Example sentences of "[vb past] in [noun] [conj] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again he tore his bleeding fingers from her mouth , and gaped in horror as she screamed , and went on screaming . |
| 2 | She winced in pain as she felt a shock across her back at the impact . |
| 3 | Her eyebrows rose in astonishment when she saw that somebody had taken her parking place . |
| 4 | He wore a black uniform with a black cap and had a very black face due to the coal dust which rose in clouds when he shovelled coal into the engine . |
| 5 | Damian 's voice rose in fury as he strode to them , reached them and pushed Tony away from Rachel with a violence that made her cry out in horror as Tony stumbled backwards . |
| 6 | Jenna 's voice rose , her blue eyes wide and angry , and one dark brow rose in surprise as he watched her . |
| 7 | Disgust rose in Theda as she made her way along the gallery . |
| 8 | Her shoulders sagged in defeat and it became clear to the watching man that she accepted their veracity . |
| 9 | Flames swept through the wooden building and the boys , who at first tried to fight the blaze , fled in terror as it spread . |
| 10 | Creggan began to say , ‘ What 's happened … ? ’ but he stopped in awe as he looked about him and up to where the branch had fallen and saw something strange and suddenly frightening . |
| 11 | ‘ Sorry , sweetheart , you need a pass , ’ he said , then gawked in surprise as she pushed past him and dashed straight through . |
| 12 | Leo ! ’ she exclaimed in shock as he caught hold of her and manoeuvred her back towards the fork . |
| 13 | ‘ Nothing to tell ? ’ she exclaimed in astonishment as she shrugged violently away from his touch . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're done , ’ Thomas exclaimed in disgust as he left the Cabinet room . |
| 15 | Marion exclaimed in disgust as she stooped through the door . |
| 16 | The following morning , Lucien nearly retched in horror when he walked into the practise court and saw Amber Epipheny conversing with Resenence Jeopardy . |
| 17 | Whatever else you might say about him , he believed in things and he did what he thought was proper , so it was only right that he 'd been spared and was still out there in the world , somewhere . |
| 18 | Instead they have voted for a man who promised change , who believed in change and who recognised that change had to come . |
| 19 | So he took religion terribly seriously , but he believed in science and he looked at the Bible and said well what does this really mean ? |
| 20 | They might look like cornflakes , ’ she added in inspiration as she saw the packet on the shelf , ‘ but , believe me , they 're rice crispies ! ’ |
| 21 | Forever on the move , meeting new faces , constantly in demand socially whenever she was off duty , Liza Tremayne found that there were longer and longer periods between the days when she still suffered black despair over the thought that she would never again see the man she so resembled in character and who had given her , had she known it , more love than he had ever bestowed upon any other woman . |
| 22 | ‘ Just look at them , ’ Matchsticks muttered in disgust as he watched his fellow passengers . |
| 23 | Pausing for a moment to admire the trim lines of the expensive vehicle , she dug in her bag for her keys , then muttered in annoyance as they slid from her fingers . |
| 24 | Then I met another girl , an art student , who delighted in conversation as I did . |
| 25 | He was glad to let the subject drop and they drove in silence until he left her at the gate of Martyr 's Cottage . |
| 26 | Now , resentment exploded in Cardiff as he rounded on Rohmer . |
| 27 | News came in March that he had been captured and probably killed during the retreat from Teruel . |
| 28 | came in line and he got it . |
| 29 | Roma Ryan tells me she was a visual artist — she specialised in batik before she met Nicholas and produced a family . |
| 30 | Damien writhed in anger as he stood penned in the bus shelter like an animal , with this herd of obnoxious Cockneys . |