Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the result of a planned diversification , they now provide a blend of teacher-training and general education courses with , as yet , a small number of vocationally oriented courses in such areas as business management . |
| 2 | Though Marcus no longer took part in this process , he never missed a single morning ; he liked to know everything that was going on — how many cargo-ships berthed for loading or unloading — how many hours taken to clear each one — how many men needed on every job . |
| 3 | The symptoms , especially noticeable in some spring barleys , range from the odd missing floret to distinctly tapered ears in some wheats where the top and bottom few spikelets have failed to set seed . |
| 4 | Antisemitism also drew support in both countries from working-class people disturbed by the impact of industrialism and large-scale capitalism , and possibly because of the success of big business houses with Jewish names . |
| 5 | He was narrowly pipped at the post on time in the prestigious Derby event and also took runner-up in another speed event . |
| 6 | My initial thoughts that the process of filming during the meetings and workshops might inhibit the participants from speaking their minds , was quickly dispelled when I later took part in several workshops at Highlander and discovered ( with some amazement ) , that the camera crew quickly became ‘ invisible ’ as people got their teeth into the subject matter . |
| 7 | " A plague such as never before ravaged England in this year . |
| 8 | The more the United States was seen to take the lead — especially at the UN — the better the prospect , so Eisenhower correctly calculated , of preventing yet more harshly worded motions in that forum . |
| 9 | I had been reading in Shelvocke 's Voyages , a day or two before , that , while doubling Cape Horn , they frequently saw albatrosses in that latitude , the largest sort of sea-fowl … |
| 10 | She paused , then took courage in both hands and walked in with deceptive boldness . |
| 11 | So again , if A was tenant in tail , and B tenant in fee simple in reversion , the failure of A's issue at his death , or at any later time , would vest the fee simple in possession in whatever person then represented B. In such cases ownership , we may say , was cut up into lengths called estates . |
| 12 | She obediently played sports in all weathers without complaint . |
| 13 | Agnes never took part in such conversations ; she never spoke badly of Paul , even though she sensed that this alienated her somewhat from other women . |
| 14 | We never saw sweets in those days . |
| 15 | Bright too had misgivings in this area , particularly about size of the single conductor , and asked for it to be enlarged . |