Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [conj] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has a tremendous respect for Fowler , adding : ‘ If he applied himself and packed in his job as a taxman he could be the best in the world . |
| 2 | I no longer believed them or believed in them , having to believe in myself as a matter of survival . |
| 3 | This was not done for imperial purposes , but once the navy had been developed it affected everything that happened in English policy . |
| 4 | There was a silence and then he added something that stayed in my mind more than the chains , more , in fact , than anything else he had said . |
| 5 | It shook itself and cracked in the air . |
| 6 | When the British king of Gwynedd in north Wales , Cadwallon ap Cadfan , invaded Eadwine 's territory in 633 or 634 , Penda joined him and participated in the overthrow of Eadwine in battle at Hatfield Chase ( HE 11 , 20 ) . |
| 7 | I 'd rather the mountain killed me than die in some hospital . ’ |
| 8 | But then he restrained himself and said in a quiet voice , ‘ Know anythin' about sailin' ? ’ |
| 9 | Ruth followed her and stood in the doorway . |
| 10 | Lee took them from her and kissed her and whispered in her ear : ‘ Be nice to Conrad , ’ because she knew Philippa considered him decadent and damned . |
| 11 | Both of these lads had bits and pieces on their clothes and bodies that placed them as killed in the house where they were buried . |
| 12 | She recorded everything that passed in the room , but she cared for only one person . |
| 13 | Suddenly the old man grabbed him and whispered in his ear , ‘ Shh ! |
| 14 | Bernard excised it and put in a piece of nylon . ’ |
| 15 | Corbett saw them and straightened in his saddle . |
| 16 | Colt sat at a table outside the café that saw everything that moved in the village . |
| 17 | Simplizissimus lampooned him as clad in tennis clothes and remarking : ‘ Danzig , Danzig ! |
| 18 | This decision has provoked much animus among many who knew him and believed in him , sustaining the view that he had planned to ditch the Labour government . |
| 19 | She reached for his hand , clutched it and dug in her long nails . |
| 20 | I even thought of trying to grab it from her but she put it away in the drawer where she kept it and stood in front of it . |
| 21 | The intrusive authorial voice exemplified in this passage , and generally typical of the classic novel — the voice that confides , comments , explains and sometimes scolds — the voice to which we rather casually give the name that appears on the title-page ( Henry Fielding , Charles Dickens , George Eliot , or whoever ) is the most obvious sign that these writers saw themselves as engaged in an act of communication with their readers . |
| 22 | Cautiously she admitted it but said in the same breath that it was of no consequence because her father had died for political reasons . |
| 23 | Frank did nothing but sit in the house for two days silent and with tears . |
| 24 | Then she excused herself and went in search of a strong cup of tea . |
| 25 | I dug into the War Bag , drew out the air-pistol , cocked it and fired in one movement . |
| 26 | The coins show that contemporary Romans kept returning to the iconography not just of war , but of conquest , and that they presented themselves as following in the footsteps of Alexander ; this is an important contribution to our understanding of their aspirations at the time . |
| 27 | If I never did anything but sit in this room and powder my face and tell you what a clever fool you are , i should still be heavens high above the millions of common women who do their domestic duty , and sacrifice themselves , and run Trade departments and all the rest of the vulgarities . |
| 28 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 29 | It was quite a new idea over here , you did n't do your washing at home but brought it out to these machines , and the courteous manager greeted you and put in the soap powder for you , and had the clothes all ready for you when you came back , but was n't alas , as it turned out , much of a hand at doing the accounts . |
| 30 | She recalled Alain Gebrec 's warning that the edge was unstable in places ; panic threatened to take over ; she was on the point of abandoning the whole insane exercise when , almost at the very edge of the cliff , she spotted something that gleamed in the sun . |