Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] in front " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind , or perhaps in front of , all the ideals and theories there was a sound technical base which , under Bernard 's tutelage , was also entering a phase of significant growth . |
| 2 | ‘ They say the king 's left Welshpool with a small escort ahead of the army , ’ volunteered a boy a yard or so in front of them , turning an excited face . |
| 3 | Malpass had made it across the street , about eighty feet or so in front of Armstrong . |
| 4 | He expected his father to rise and say something about that being no way to speak to one 's wife or not in front of the child , he was capable of that . |
| 5 | Fig. 5.2 To and fro in front of pilot . |
| 6 | Jane twisted herself to and fro in front of the mirror to make sure the dress hung properly . |
| 7 | For some minutes now she had been disturbed by the way Beth was pacing to and fro in front of the great fireplace , a deeply thoughtful expression on her face , and her whole manner one of extreme agitation . |
| 8 | right , and right in front of the fire and their two feet sort of on guard sitting , and his down like that . |
| 9 | They had not gone very far when a great brightness showed over the mountains beyond the forest , and suddenly in front of them they saw a beautiful young man , all dressed in gold , with a scarlet lining to his cloak . |
| 10 | It was Paula 's job to show samples , parading slowly up and down in front of the clients as they sat on the elegant spindle-leg chairs taking in every detail of the garments with a critical and practised eye . |
| 11 | In emergency the person in the seat next to you may be allowed to indicate ‘ slow down ’ by moving his straight right arm gently up and down in front of him ( not in front of you ! ) ; then you will find a place to pull in and stop . |
| 12 | The sound of deep singing died away , and as Doyle paced restlessly up and down in front of the Cathedral , he heard that noisy shuffling and murmur of conversation that told of the imminent debouchment of several hundred men and women of precise military bearing . |
| 13 | Nicandra jumped up and down in front of him , appearing from and disappearing into , the laurel leaves . |
| 14 | Holmes and I walked up and down in front of the house . |
| 15 | No thought of food or drink now as Mandeville strode up and down in front of us , so angry he seemed impervious to the roaring flames of the fire . |
| 16 | Athelstan promised he would do something to help her and left quietly , the cope still round his shoulders , Crim jumping up and down in front of him all the way back to the church . |
| 17 | Some horses also like to tease us , to irritate us with trivial annoyances — and especially in front of an audience . |
| 18 | ‘ This is n't your turf , is it ? ’ he asked , checking his change carefully and obviously in front of the barman . |
| 19 | ‘ And if they are behind , and not in front ? ’ |
| 20 | The merged ‘ Norfolk and Suffolk Polled ’ could be any colour as long as it was polled and it was not until the Red Poll herdbook was formed in 1874 that the colour of the breed was formally agreed as red , preferably deep in colour , with a red udder ; white touches were permitted only in the tail switch , or on the udder and just in front of the udder on the inside flank . |
| 21 | Practise this until you can bring the model to a stop , in the hover , a few inches from the ground and just in front of you . |
| 22 | But I will never forget that time we both watched your father walking back and forth in front of the summerhouse , looking down at the ground as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there . ’ |
| 23 | The Grand National course narrows approaching the winning post and bends round to the left immediately after , and with crowds manically screaming at him in the stands and on both rails and directly in front of him it would hardly be surprising if Devon Loch had suddenly been startled by the deafening noise . |
| 24 | Jose Carreras has had some practice singing out of doors — he sang in the grounds of Castle Howard last year and also in front of a 15,000-strong audience in Bath . |
| 25 | Will my right hon. Friend ensure that if anyone does make such a daft suggestion , that person 's name is put loudly and clearly in front of the British farming community ? |
| 26 | A deer jumping out over a hedgerow and straight in front of the car frightened her half to death before she could finish . |
| 27 | Somewhere in the depths of her mind the fact was recorded , and later recalled , that from the shoulders down his back was dry , and even in front , from the knees down he was merely damp and muddy from the slime of the river bank . |
| 28 | Alarmed by that thought , she stared fixedly if unseeingly in front of her . |
| 29 | When in working position , the brushes should run just above the needles and immediately in front of the sinkers . |
| 30 | He dangled it from one finger , swung it slowly backwards and forwards in front of the tourist 's eyes . |