Example sentences of "in [Wh det] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOR TWO DAYS I WENT ABOUT RACKING MY BRAINS FOR A PLOT OF ANY SORT ; – ON THE SECOND NIGHT I DREAMED THE SCENE AT THE WINK ) W , AND A SCENE AFTERWARD SPLIT IN TWO , IN WHICH HYDEPURSUED FOR SOME CRIME , TOOK THE POWDER AND UNDERWENT THE CHANGE IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS PURSUERS . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Dimly , in what seemed at that moment to have been another existence altogether , she remembered Jurgen and Horst arguing that there was actually something dynamic and hopeful about the forces of good and innocence being so demonstrably at risk from the satanic . |
| 4 | The conversation he then conducted in what seemed like good Spanish to me — revealed that the weather in the mountains had improved enough to use helicopters in the search . |
| 5 | She was remembering the revelation that had come to her just a few short moments ago , in what seemed like another age now , before Alexander had kissed her . |
| 6 | The room was large , furnished like the private study of a rich and cultured man : desk , chairs and bookcases in what looked like hand-tooled mahogany , a tapestry covering one wall , several ornately framed paintings , a chaise-longue , a couple of wingbacked armchairs . |
| 7 | The first thing I noticed was that the whole of the top half of the house was swathed in what looked like green plastic bandages . |
| 8 | ‘ She told us that you had all been kept in what looked like some palace rooms , about how you were all positioned , never allowed to touch or speak , and that you were watched through little holes in the door . |