Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
3 | In private conversation he told Asquith " I am afraid that I shall have to show myself very vicious Mr Asquith this session . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | In thunderous silence he raced to the traffic lights and had to brake hard as the lights changed . |
6 | In each trial he won a trophy given to the top twenty percent . |
7 | In each basket we compared like with like — so there were no cheap and nasty products with brand names you 've never heard before . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | You will find qualities in each other you did n't know existed . |
15 | They journeyed for four days , and in each day they crossed the seasons twice . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Somebody in each street she picked out ? |
19 | And in each hand she had two heavy plastic carrier bags of shopping ; they cut into her hands and threatened to split . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | In each age they had different demands and made different choices for the use of the land . |
22 | In that mood she said she had been present at a lot of attacks that had occurred on Ward 4 . |
23 | To me in that mood it seemed more important than philosophy , like the poetry of Keats or the music of Sibelius . |
24 | Never forget that girl in that bungalow we saw . |
25 | And in that instant he paused to look into her face , causing her to glance up automatically at him . |
26 | Because in that instant she had fired the ship 's rear guns and had blasted the other ship 's nose section into particles . |
27 | And in that instant she understood two things . |
28 | In that instant she realised the whole shocking weirdness of what was going on . |
29 | In that instant she knew that standing before her was the most exciting man she had ever met . |
30 | And in that instant she guessed the stars that ruled him . |