Example sentences of "in a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He faces seven rivals , including Kentucky Derby contender Dr Devious , who impressed Cash Asmussen in a gallop at Newbury on Saturday . |
| 2 | Tom Lawlor , another noted Irish photographer , is on record as pointing out that too many photographers assume that every assignment requires the lensperson to be enveloped in a labyrinth of cameras , telescopic lenses and what-not , whereas he invariably goes out on a shoot with very basic equipment and no accessories . |
| 3 | This themed experience is set in a labyrinth of passages , caverns and secret chambers , 60 feet below ground ! |
| 4 | Set in a labyrinth of passages and secret chambers deep below ground , realistic recreation of past dark deeds are dramatically brought to life with scenic effects and spectacular sounds and lighting . |
| 5 | The Smugglers Adventure is set in a labyrinth of caverns , tunnels and secret passages deep under the West Hill . |
| 6 | I slipped past the dozing duo , and found myself in a labyrinth of corridors . |
| 7 | They planted him in a cemetery in Norwood about three weeks ago . ’ |
| 8 | Vivien Eliot was buried in a cemetery in Pinner , Middlesex ; her husband and her brother were among the few mourners . |
| 9 | On the boulder that lay against the rough stone stump of the Cross two men were standing , waving torn papers and conducting the crowd in a chorus of jeers . |
| 10 | They admired his courage and pace but warned him about his frame in a jungle of South African man-mountains . |
| 11 | Floridian sandwiches , on the other hand , filled up an entire tray and if there was any bread it lurked deep in a jungle of cress and lettuce . |
| 12 | The house was right down at the bottom of the street , and I moved like a ghost from lamp to lamp , tiptoeing for some reason , as if I were in a jungle in dread of attracting the attention of wild animals prowling near me . |
| 13 | The heavily wooded area was criss-crossed with tracks , some leading to farm buildings , others leading to a barn in a clearing of corn , the whole scene , particularly at night , required vigilance as the enemy had mined the well-worn tracks . |
| 14 | She 'd been so immersed in the music , letting it wash over her , uplifting her , that she had n't even realised that the car had turned into a short driveway to stop outside a luxurious chalet-type building set in a clearing of beech trees . |
| 15 | Mrs Binks was very fat and a filthy dress hung shapelessly on her as she slumped , cigarette in mouth , over the kitchen table She was absorbed in a magazine which lay in a clearing among mounds of dirty dishes and her curlers nodded as she looked up briefly at us . |
| 16 | Leaves may be submerged under a dropping of dung , soused in a downpour of urine , trodden on , pulled into the ground by earthworms ( further shades of Darwin ) or damaged by frost . |
| 17 | The ironical thing was that all the time , in a stack in Hilbert 's desk , secured by a rubber band , were fifty or so old postcards collected by Hilbert and Lilian presumably on early travels and among them were two of Greece , one of Mount Lycabettos and the other the very view Rufus had spoken of so scathingly . |
| 18 | Either way , it looks like women will be as eager as men to invest in a tux for Christmas . |
| 19 | She reached Rome via Assisi , and , though she found shelter in a hospice for pilgrims , she was soon turned out . |
| 20 | In Dying Happy , which is only 1500 words long , I used a man in a hospice as narrator . |
| 21 | Since giving up playing the piano in the Soho bar , he had had a job as a receptionist and switchboard operator in a hospice in Kilburn . |
| 22 | She 'd survived , however , and eleven years later was still a resident in a hospice in Sussex , witless as ever . |
| 23 | In 303 a Christian named Copres from the Nile valley , engaged in a lawsuit over property , went to Alexandria to present his case and was disconcerted to discover that he would be required to participate in some act of idolatry , such as a sacrifice or an oath by the emperor 's genius , as a condition of litigation . |
| 24 | He represents Marilyn Heaton and her 18-year-old daughter Tara who are seeking damages in a lawsuit in Tennessee , America . |
| 25 | She made these allegations in a lawsuit against Macchio , charging him with physical abuse and breach of contract . |
| 26 | Tuesday looks like an oasis in a desert of work and effort so make sure you plunge headlong into its refreshing and revitalising waters . |
| 27 | William paid his five guineas to the Abney Park Cemetery Company , Ltd. , in exchange for ‘ exclusive right in perpetuity ’ of burial in a plot of ground 6′ 6″ by 2′ 6″ — no. 62,076 , square L9 . |
| 28 | My father 's involvement in a plot on Hitler 's life was as a German . |
| 29 | French toddlers have been teaching a Middlesbrough sixth former who went to work in a nursery in France . |
| 30 | It was Cam Robbie , whom I had last seen during the war twenty-five years earlier , when he was drummer of a rather tatty three-piece outfit in a night-club in George Street . |