Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [noun] in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 150,000 homes changed hands in this way in 1988 . |
| 2 | It was also noted that extremely high notes caused agitation in many cats . |
| 3 | The resulting diversions caused chaos in some areas , but took traffic away from others . |
| 4 | Since the laser Doppler recordings represent highly localised measurements , it remains possible that the most poorly perfused areas escaped detection in some patients . |
| 5 | We have no holy mountain and no holy river ; though long ago before the druids , the natives saw visions in these groves but aliens have come who have no love of this land and only love possessions . |
| 6 | Altogether 643 ( 30.5% ) of the miners took tobacco in this form either solely or in conjunction with smoking ( see Table IV ) . |
| 7 | In Europe between the wars fascist movements destroyed democracy in several countries , while in Latin America , Africa and Asia military dictatorships and other forms of authoritarian rule have been common , and continue to exist in many places . |
| 8 | Banks had shareholdings in each other ; so did industrial firms , even competing ones . |
| 9 | Nine firms took part in this year 's competition . |
| 10 | Land speculators , politicians and farmers saw profit in these wetlands . |
| 11 | Although many British cities saw riots in that year , the disturbance at Toxteth was the most significant in the context of inner-urban policy . |
| 12 | The full quota of how many and whose scripts went west in this rethink will probably never be known . |
| 13 | Last year , this union held a ballot and a hundred and forty thousand members took part in that ballot for the leader of the Labour Party and they made it absolutely clear to the executive that as far as they were concerned they wanted a part and a say in who was the leader of the Labour Party , and they di decided dem democratically . |
| 14 | Indeed , Liberal Democrat Members took part in those discussions , as did SNP Members . |
| 15 | Over the two evenings , 21 players took part in several heats , with the final being decided between Andy Cann and Kurt Horne both from the Yarmouth Marine Base . |
| 16 | Contact with alien , European , societies initiated changes in these land tenure and inheritance arrangements . |
| 17 | Although primary elections took place in several states during August , the contest which captured most public attention was the struggle for the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia . |
| 18 | Less than a hundred men took part in that assault . |
| 19 | Almost 60 per cent of the ore smelted in the Ruhr came from abroad ( mainly from Sweden and France , but some from Spain , too ) and some minerals crossed frontiers in both directions , German ore going to France , Belgium , Switzerland , Holland and Austria , while Welsh steam coal went to Hamburg and Bremen . |
| 20 | Isabel knew that some of the men had wives in those woods . |
| 21 | AT LEAST 10 people were arrested for alleged electoral offences in Northern Ireland yesterday and police searched houses in several parts of Belfast . |
| 22 | Further disturbances took place in many parts of the country in July 1981 . |
| 23 | Droves of PhD students took part in that enterprise . |
| 24 | Women outnumbered men in those days , you know . |
| 25 | On the stock market Ferranti 's shares jumped 4p in another day of hectic trading before settling to close 2.5p up at 57.5p . |