Example sentences of "[vb past] in [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither the extreme north of England nor the south coast had to endure the kind of onslaught that brought a plaintive cry from the Prior of St Thibaut-des-Brûlês , south-east of Paris , describing how an English force had burnt his village and ransomed the inhabitants and asking those who dwelt in towns and castles whether their suffering was anything like his . |
| 2 | Olechowski needed the support of the IMF if he were to renegotiate the terms of Poland 's US$1,600 million three-year extended facility which had been approved in April 1991 [ see p. 38162 ] but suspended in October after the previous government failed to meet IMF performance criteria on the budget deficit and expansion of domestic credit . |
| 3 | We ran outside and made an astonishing variety of small bestial gasping noises at the sight of Beinn Alligin and Liathach blanketed in white and framed by azure blue sky . |
| 4 | Something in her that had , at first , revolted in anger and frustration at her own helplessness , now shrivelled and atrophied . |
| 5 | The combination of the three parameters ( sphincter pressure equal or less than 6 mm Hg , total length of lower oesophageal sphincter equal or less than 20 mm and abdominal portion of the lower oesophageal sphincter with a length equal or less than 9 mm ) demonstrated in controls that this situation was not observed . |
| 6 | Again he tore his bleeding fingers from her mouth , and gaped in horror as she screamed , and went on screaming . |
| 7 | This , according to the Nationalist , was nonsense : all the paper had done was to ‘ extol Kambona 's ego ’ ; the article ‘ excelled in lies and innuendo ’ . |
| 8 | Until he was 70 he drew in pencil and in pen and wash with great neatness . |
| 9 | It overtook in significance and ended the sixty-year domination of the treaty of Brétigny . |
| 10 | A Colour Atlas of AIDS was the first book of its kind : written by a team of physicians at the forefront of AIDS research in Britain it comprehensively described in words and outstanding colour photography all aspects of this pandemic disease from epidemiology to transmission and prevention . |
| 11 | Thus , on Sunday , I hooted in disbelief when A Year In Provence focused on the natives ' preoccupation with hunting a local , woodland fungus which sells for £100 a pound . |
| 12 | Delegates hooted in disgust or yanked up their ties to imitate nooses . |
| 13 | This self-selection process ensures that the Community Relations Branch attracts people with enthusiasm and the necessary personal qualities which make them enjoy work with youngsters , and not one member of the Community Relations Branch we encountered in Easton and elsewhere expressed anything other than pleasure and enjoyment from working with youngsters . |
| 14 | She winced in pain as she felt a shock across her back at the impact . |
| 15 | Huy spread his hands submissively , but then winced in pain as Surere suddenly leant forward and seized his shoulder , the strength of ten men in his large , bony hand . |
| 16 | Many necessities of life were hard to find or more expensive than before the war ; even motor fuels , derived from the one substance the country possessed in abundance , rose in price as the war pursued its course . |
| 17 | They rose in panic as Tallis blundered into the shrine , but settled again , crying loudly , too bloated to fly far . |
| 18 | Within the convent he faced a group of unruly , ill-disciplined monks ; his tenants at Sandwich were ousted from their houses , and at one point the citizens of Canterbury rose in revolt and threatened to blockade the monks . |
| 19 | He is now investigating if leukaemia cases rose in Orkney and Shetland due to wartime incomers and is also looking at the effects of large construction projects in Britain in the post-war period . |
| 20 | Gina 's voice rose in amazement as , uncertain whether to be horrified or impressed , she met his smug expression . |
| 21 | Her eyebrows rose in astonishment when she saw that somebody had taken her parking place . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Sales rose in September and have continued to rise ever since . |
| 25 | Jenna 's voice rose , her blue eyes wide and angry , and one dark brow rose in surprise as he watched her . |
| 26 | Voices buzzed , then rose in laughter or to make a point more forcibly . |
| 27 | Disgust rose in Theda as she made her way along the gallery . |
| 28 | Her widower , Sir Walter , rose in power and influence . |
| 29 | He dabbled in commerce and was made Chairman of Directors of the Bank of New South Wales ; he was also a Steward of the Sydney Jockey Club , a Magistrate of the colony and President of the Scots Kirk committee . |
| 30 | Mr Fuller , who had been married three times , dealt in second-hand cars and dabbled in property and building . |