Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | One example , suggesting that we may be able mentally to rotate objects , was mentioned at the end of the last chapter , and a second , in this one , demonstrated that we do in fact recognize sets of similar markings ( note that a psychological demonstration that we can do something , and an account of a calculation which would enable us to do so , are quite different things ) . |
| 2 | As long ago as 1893 , I.S. Leadam demonstrated that they did in fact enjoy the protection of the courts . |
| 3 | It helped that they believed in his faked war record and legends such as that the religious leader Gregorio Aglipay inserted a slither of wood into Marcos 's back before the Bataan campaign in 1942 , allegedly giving him magic powers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Keith proposed and they married in the Philippines . |
| 6 | So I stood by the door and I never moved till he went in oh he said But with a caravan I do n't know . |
| 7 | The allegation had been spoken so quietly that he doubted whether she had in fact heard it . |
| 8 | The plight of Ian X , a 23-year-old Ayrshire man who has a mental age of six , surfaced when he appeared in court after getting into trouble for the first time with the police , and was sent to Barlinnie in the absence of any hospital or social work establishment willing to take him into care . |
| 9 | Eva grumbled as she stood in the cold , carrying her case . |
| 10 | Roman winced as he took in her fragile appearance , and Claudia , on her part , wondered why he did n't look either well or happy , while Dana was positively blooming . |
| 11 | However , Honderich himself throws up difficulties with regard to his third point , in that Conservatism must have been at least partly responsible for the ‘ decent ’ society he found when he arrived in Britain thirty years ago . |
| 12 | His voice trembled as he stood in the pulpit . |
| 13 | Then we realized that we believe in lust as much as we believe in love . |
| 14 | The kangaroo court decided the punishment must fit the crime and ruled that he stay in his cell during the jailhouse comedy . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It asked that they turn in their " heavy and medium-calibre weapons and ammunition " no later than April 30 . |
| 17 | ‘ It will be said and believed that you lay in wait for Aldhelm and killed him , so that he could never point the finger at you . ’ |
| 18 | The Bishop in his reply added that he had in fact consecrated a third pro-Cathedral ; after extensive repairs , St George 's in York had been re-consecrated by him . |
| 19 | They either assumed that what appeared in such a paper was nonsense or establishment propaganda , or they read such papers as the Manchester Guardian , as it was then called . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Not if I have anything to do with it , ’ she muttered as she plugged in her hair-dryer . |
| 23 | The crunch came when they moved in the police . |
| 24 | Erm I came when I came in England I came here . |
| 25 | I reluctantly agreed and we went in silence down the mist-shrouded Thames to that narrow , evil fortress . |
| 26 | I agreed and we stood in silence for a minute , gazing at the pile of crumpled metal . |
| 27 | One unlocked and you got in touch with the station and they would contact the key-keeper and they would come out and lock the place up . |
| 28 | On March 26 the US State Department confirmed that it had in July 1991 denied a visa to Narong because of suspicions over his role in heroin trading . |
| 29 | After the election the new government in November 1990 again expressed its support for the ban and confirmed that it remained in place . |
| 30 | When Eliot became a Christian in 1927 he declared that he found in reading Paul Elmer More , with whose Shelburne Essays he had shown familiarity in 1916 , the work of someone who had travelled by almost the same route , to virtually the same conclusions . |