Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To qualify as a model foster parent you had to be at the wealthier level of the middle class , with an already established family ; it helped if you lived in the country ( away from urban enticements ) , spoke a little German , and could tolerate moody children who suffered bouts of depression and were inclined to long silences . |
| 2 | Keith proposed and they married in the Philippines . |
| 3 | Eva grumbled as she stood in the cold , carrying her case . |
| 4 | His voice trembled as he stood in the pulpit . |
| 5 | Everything about him , from the sleek black head to the jutting strength of his jawline , to the broad , strong , self-satisfied bulk of him at ease in the chair , announced that he knew in the fibre of his being that his touch was anything but abhorrent to her . |
| 6 | Outwardly he was calm and composed as he walked in the warm evening sunshine towards the House , but like the swans gliding serenely across the water , he too was paddling like hell underneath . |
| 7 | It 's a dream for me to be here making an album with them ’ she added as she arrived in the UK five months after her visit to record ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ . |
| 8 | The crunch came when they moved in the police . |
| 9 | One investigation aimed at characterisation of this response showed that it differs in the various colonic segments , with the proximal ones displaying brisk and less sustained contractile activity than the distal ones . |
| 10 | The mother 's health deteriorated and she died in the bed . |
| 11 | That 's the way I turned when I went in the jail . |
| 12 | The stars were fading , the half moon had set ; the land behind floated in the blind blackness , with nicks of silver where the leaves of certain trees shone as they moved in the breeze , as if it were an irregular and battered meteorite floating in the emptiness . |
| 13 | Emily sighed as she stood in the shabby kitchen . |
| 14 | A bell tinkled as he went in the shop . |
| 15 | ‘ It was just the way she acted when I went in the cell . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's a lovely thought , ’ she breathed as they sat in the shade to drink their wine . |
| 17 | The crowd had parted to let them through , and Kathleen 's fear for herself vanished as she took in the scene . |
| 18 | Mosasaurs , when not head-butting each other , were deep-diving sea hunters , and evidence of avascular necrosis in their bone structure hinted that they suffered in the same way as did human divers — they had frequent spells of the ‘ bends ’ . |
| 19 | Although it was relatively ineffective , the fact that it was considerably safer than mercury meant that it remained in the pharmacopoeia of many countries until the twentieth century . |
| 20 | Sometimes she dreamed that she stood in the dock of some great court , accused of terrible crimes , at others that she was having to use all her skill to free Anthony of a capital charge and failing . |
| 21 | We saw that he prayed in the verse at the end of last Sunday 's passage ; he prays in verse 33 as well . |
| 22 | Then I thought that she lived in the cottage — Maria looked after her , perhaps ; or perhaps this room that was to be mine for the week-end was normally hers . |
| 23 | Louisa felt a little helpless before his diffident manner , and she was surprised when Emilia insisted that she remain in the room throughout Frere 's third visit ; surprised and discomfited , for it was not a happy interview . |
| 24 | She was much better , hardly coughing at all , and she sang while she worked in the kitchen . |
| 25 | If only that was what I felt when I looked in the mirror , instead of anxiety over these little springs of steel . |
| 26 | All she felt as she lay in the dark was that Nicky could not satisfy her . |
| 27 | The strongest smell on the roof , though , was of the coke that sang as it burned in the brazier . |
| 28 | ‘ I am responsible , ’ she thought as they sat in the train and Victoria pulled up seat cushions to see what lay beneath them and Jonathon studied a diagram of the rigging on a schooner . |
| 29 | And that , Morgan thought as he stirred in the chair , was when I advised caution . |
| 30 | Darwin deduced that it happened in the past from what he saw happening today-as in the finches and turtles of the Galapagos Islands . |