Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] in [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the flatter stretches they talked and laughed : where the path rose more steeply they lapsed into silence , each lost in her own thoughts .
2 The men fell silent once more , each lost in his own thoughts
3 Taking the prince by the hand , she continued , ‘ Lo , here is this gentleman whom I doubt not would be safely kept by me , if I were permitted ; and well as I know there be some deadly enemies to my blood , that if they knew where any lay in their own bodies , they would let it out if they could ! ’
4 As we sat waiting , each wrapped in her own morning thoughts , a small three-year-old girl came quietly through the door , dragging a piece of black veiling behind her .
5 They were each wrapped in their own thoughts .
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