Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] in [pos pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In emphasising the place which the child played in his own learning process , Plowden was not covering new ground . |
| 2 | Northampton managed only one try , a push-over by Shelford with the advantage of a strong breeze , and spent almost the entire second half penned in their own half . |
| 3 | Under the old Poor Law , a man without work stayed in his own home and the parish provided an allowance for him and his family . |
| 4 | Only 27 per cent ( 153 ) of the Drugs Council users and 31 per cent ( 61 ) of those at the Detoxification Unit lived in their own accommodation , and all but a few of the remaining majority lived with parents or relatives ( 70 per cent at the Drugs Council , and 66 per cent at the Detoxification Unit ) . |
| 5 | One man who had got himself clear in that way drove in his own carriage by the very commissioners to whom he had but lately surrendered , and splashed both them and his creditors with the dirt of his chariot wheels . |
| 6 | Rovers ' first goal started in their own area . |
| 7 | … and felt pain burst in his own mouth . |