Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My relationship with Crossman eventually became in some ways a comic one . |
| 2 | Erm there is a further implication in this conception , and again I quote whosoever therefore out of a state of nature unite into a community must be understood to give up all the power necessary to the ends for which they unite into a society to the majority of the community unless they expressly agreed in any number greater than the majority and this is done where are we by barely agreeing to unite into one political society which is all the compact that is or needs to be between the individuals that enter into or make up a commonwealth . |
| 3 | Local private firms had built up a skilled work force that eventually drew in foreign multinationals on terms acceptable to the government . |
| 4 | Without looking back into the car he suddenly drawled in good English : |
| 5 | Consequently , first thing in the morning when we were all trying to get ready , we constantly got in each other 's way . |
| 6 | Some parts of the country showed more significant growth than others : on the east coast , the number of sailings not only rose in absolute terms between the 1460s and the early sixteenth century , but the proportion of those by English ships approximately doubled , although there were some exports which were largely carried in foreign vessels . |
| 7 | I mean the only country I spent a lot of time in , in , in Europe is Austria , and then I only stopped in remote villages , you know , more or less , so er , I mean they rely on eh , tourist trade , they rely on tourist trade , where , where I 've |
| 8 | Derby are offering trials to three Trinidad and Tobago internationals , Russell Latapy , Leonson Lewis and Philbert Jones , who all played in last month 's World Cup defeat by the United States . |
| 9 | Derby are offering trials to three Trinidad and Tobago internationals , Russell Latapy , Leonson Lewis and Philbert Jones , who all played in last month 's World Cup defeat by the United States . |
| 10 | Nicely menued in full colour , and with up to five overlaid windows of help screens , operations are quite straightforward . |
| 11 | He only played in four Tests but the sweater ( and his knotted silk scarf ) became his uniform . |
| 12 | Bidding was kept lively by a large number of Italian clients who according to one organiser all arrived in open Porsches with Milan number plates and invariably occupied front row seats ‘ flamboyant but not the very rich sort of Italians , you understand ’ , he said . |
| 13 | The lessee in a lease — the defendant so covenanted in this case — covenants in effect that he or his assignee will perform the covenants and observe the conditions contained in it ; and when , as in the present instance , the defendant sets up no performance by himself of the covenants sued on , his defence must be either that his assignee has performed them or that his assignee is in some way as between himself and the lessor absolved from performance . |
| 14 | The white and the gold together shone in holy radiance , and even in the stilted emphasis of embroidery the angel was watchful in its fluttering , heaven-touched thread . |
| 15 | You only kissed in those days . |
| 16 | But , indeed , the whole general effect is to divorce Resident Tutors from the WEA ; the Resident Tutor would be excluded from urban areas , while on the other hand the WEA would be to say the least of it extremely circumscribed in rural areas . |
| 17 | There was no board outside proclaiming it to be a guest house , or hotel , so if it was n't , and they only took in private guests , or friends , she could hardly go dumping herself on them just on the recommendation of someone called Annie , could she ? |
| 18 | A lot of chemical reactions are actually reversible , but the tend to be mainly going very much in one direction , so we just say we just write it as though it only went in one direction . |
| 19 | I was n't there very long cos I only went in one class in Road School . |
| 20 | But his grandfather he only saw in brief glimpses , when James called in the hope of being given a shilling . |
| 21 | Yeah , I know , but this is not Home Alone died in real life ! |
| 22 | This arrangement naturally resulted in frequent complaints by the forest inhabitants about illegal extortion by the foresters . |
| 23 | When the art bubble burst , prices not only fell in this area , they stopped . |
| 24 | ‘ When can we go home ? ’ he suddenly enquired in piercing tones . |
| 25 | Was I now so enmeshed in this world that the role of visitor had changed ? |
| 26 | He apparently continued in this office until 1655 , when , with essentially unchanged duties , he was appointed one of the two chamberlains of the Exchequer and keeper of its records . |
| 27 | ‘ It is your duty , girls , to make your new colleagues feel at home here , ’ ' Portia suddenly said in stentorian tones which made Marie-Hélène burst out in giggles . |
| 28 | It apparently remained in continuous use throughout medieval times ; it figures as the main road from Oxford to Banbury in Ogilby 's road-book ( 1675 ) ; it was turnpiked in the eighteenth century and it still follows its original course after some three thousand years . |
| 29 | Forty eight down held in high esteem held in high esteem held in high esteem |
| 30 | Mr Hannis says the couple he took in stayed in separate rooms . |