Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In normal spirits he seemed to need only two steps to cross a room . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In broad Scots he asked Selkirk for his authority , the soldier flourished a piece of parchment and told him to hurry . |
| 4 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 5 | In eight years he built his television services company , Carlton Communications , to a value of £1 billion . |
| 6 | In memorable phrases he spoke of things being ‘ changed utterly ’ as a ‘ terrible beauty ’ was born . |
| 7 | In political matters he supported American independence , ridiculing the ‘ very idea of distant possessions ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They would sit outside wait in that days we had a seat out in the and even if was a seat for sitting outside they would sit on their own way or on a rock . |
| 11 | Meanwhile sister-in-law Kim had been working hard too and in 12 months she lost 5st ( 32kg ) , plus 12½ins ( 32cm ) from her bust , 11 ins ( 28 cm ) from her waist , 14ins ( 36cm ) from her hips and 10½ins ( 26cm ) from each thigh ! |
| 12 | In chartered helicopters they hovered over the empty stretch of road between Fenny Stratford and Buckingham to photograph the bare tarmac and the last few barriers and police cars parked there at first light . |
| 13 | In different ways she loved them all ; even her weak-natured husband , who showered all of them with affection , and who was filled with excitement that , at long last , he was about to become a father in his own right . |
| 14 | In this memoirs he said that on 15 March he learned that Hassan was pressing Washington to admit the Shah . |
| 15 | Well they 're not new blimming , new pict though they 've decorated have n't they , they 've done one coat now , I look like Nora Batty with wrinkles in this tights I told her to phone me from Woking station but she 's probably er |
| 16 | In some instances they temporised : in May 1221 they conceded that ‘ the knights and free tenants of the forest of Berkshire ’ should elect ‘ two law-worthy and discreet knights ’ of their number to keep the forest , under the Chief Justice of the Forest , until Henry III came of age , when a final decision would be made about disafforestment . |
| 17 | In some instances I used opposite light colours in outline to the main colours to be blocked in to give more contrast . |
| 18 | He thought that modern techniques could be put to use , where in some cases they 'd been tried and failed beforehand . |
| 19 | In some cases they received support from government services for the first time . |
| 20 | Shoreditch 's theory is that MI5 agents were trying to cast proxy votes on behalf of dead people still on the electoral register , but that in some cases they jumped the gun . |
| 21 | There is no need to be too rigid in your choice of material for each season , unless you feel it is important , but nevertheless you should still maintain the overall feeling of each season , although in some cases I chose a few out-of-season flowers to give a better colour or shape . |
| 22 | In some cases I had to accept that information given to me to help me understand problems of academic publishing was to remain confidential , but once credibility had been established the publishers were very helpful . |
| 23 | And I 've got to say this , in some cases I had additional time as a shop steward and a convenor , to spend on major problems er affecting the incentive scheme . |
| 24 | Sheep automatically seem to connect people with food , so that they become bothersome and , in some cases I saw , dangerous as they tried butting until harassed walkers gave in and handed over some of their food . |
| 25 | In some cases I opened that menu and selected exit . |
| 26 | In some cases it meant helping families who had applied for their children to be taken into care to find an alternative solution . |
| 27 | There were rumours that in some cases he had . |
| 28 | In some cases she suggested that there had been coalescence of settlements , with the abandonment of the earlier pattern of hamlets and combining of lands and holdings . |
| 29 | Although in some trials we noted post-randomisation exclusion of ineligible patients , early deaths , and protocol violations , we did not exclude them . |
| 30 | Eventually , the lining would become abnormally thickened and in some women it became cancerous . |