Example sentences of "in [noun prp] that he [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the recession deepened [ see below ] , the Hawke government began 1991 some 18 percentage points behind the opposition in opinion polls , raising questions concerning Hawke 's future as leader , particularly as Keating had let it be known at a National Press Club dinner in December that he believed he would make a better Prime Minister than Hawke . |
| 2 | ‘ It was certainly in England that he made it first . |
| 3 | 1657 ) had settled ; and it was in Cambridge that he established himself , perhaps succeeding to Thomas Grumbold 's business . |
| 4 | At the outbreak of war Messiaen joined the army and it was whilst a prisoner in Silesia that he composed his Quatuor pour la fin du temps which combines the harmonic and rhythmic complexity with refinement of sound that characterizes his later works , notably the epic Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus for solo piano . |
| 5 | It was while Murdock was living in Cornwall that he did his experiments with the model locomotive and his work on gas lighting . |
| 6 | That may not bother him because it was in Christchurch that he had his Ireland tour brought to a premature end last year by a punch from Canterbury 's Andy Earl which broke his jaw . |
| 7 | It was also while Murdock was living in Redruth that he started his experiments with coal gas . |
| 8 | None the less , it was in London that he made his will on 8 April 1416 , characteristically dedicated to his kin , staff , and domestic servants . |
| 9 | He was on Philip Randolph 's ‘ March on Washington ’ platform in Chicago , and it was whilst lecturing in Boston that he made his first real contact with the Jamaican nationalist movement and significantly with Norman Manley . |