Example sentences of "[adv prt] the situation in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time was now about nine-thirty , and I must have looked ghastly , for a young nurse who popped in with a set of pyjamas sized up the situation in a second and popped out again , running down the corridor calling for help . |
| 2 | He then summed up the situation in brusque style for the policeman at the other end . |
| 3 | Clara 's contingent sized up the situation in a disappointed trice , and hunched itself together in a corner to confront the disorderly scene by a solid front of backs . |
| 4 | The verdict It wants greasin ’ was repeated to the dealer ; but as he was a Suffolk man himself he summed up the situation in a moment . |
| 5 | The sociologist Bernice Martin has perceptively summed up the situation in terms of recent English culture when she says that : |
| 6 | One officer was convinced his superior had spelt out the situation in his corps in detail , so accurate was her diagnosis when she preached . |