our request was agreed to on each occasion . |
| 19 | In each location they negotiated with the social services department an agreement that any continuing clients would be supported by the social services department , either with community services or with a place in institutional care . |
| 20 | You will find qualities in each other you did n't know existed . |
| 21 | They journeyed for four days , and in each day they crossed the seasons twice . |
| 22 | He had five victories in 1986 , another six in 1987 , though in each season he had to settle for runner-up place in the Championship . |
| 23 | In each embassy he knew that had a Legal Attaché 's office there was a lady who looked like everyone 's mother , and who did the confidential typing and the greeting downstairs . |
| 24 | Somebody in each street she picked out ? |
| 25 | And in each hand she had two heavy plastic carrier bags of shopping ; they cut into her hands and threatened to split . |
| 26 | From the king 's standpoint , the vital consequence was that in each county he had a loyal cadre of men whose services and renders he could call on directly when he chose . |
| 27 | In each age they had different demands and made different choices for the use of the land . |
| 28 | In political matters he supported American independence , ridiculing the ‘ very idea of distant possessions ’ . |
| 29 | To a certain extent this made economic and political sense : in economic terms it is where the council had most leverage and control , and in political terms it represented a move to a new base , one built on the strength of the white-collar and public sector unions in the changing economy and society of Sheffield . |
| 30 | Replying formally on April 5 , the Supreme Council repeated the call for immediate negotiations , but in conciliatory statements it acknowledged the Soviet leadership 's concern at events in Lithuania , and stressed that it did not seek to sever economic relations and " cultural and human ties " with the Soviet Union . |