Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] in [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 was paralysed from the chest down in an abseiling accident 12 years ago and has championed fund raising for research into the treatment of orthopaedic patients .
2 For statistics alone are unlikely to stop a 17-year-old putting his foot down in a lethal weapon .
3 To get into the medieval way of things and because it 's cheap , we all camp down in the same room hence this is not a society for the bashful ( light sleepers are advised ear plugs ) .
4 In one house , on the corner , there was a light on in the front bedroom .
5 The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them .
6 She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser .
7 All they could do now was to turn Moat Hall upside down in the forlorn hope something remained in the near-derelict place to hint at its erstwhile owner 's present refuge .
8 Before we leave erm seventeen fours erm sheet , the there was a question I 'd have , I think it 's probably addressed to Graham rather than anything , nothing personal about this , er , the actual state of equivalent in the month , the third figure down in the last box
9 To get all the silly voices over in the same day Johnnie Walker will be presenting his morning programme on Radio 5 from there on Thursday .
10 " They 're always like that , gassing their heads off in a public shop .
11 You can have three choirs singing their heads off in the separate sections without any of them disturbing the other .
12 ‘ I want to think about it and will probably make my mind up in the next day or two . ’
13 ‘ We 've just got to get our heads up in the second half of the season and go all out to qualify for Europe again . ’
14 Villa had their tails up in the second half and Atkinson and Staunton both had chances to increase their lead .
15 I am proposing to ponder the question of Letterman 's script up in the higher altitudes .
16 She finishes what she is doing , gives herself a resolute shake and lets the sea breeze dry her , rises slowly , pulls her dark blue tights up in an unhurried manner , and adjusts her skirt .
17 ‘ An ’ then he prosecutes us for cuttin' animals up in a public place , ’ Jake went on .
18 As your journey takes you into the lush splendour of the Dee Valley , one landmark in particular stands out in a dazzling blaze of colour .
19 He knocked Corbett out in the fourteenth round at Carson City , Nevada , in 1897 , with what has been described as the most famous single punch in the history of boxing .
20 Self Inflicted Wound , that was how they had referred to sunburn back in the old days of Counter Insurgency .
21 I played that on almost every album back in the early days ; it 's a black one and it 's a beautiful guitar . ’
22 mm , did you take that tape out in the other room ?
23 If Jitters did n't have a wife and kids back in the old country — which , come to think of it , he probably did n't these days — he might just have dragged Fat Old Stinky Juanita up before the padre and tied the old knot .
24 Together , the pair devised a series of three-year plans — the first was to put the club back in the first division , the second to get the club established in the top third of the table .
25 Neuron Data Inc , Palo Alto , California , will have a version of its Open Interface graphical user interface builder for Univel Inc 's UnixWare out in the first quarter of 1993 .
26 The CBI rejects warnings that companies will hide behind the new anti-hacking laws , rather than make efforts to keep intruders out in the first place .
27 She set all the animals out in a long line , headed by the lions ; a circus parade carved from wood and delicately coloured .
28 Ben clenched his teeth then pulled hard on the right-hand oar , turning the prow slowly towards the distant house , the dark , slick-edged blade biting deep into the glaucous , muscular flow as he hauled the boat about in a tight arc .
29 Obediently , resignedly , he swings the car round in a dangerous U-turn at the next intersection and they flash back towards the airport , the jewel factories and towerblocks of the Bangkok suburbs thinning out again to the dim outlines of swampy fields pierced by palmtree plantations .
30 They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one .
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