Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , in the last days of November , a telegram arrived she knew what it must contain and trembled as she held it in her hand . |
| 2 | Her whole body trembled as he took her in his arms . |
| 3 | Where , in competition with the liquidator of an insolvent company , a creditor of the company was successful in obtaining a renewal of the certificate ( though he had neither right to , nor possession of , the premises in respect of which the certificate was granted ) and admitted that he held it in trust for the company 's creditors , he was ordered to deliver up the certificate to the liquidator : Wm . |
| 4 | I noted that he pronounced it in eighteenth-century fashion : ‘ m ’ verse' . |
| 5 | Soon her father returned and he continued it in greater detail . |
| 6 | He gave me a self-conscious grin and then yelped as someone thumped him in the back . |
| 7 | The emphasis on pace bowling meant that he found himself in a rather curious position . |
| 8 | He turned to look at Myeloski , peering urgently out of the window as the traffic stacked up and made movement impossible , and knew that he had nothing in common with these people , nothing that could be shared because of his blood . |
| 9 | I thought that they appointed somebody in charge . |
| 10 | Which meant if I did it in year three , which I 'd liked to , then you 'd obviously equal or went into drama . |
| 11 | ‘ Love at first sight ’ is a very apt description of how I felt when I saw you in church today . ’ |
| 12 | The poem is remarkable for its Gothic horrors and its energy , for example : This is not a ‘ Wordsworthian ’ view of Nature , but it helps to explain what the poet meant when he told us in The Prelude that he was haunted by mysterious ‘ presences ’ during childhood and youth ; The Vale of Esthwaite anticipates The Prelude in other ways — the interest is in the mind of the poet , and the effect of the imagination on landscape . |
| 13 | He looked so gorgeous that she tripped as she reached him in her high red heels , and landed against his hard chest with a gasp of shocked pleasure . |
| 14 | He looked , he thought as he examined himself in the mirror , more than usually hideous . |
| 15 | ‘ I came because I liked what I saw when you passed me in the corridor back in Helsinki . |
| 16 | On the day of the interviews I noticed that Jenny Ball was smartly dressed and in particular I also saw that she was wearing a wedding ring ; an item of jewellery that she seldom wore when I saw her in school on other days . |
| 17 | Commenting on the incident , Nguza said that it confirmed him in his decision to suspend the conference . |
| 18 | ‘ Right , ’ he said as he settled himself in the chair . |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Marsh , I wonder if I might accept your offer of help , ’ she said when she found him in the vestry . |
| 20 | erm it 's concerning the photograph , and she just wondered if you had anything in mind for the photograph or if , if you wanted to leave it up to the press ? |
| 21 | Sultry looks had been a speciality of hers for some years , so much so that Matthew sometimes wondered whether she practised them in front of a mirror for ten minutes each day . |