Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [adv] [adj] [verb] in " in BNC.
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1 | Seen on the ground the Piper Apache is a chubby little bird , somewhat dated and rather sedate looking in comparison with its younger cousin , the Twin Comanche , but there is an impression of dependability and a promise of comfort . |
2 | Momper 's " red-green " alliance had collapsed on Nov. 15 when the AL withdrew in protest at the violent eviction by 3,000 police of several hundred ( mainly west Berliner ) squatters from 13 apartment buildings in the Friedrichshain district of east Berlin the previous day ; 300 people were arrested and over 100 injured in the clashes . |
3 | Subodh Kant Sahay , Minister of State for Home Affairs , in a statement on Jan. 2 to the Indian parliament announced that 890 people had been killed and nearly 4,000 injured in 15 weeks of Hindu-Moslem riots triggered by Hindu agitation around the disputed sacred site where a mosque currently stood in Ayodhya , Uttar Pradesh . |
4 | At least 250 people were killed and about 1,200 injured in a wave of bombings which ripped through Bombay 's business district on Friday . |
5 | In Bombay , where at least 246 people were killed and about 1,200 injured in 13 bomb blasts last Friday , police said a large amount of explosives was still in the city and as yet unlocated . |
6 | By the end of December up to 4,000 people had been killed and about 20,000 wounded in the chaotic fighting in Mogadishu which had continued , with only occasional interruptions , since Nov. 16 . |