Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew roughly where he was , or he knew in theory , and he stumbled slowly along in a westerly direction , sometimes holding onto the trunk of a birch tree . |
| 2 | What was your priorities when you were doing that , what were your priorities as far as , was it to get it all down or was it just to get in down in a particular way what what do you see as the priorities when you were talking about doing it ? |
| 3 | Cardinals need a temperature between 73–79°F ( 23–26°C ) , and would be better off in a warmer tank of their own . |
| 4 | The world seemed to tilt and spin and fold itself inside out in a volcanic eruption of pleasure … |
| 5 | Then there was Whistler , who strode doggedly on in a frayed tweed overcoat , summer and winter , always with his head down as if he were in the teeth of a gale , shrilly whistling — in perfect tune — a repertoire which extended from old music hall to Elgar . |
| 6 | When Fagin left her , Nancy was already back in a drunken sleep , her head lying on the table once more . |
| 7 | Whatever its merits , however , it will have to live in the shadow of W T Stearn , whose magisterial Stearn 's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners is already out in a revised edition ( Cassell , 1992 , £16.99 , 0 304 34149 5 ) , and whose Botanical Latin has just appeared in a 4th edition ( David & Charles , £25 0 7153 0052 0 ) . |
| 8 | Haydn Davies slammed 73 no and Javed Iqbal 58 not out in an unbroken stand of 140 . |
| 9 | Former Defence Minister Ariel Sharon discredited during the war in Lebanon , possibly back in a prominent post . |
| 10 | Lee Sharpe is also back in a 15-man squad . |
| 11 | He found it and packed it among orange and strawberry lollies so it could be taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital to be sewed back on in a four-hour operation . |
| 12 | The hand was sewn back on in an 11½-hour operation at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood , north London . |
| 13 | Yashkin turned and went to the door , the small stamping machine now back in a small box and in his pocket . |
| 14 | Deep down in a blue half light of the control room , American sailors huddle over their radar screens , plotting its progress towards Iraq . |
| 15 | By eight o'clock , when the first pair was due to tee off , the sun was well up in a clear sky . |
| 16 | Opposite the town , high up in a sandy ridge , lie the Tombs of the Nobles , ancient Egyptian border officials and governors of Aswan . |
| 17 | By the time the Canadians were safely back in a British port , the ship had sailed 7,000 miles ( 13,000km ) on the round trip . |