Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] ran [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although test boreholes were successfully sunk at Altnabreac in Caithness in November 1975 , the programme quickly ran into opposition elsewhere . |
| 2 | The women 's union quickly ran into trouble though . |
| 3 | I had just taken up my position behind the till of the kitchen gadget department and the store had been open only a matter of minutes when my first customer literally ran into view . |
| 4 | Of course , the effect produced by unbroken lines of gentlemen in evening suits , so outnumbering representatives of the fairer sex , was a rather severe one ; but then again , in those days , the two large chandeliers that hang over the table still ran on gas — resulting in a subtle , quite soft light pervading the room — and did not produce the dazzling brightness they have done ever since their electrification . |
| 5 | The sweat that had begun in anticipation of what she might encounter in the street now ran in fear of her mother 's rage ; Nunzia 's eyes had gone hard and wrinkled like black olive pips when Rosa had produced the plover , and she had clucked impatiently with her tongue when Rosa lied and said her grandfather had shot it and presented it to her . |