Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time required to pass a barge up and or barge down in a 50 feet balance lift would be approximately say 15 minutes . |
| 2 | Not even Jane 's tender digestion would keep her from tonight 's dancing , and nor did she have any real fear of meeting her husband , for Jane well knew Sharpe 's reluctance to dance or to dress up in a frippery uniform , but the possibility of his presence was an alarming thought that she could not resist exploring . |
| 3 | If nothi if you , you do n't have an external force acting on something it just to remain stationary or , or carry on in a straight line and fixed speed , if . |
| 4 | In one unique fish , the imperial angelfish , the juveniles are covered in white lines that curve round in a special pattern that centres all one 's attention on the tail end . |
| 5 | This may mean returning it to the dealer or manufacturer , but certainly not incinerating it or throwing it out with other household waste that ends up in a shallow landfill . |
| 6 | The third common explanation suggested that growing up in a white racist society and with few positive black public images created low self-esteem and self-concept in black children which in turn led to poor performance in schools . |
| 7 | The bits and pieces of competitor information that flow by in a constant stream may be true or false , relevant or irrelevant , confirmed or unconfirmed , positive or negative , deceptive or insightful . |
| 8 | If we believe , and many of us do , in unitary local government — one door to knock on and one set of people to hold to account — we must give them something to do other than riding around in a civic car pretending that they are important and delivering nothing , responsive to no demands , not aspiring to change and improvement , and not even doing what the Conservatives of old did in the Chamberlain era when there was the sort of socialism that is now anathema to the Tory party . |
| 9 | The office was smaller and tidier than the one used by Inside Out , although laid out in a similar way with desks back to back . |
| 10 | If the universe is indeed spatially infinite , or if there are infinitely many universes , there would probably be some large regions somewhere that started out in a smooth and uniform manner . |
| 11 | There are two groups of tropical diseases of importance ; those that are sexually transmitted — chancroid , granuloma inguinale , and lymphogranuloma venereum , and those that , although passed on in a non-sexual fashion , are closely related to syphilis and may be confused with it . |
| 12 | The kiss was achingly sweet , a lingering delicious sensation that spun out in a timeless band of teasing exploration and honeyed conquest . |
| 13 | If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal . |
| 14 | PARIS — The French Army , fatigued by khaki , is to get a new ‘ modular ’ uniform designed by Pierre Balmain and made up in a grey-blue colour known as Terre de France . |
| 15 | This will differ according to the richness of the environment provided by the home and the wider community , but all children live and grow up in a print-rich world full of writing and people who write . |
| 16 | Thus , once again , there is considerable potential for teachers to become confused between the relative demands of these two quite different approaches to moderation and caught up in a great deal of additional work . |
| 17 | Now John Burnett found his good-natured and impressionable son falling under the spell of two far more intelligent men of dubious opinions , and caught up in a wild scheme for emigration to America . |
| 18 | This nearly always results in drifting further back without much gain of height and ending up in a worse situation than before . |
| 19 | But the yacht would be a pounding hell if caught out in a rough sea . |
| 20 | Not only that , but one imagines such huts to be found in the very heart of the wilderness , where one can not ascend a peak and walk out in a single day , and must take shelter for the night . |
| 21 | But then they had seen a number of man-things leap from the line of vehicles in front of the blazing building , and spread out in a loose line . |
| 22 | All these things make their own contribution and add up in a complex way . |
| 23 | One of the locomotives ( No 73123 ) was named Gatwick Express and turned out in a new livery to match the refurbished Mark 2 stock . |
| 24 | Where they used to rely on incessant effects , now they are n't afraid to leave gaps and swoon around in a beautiful noise of their own making . |
| 25 | Basinger evaded reporters and cameramen as she left the courthouse Wednesday , leaving by a sidedoor and rushing off in a black sedan . |
| 26 | Faded now to dirty cream , and thrust down in a crumpled ball to the base of the chest — but still instantly known . |
| 27 | Miss Merchiston opened the door and called out in a piercing shriek for Mrs Diggory . |
| 28 | Markby ‘ did the honours ’ and settled down in a vast , chintz-covered , feather-cushioned armchair . |
| 29 | The weary little hedgehog stumbled into the leafy nest and curled up in a prickly ball . |
| 30 | The two bombs were attached to the hull of the Rainbow Warrior , berthed at Marsden Wharf , at around 8.30 p.m. and at about 9.30 p.m. a man wearing a red woollen hat was seen abandoning a Zodiac dinghy near the Outboard Boating Club in Hobson 's Bay and then climbing up the embankment to Tamaki Drive where he was picked up and driven off in a camper van . |