Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was surprised to see them up in the tall grasses , instead of moving along the exposed bank , but I realised that the rising river level had forced them up . |
| 2 | Pierre came to pick them up in the long Mercedes and they piled in with all their bags and appurtenances . |
| 3 | At that point we could still take water from the aquifer , but we would have to pump it out in the same way as we would from an unconfined aquifer . |
| 4 | It would be best to grow them on in the smaller tank as they are likely to be attacked , if not eaten , by the larger fish . |
| 5 | Dressing apraxia refers to difficulty in putting on clothes ; the patient may manipulate them haphazardly , unable to relate them spatially to his own body , or he may be unable to put them on in the correct sequence . |
| 6 | I offered , once again , to put him up in the spare room for the night , but , once again , he would n't hear of it . |
| 7 | She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’ |
| 8 | On second thoughts I think it best to put it back in the old oak chest . |
| 9 | I was lucky enough to knock him out in the first round . |
| 10 | The Goblins wait until the enemy are close by , and then push the Fanatic out towards the foe , giving him a good shove to start him off in the right direction . |
| 11 | No afterwards she 's going to switch it on in the common room . |
| 12 | Another advantage is that a hooked bream can be persuaded — with a little not-too-gentle pulling and guidance — to fight it out in the shallower water and therefore not disturb the remainder of the feeding shoal . |
| 13 | But I never felt that he was going to get me out in the second innings . |
| 14 | Hundreds of pounds ? it 's such an important issue , we ought to have it out in the open , and let's tell the taxpayers what these people say |
| 15 | ‘ It will be a relief to have it out in the open and it will stop all the questions I have been getting about my future , ’ said the 21year-old Nottingham Forest player . |
| 16 | With more complex circuits , having to remove the transfers after taking all that time to lay them down in the first place , is wasteful . |
| 17 | All right , I was Marius ’ personal assistant and there 's no reason to assume that Nigel would want to take me over in the same role . |
| 18 | Peter Roberts of Kuperard , who launched the charity scheme last year , says this is enough to purchase 350 mats ( against the 90 he was able to distribute last year ) , and he is planning to hand them out in the second week of January . |
| 19 | ‘ Who in hell 's name are you ? ’ he asked amiably , still unable to make her out in the thick shade of an ivy-infested oak . |