Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb past] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Storm Jameson , a woman novelist active in the peace movement , later recalled : ‘ For some years after 1933 I lived in equivocal amity with pacifists and combative supporters of the League of Nations , adjusting my feelings , in good and bad faith , to the person I happened to be with . |
| 2 | I had no idea that Dad could drive a horse , but this he did in great style for of course he had spent his boyhood on various farms . |
| 3 | The results of the survey are broadly consistent we found in similar sides , specific problems of traffic congestion in the town centre but elsewhere a few traffic problems . |
| 4 | ‘ So many terraces , ’ she mooned , refusing to acknowledge how amazing he looked in black trousers and a white evening jacket ; even the tea-towel over his shoulder did nothing to disarm his incredible elegance . |
| 5 | These radios and other stores were brought in by the small steamer Kuru , which was fitted with a device in her stack to prevent the tell-tale streamer of fumes ; these she released in occasional puffs . |
| 6 | There were explicit reminiscences of the Punjab , and all it meant in imperial song and story , in the minds of Northern Nigeria 's creators as they were creating . |
| 7 | Though she was dry-eyed she looked in great pain . |
| 8 | First he engaged in enthusiastic eating of the fudge , and then in even more enthusiastic kissing . |
| 9 | From 1871 to 1882 he sailed in Arctic waters . |