Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] [adv prt] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It 's reassuring to know that even beautiful actresses worry about what they 're gong to wear to go out in the evening .
2 For some time she had done all that was possible to avoid going out in the rain as she could not bear the thought of the water touching her skin .
3 The works production shops were to remain laid out in the form described for progressive building and repairing , only marginally altering over the years to accommodate new designs and techniques , such as the Stanier all steel body panelling design of the early 1930s .
4 She was flung violently forward , to land face down in a heap of blankets , the crushing weight of her assailant forcing all the air out of her body .
5 ‘ Poke ’ is an Anglo-Saxon word for ‘ sack ’ , and a ‘ pig in a poke ’ was a suckling pig taken to market tied up in a sack and sold that way , sight unseen .
6 Of course now it 's warm enough to start getting out in the garden , what could be better than to take a selection of water toys to play with in the paddling pool outside ?
7 Many mujaheddin leaders were reported to be abroad and it was thought that Mujjaddedi , leader of the smallest mujaheddin group as well as of an influential Sufi brotherhood , was trying to delay stepping down in the hope that on their return they would support his continuation in office .
8 ‘ We have to finish tidying up in the kitchen , sir . ’
9 And although followed diligently by Mr Jones along many a fascinating track he seems to have won out in the end and disappeared from view .
10 Parti-coloured hose with cap and bells were not worn until the Middle Ages , and , fetching though Jilly 's wimple is , she 's going to get caught up in the blackberry bushes before the day is out .
11 Such an experience may be demoralising if you 're unlucky to get caught up in the tangle .
12 PLAYER : It costs little to watch , and little more if you happen to get caught up in the action , if that 's your taste and times being what they are .
13 The only problem is whether everything is going to get sucked down in the process .
14 We were n't going to get mixed up in a job , when we were going home off duty .
15 In the main , they both consisted of boys and young men who were rather more reluctant to join in the ritual chanting and singing and were even less keen to get mixed up in the aggro .
16 Ah , women 's tradition that eh , seems to have grown up in the workplace , or maybe it 's it er , nested outside the workplace originally , is er , when a bride gets dressed up , we must all be familiar with that er , when she 's going to get married and carries a chanty round about to make a collection
17 If that happened , or you started to get bogged down in an episode , you could always use the Doctor as a diversion .
18 RICHARD : It 's too easy to get bogged down in the study of classifications .
19 Because it 's silly to stay locked up in a house just because you 're afraid of someone . "
20 Summer seemed to have flitted by in a space of days .
21 Mr Goodman adds that the company was fortunate to have started up in the recession , because services could be had more cheaply than in easier times .
22 but , not to have to drag out in the car to the solar and buy food in the supermarkets
23 Before they get the chance to push eachother around in the ring , the 2 men have to put up with equally undignified treatment from the nation 's press .
24 Often she had to work so hard to overcome her paralysing shyness that what she had to say burst out in a shout , or in a tone of great fierceness .
25 Nor was the old order of the Benedictines made to feel left out in the cold .
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