Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv prt] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drawing once again on the detective genre , Pynchon complicates the linear hunt for information , partly by rendering every detail as ambiguous as possible and partly by having Oedipa literally go round in a huge circle when she is pursuing an ‘ underground ’ mail courier . |
| 2 | foot size is a two , they usually end up in a three erm in flat shoes like this for the width I 've got very big feet |
| 3 | People who feel that way are quite special and always end up in a mangled mess . ’ |
| 4 | As far as I know , there are only two still in existence : one , the U.505 , was captured by an American task force towards the end of the war , towed up the St Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago where a special cradle was built for it to cross the Lake Shore Drive and then set up in a little house of its own in the Museum of Science and Industry . |
| 5 | He then set out in a violent storm and heavy snow for Fort William , where he hoped to take the oath in the presence of the local commander of government troops . |
| 6 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 7 | Eventually it was just a dark dot way up in the shy , almost unrecognisable except for the distinctive flight pattern : it would glide round in a circle , then soar off in a straight line , helped along by the wind , and finally resume its circular flight again . |
| 8 | Sylvie paused and then burst out in a shrill laugh , before leaving the room . |