Example sentences of "in a [noun] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seaweed floats loosely around in a sea churned up by the stormy waters . |
| 2 | So once Posi had drifted the ship down near the surface , I prepared myself for my descent — the cylinder in a carry-net slung over one shoulder , a hand raised to hold on to my hairpiece . |
| 3 | In a proclamation made soon after his accession he declared his intention to enforce the Forest laws ‘ which are as ancient and authentic as the Great Charter ’ . |
| 4 | A pilot who died when his light plane crashed in a wood had once survived another crash just a few miles away . |
| 5 | On the other hand opposition , in a Parliament organized strictly on party lines , implies a situation in which it is very hard to secure majority support for your own ideas . |
| 6 | We found the village easily enough , though anyone travelling in the area in a Porsche had better not blink . |
| 7 | ‘ The wild swan hurries high and noises loud/ with white neck peering to the evening cloud , ’ and ‘ Coy bum barrels [ long-tailed tits ] twenty in a drove/ lit down the hedgerows in the frozen plain/ and hang on little twigs and start again . ‘ |
| 8 | This way the battery pack sits in a pouch tied around your waist and the connecting wire goes straight up your back , up your neck and sits snugly in your fringe . |
| 9 | He beamed and in a while went on , ‘ Except for the engineers , the same crew will stay with the train to Vancouver ! ’ |
| 10 | And all this in a conflict fought halfheartedly by many Norfolk farmers who had only an eye for renewed state intervention . |
| 11 | On one side of the fireplace a grey-haired woman was absorbed in some needlework whilst on the other side , with her back to us , a young girl crouched over a book , loudly reciting a French poem in a voice shot through with gaiety and laughter . |
| 12 | I won twice though in a run did n't I me , more or less |
| 13 | The same is probably true of the holonym in a pair related meronymously . |
| 14 | Later I found it — in a drawer tucked away , |
| 15 | A person 's lifetime experience is understood as the outcome of this permanent struggle to ‘ re-invent ’ one 's being in a universe made up of things , relationships , self and the transpersonal ( Van Deurzen-Smith , 1984 ) . |
| 16 | A man in a suit came up beside her and made some remark which caused Jane to throw her head back and cackle . |
| 17 | By selling security X short and investing the proceeds in a portfolio made up of the risk-free asset and security Y , a riskless return may be obtained . |
| 18 | Having eight men from outside the continent in a race did not seem to me to be good business . |
| 19 | While most residents were in fairly frequent contact with relatives and friends from outside the home , one in five of those who spent all the last twelve months of their lives in a home had either no visitors at all or less than one visit a month . |
| 20 | The a mini drew up and a young woman in a mini-skirt got out . |
| 21 | It is best made at the last possible moment , although it can be kept warm for a short time in a bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
| 22 | Break up the chocolate and place it in a bowl set over a saucepan of hot , but not boiling , water . |
| 23 | ‘ Last night two Indians in a pick-up came down from Chilete . ’ |
| 24 | Work in a museum did not encourage the study of what we should now call ecological relationships . |
| 25 | When mussels have opened , drain them in a colander set over a bowl . |
| 26 | This account of his life and work is included as a reminder of how one man , from unremarkable beginnings , could have such a remarkable impact in a sphere characterized only by indifference . |
| 27 | I travelled in a bucket strapped below |
| 28 | But er I should say myself that er it all depended on the man really you know in a way did n't it , either one way or th other . |
| 29 | Whether it is flying through the valleys of Norway in a landscape lit only by the dim glow of the snow-covered mountains , or across the almost solid darkness of Salisbury Plain , you ca n't beat flying with the owls and the bats . |
| 30 | His most famous invention , however , was a stone xylophone , invented when Neddy noticed that a stone he had found in a beck gave out a clear note when struck . |