Example sentences of "[adv] ringing in [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with that , the taunts of the Weasel 's wife still ringing in her ears , vinegar words , she had felt so good about her allegations , now storming tears , humiliation — and not a little frightened — she fled through to the room . |
| 2 | THAT night Maggie had a dream she had not had for over two years and woke up sweating and anxious , her own cries still ringing in her mind . |
| 3 | Cabinet met again on 15 January with the words of one critic , who claimed it would be ‘ throwing the small shopkeeper to the supermarket wolves ’ , still ringing in their ears . |
| 4 | After the end of the cold war , and with the lessons of America 's crushing defeat of Iraq still ringing in their ears , China 's military leaders are having to rethink the PLA 's organisation , doctrine and weapons needs . |
| 5 | With the plaudits of the 4,000 Bedford fans still ringing in their ears from their exhilarating brand of rugby from their pre-English international game last week , the Philiphaugh faithful were equally ecstatic following their team 's magnificent recovery against Stirling . |
| 6 | She had seen salvation for him in McAllister , that was for sure , and if Neil was more doubtful , about that and about her , with Havvie 's hateful words still ringing in his head , and his memory of her tortured face growing the more painful whenever he recalled it , the passing of time only accentuated the agony of his loss . |
| 7 | TONY SPREADBURY , the English international referee , travelled back from Hong Kong yesterday with a mild controversy from the annual sevens tournament still ringing in his ears . |
| 8 | ‘ You can scarcely conceive ’ , she wrote , ‘ how the jarring contrast between the sounds which are now for-ever ringing in my ears and the sweet sounds of Allfoxden makes me long for the country again . ’ |
| 9 | The common sense , suburban philosophy of the accountant 's daughter from Surrey Hills — ‘ one thing at a time , ’ forever ringing in her ear — over-rode all the tempting words Stock , Aitken and Waterman and the money men of pop bombarded her with . |