Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over twenty years the two great polo dynasties had battled it out in the Argentine Open at Palermo . |
| 2 | The Marines had sent her off in a small wooden-bedded truck that seemed to have no springs or shock-absorbers whatsoever . |
| 3 | Since the beginning of the summer , tens of thousands of club players had battled it out in club league qualifiers around the regions , in Men 's Open , regional play-offs , with all concerned hoping to carry their club 's name through to the prestigious finals in Hampshire . |
| 4 | On NoS they were being treated to the miracle of new technology , bypassing the National Graphical Association compositors who , before the age of ‘ direct entry ’ computers , retyped the articles on Linotype hot metal machines after the subs had marked them up in pencil . |
| 5 | The hospital authorities had tracked her down in California , where she was enjoying success as a fabric designer and living with a famous composer of film music . |
| 6 | This was a slow process , for Tom had to keep stopping to explain what the words meant , and several times had to look them up in a dictionary . |
| 7 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |