Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] [pron] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ( among others ) perceived adolescent labour as an obstacle to efficiency not only because it lacked knowledge of employment opportunities and the ability to distinguish between the merits of different occupations , but also because its inherent ‘ adaptability ’ was ‘ wasted ’ ( always a key notion in National Efficiency circles ) by the ‘ haphazard ’ nature of the transition which left too many youths in dead-end jobs and failed to enrol them in any form of further education . |
| 2 | Voluntary organisations took mainly ‘ first offenders ’ and tried to place them in domestic service . |
| 3 | Gabriel took over John Coffin 's neglected cup and began to drink it in anxious little sips . |
| 4 | The early industrialists were proud of their achievements and liked to have them in full view . |
| 5 | In the Sixties , women had that kind of confidence and wanted to express themselves in that way . |