Example sentences of "[vb past] in [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile Swindon drew in what could be a dress rehersal for the Division one play offs . |
| 2 | He demonstrated to me an Ergoline 35-tube sunbed in which a man lies full length . |
| 3 | Dag Hammarskjold 's United Nations aircraft crashed in what was then the Belgian Congo 31 years ago , killing everyone on board . |
| 4 | Each had bell-like clarity of a tone ( a kind of Belinda-ish voice ) , each rejoiced in what she was singing , and each was an adorable person . |
| 5 | She swam in what she hoped was the direction of the stairs , only to come up against a wall . |
| 6 | There 's also another problem with land reform in I ca n't really see how they could implement land reform without reverting to similar sorts of they used in which is defining class distinctions and the chaos that that causes and the problems it causes erm it is almost as if , if you go back to erm settling of accounts |
| 7 | Up and down the country mini-celebrations occurred in what the official guide called in that unmistakeable paternalistic tone of the period , ‘ spontaneous expressions of citizenship ’ . |
| 8 | Recalling his comfortable officers ' quarters in the south , he commented that ‘ the ballot of the ensuing summer renewed our vigour and youth ’ , but the working-men of the north resisted having their lives interrupted and at Hexham in Northumberland a serious anti-ballot riot occurred in which 42 men were killed and another 48 wounded . |
| 9 | ‘ I believed in what I was doing , ’ he told the lawyers , smarting at the implication that maybe he did n't ; ‘ Once I talked to Ollie the first or second time , man I believed . ’ |
| 10 | Here was a back-to-the-wall President who BELIEVED in what he was saying and who shifted opinion overnight with a high-risk tour de force which seems to have swung next week 's referendum . |
| 11 | Those trapped in the crush at Hillsborough who were fortunate enough to escape without injury have no claim in respect of the distress they suffered in what must have been a truly terrifying experience . |
| 12 | This prose is emotion recollected in what began as indignation and has ended as apprehension . |
| 13 | On 1 September , as Mr Harrison says , ‘ only the so-called uncontroversial bits came in which do n't require any consultation . |
| 14 | From this Time to that of her Death , few Days pass 'd in which I did not either see or hear from her ; for she gave me the Pleasure of seeing all her Poems as soon as they were finish 'd |
| 15 | ‘ She was the eldest , ’ he murmured in what sounded like reluctant explanation , ‘ but the farm and the house were left to me , as the eldest son . |
| 16 | As he turned and handed the binoculars to his elder brother he frowned in what he hoped was a manly , intent manner and tried to make his voice sound casual . |
| 17 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 18 | The shooting happened in what is usually a quiet section of the French Quarter on a street lined with historic buildings serving as apartments , hotels and restaurants . |
| 19 | Realising that he was not only wasting his time until the storm abated but also endangering his life , George turned in what he hoped was the right direction for home . |
| 20 | For nearly four years Tony has lain in a coma , sustained by a feeding tube but trapped in what one doctor described as a ‘ living death ’ . |
| 21 | According to Katherine Rogers , a zealous defence of sexual reputation entailed a negative moral standard : virtue consisted in what was not done . |
| 22 | Her love showed in what she gave . |
| 23 | In the first storey a light showed in what was probably one of the Palace 's drawing-rooms or studies . |
| 24 | Burton joined in what was a disaster . |
| 25 | Alison arrived in what she described as her ‘ old school tights ’ and a pair of Jigsaw hotpants . |
| 26 | In the seventh century , the Irish monk Gallus left his cell , and travelling by way of Scotland , arrived in what was described as " the green wilderness between the Lake of Constance and Santis " . |
| 27 | She nodded in what she hoped was an equally casual manner and followed him across the crowded foyer to the social club . |
| 28 | Social liberals , like Booth and Rowntree , and Fabians , like Sydney and Beatrice Webb , may have differed in their views on the extent and the permanence of the provision of state welfare that they advocated , but shared an interest in what they saw as the factual demonstration of the extent of poverty which existed in what was still regarded as the major industrial and political power . |
| 29 | The other prong of the attack was the political lobbying and the use of such institutions and fora as were open to the group , though few state-sponsored fora existed in which the long-term concerns of the DUC could be articulated . |
| 30 | In the past a social science environment existed in which there were ( a ) computer users and ( b ) non-computer users . |