Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be careful that you do n't end up writing a novel or get bogged down in pseudo poetry with no end in view . |
| 2 | Erm now okay I accept that erm what you 're getting now or starting to get through in some areas is a higher degree of expectation , but if we 're not achieving that then I think it 's something to do with what we 're , the way in which we 're , we 're operating rather than the fact that it is n't achievable . |
| 3 | Scarlet supposed she should be grateful that her daughter had not shaved her head , tattooed her nose or chosen to go around in floor-length black , hung about with chains and crucifixes like so many of the girls on the streets . |
| 4 | On this basis , art treasures which have been misplaced , lost or have ended up in private collections should either be returned or covered by compensation from the guilty party ’ . |
| 5 | That 's the thing that needs bucking up in this school … |
| 6 | In fact , it 's a term that could be aptly used to describe that whole flowery genre of catch-all fiddle-and-flute pop that has sprouted up in this country since Mike Scott first became an executive member of An Bord lascaigh Mhara . |
| 7 | One of the reasons that Britain habitually trails in this sort of event is the culture of dogged amateurism that has grown up in recent years . |
| 8 | In the face of this central problem , the valuable work that has gone on in recent years in narratology , and other aspects of fictional form , is curiously difficult to apply in practice . |
| 9 | It may well be the same story that has come down in two different strands of tradition . |
| 10 | Everyone , I 'm sure , has a ‘ little black dress ’ type of pattern , by which I mean a perennial favourite that gets made up in different yarns and colours over the years for various celebrations , parties and so on . |
| 11 | It only reminded her of how she and Trish had hooted with laughter when they 'd seen the engraved invitations that had gone out in three languages for this evening 's showing . |
| 12 | It also stands accused of murdering the much-loved area around the old Bull Ring market that had grown up in piecemeal fashion over the 800 years since Birmingham was granted a market charter in 1150 . |
| 13 | The few guests that remained stood about in small , shocked groups . |
| 14 | I mean there are some Conservatives who do actually believe in the social welfare of the but there are also , I 'm I 'm sure there are large numbers who actually know what vicious streak there is behind a lot of the other measures of social control that have gone on in this country since consensus was in nineteen seventy nine er you actually realise what what a tragedy it is in this area . |
| 15 | At Chessington attendances pretty well stood still , again a very good performance in my view and er , justification for the capital spending that 's gone on in recent years to bring that er , to bring Chessington to where we want it to be . |
| 16 | Because there 's obviously a concern inside that viewer that 's come out in 90 per cent of other artists ’ work . ’ |
| 17 | Ringed plover and sanderling pass through in great numbers on their way further south . |
| 18 | But he was a bit of a womaniser and got mixed up in some scandal ; I never knew the whole story . |
| 19 | And came running back in stark terror a few minutes later as if all the hounds of hell were after him , and Preston , who thought they were , a half-length behind all the way back to the alley behind their two houses where they stopped to get their breath back before they went in . |
| 20 | He hated the sun and used to curl up in shadowy places . |
| 21 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 22 | It is appropriate here to step back from the detail of party politics and to attempt to draw out in general terms the conditions producing this weakening hold of governments over popular support . |
| 23 | You may decide to ponder on why sometimes you are the centre of attention and why at others you are an outsider , or how alliances are formed , or why a group works well in one situation and becomes bogged down in other circumstances ' ? |
| 24 | There is a great natural temptation for new members to cast doubts on the worth of pursuing an existing project and to want to push off in new directions . |
| 25 | Human relationships can not usually be kept within neat bounds by both partners , but tend to spill over in deep emotions of pain and anger . |
| 26 | The league 's newest club , who switched from the North West Durham League during the winter , lost their first two games of the new campaign , but have bounced back in recent weeks with wins against Mainsforth and Hetton Lyons . |
| 27 | Duff , who won the title when representing Auchinleck back in 1988 , but now resident in England and representing his new country , looked to be heading for the quarter-finals when he opened up a 6-1 final-set lead over Dennis Catunarich . |
| 28 | The scales are certainly atomic , so we are entitled to regard these charges at the surfaces as having spread out in two dimensions only . |