Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of thinking that it is natural for a moving object to carry on in a straight line at a steady speed , and then worrying about how the force of gravity manages to pull all objects — heavy ones and light ones — round in the same orbit , what we ought to be doing is thinking of the path they all follow as being the natural path . |
| 2 | There were insufficient funds for a third appointment so that Allan Hayhurst had to carry on in an honourary capacity combining once again the offices of Secretary and Treasurer . |
| 3 | After various consultations with interested parties , it was decided to carry on in the traditional manner . |
| 4 | Even then it should not apply where all that the Purchaser does is to carry on in the ordinary course of the business . |
| 5 | So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea . |
| 6 | Ordinarily , learning allows us to go on in the same way , to repeat what has been learned , whether it is a matter of fact ( that London is the capital of England ) or an action ( driving a car in familiar circumstances ) . |
| 7 | However , unless I want junk food from one of the many establishments purveying it in this thoroughly commercialised station , all I have available to sit on in the huge concourse is a grubby metal flip-up slat a few inches wide . |
| 8 | She was glad to get home , to wash the grit from the paths off her feet , to sit down in the cool unglaring indoors . |
| 9 | He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered . |
| 10 | That will give us plenty to work on in the next decade , and that is probably as far as we should look for the time being . |
| 11 | It has yet to catch on in the Third World but when it does it could prove extremely useful . |
| 12 | She wanted to curl up in a small ball somewhere quiet , dark and safe , and stay there until she felt capable of facing the world again . |
| 13 | Perhaps the topic that worries you may be scheduled to come up in a later training session — but it happens today . |
| 14 | She did n't want her voice to come out in a dry croak . |
| 15 | The Report was intended as a review , giving a complete survey ( according to its prospectus ) of Chemistry and its Allied Sciences ; it was to come out in the first half of the year following that reviewed ; and it would give a faithful and ‘ whenever necessary , a complete digest of each investigation ’ in chemistry , and its applications in pharmacy , arts and manufactures . |
| 16 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
| 17 | ‘ We wanted to play Dublin but all the venues were booked out months ago , so we 'll have to come back in the New Year and do somewhere like the SFX or the Stadium . |
| 18 | so you know the , these one thing you 'll have to work out in a logical side of revelation |
| 19 | The statement reported the summit 's decision to establish a " special commission to consider the suggestions of the countries on the key aspects of co-operation within the CMEA framework and to work out in the shortest time drafts of new fundamental CMEA documents " . |
| 20 | The aim is to leap around in an inflated suit and push your opponent off the mat . |
| 21 | The tall , straight young back that sauntered away down-river , to come about in a wide circuit via the fence of the curator 's garden , and the box hedge that continued its line , maintained too secure an assurance , and too secret a satisfaction of its own , in spite of the dexterity with which it had removed itself from censure . |
| 22 | Washington , he said , stood by its commitment to overcome the division of Europe , Germany and Berlin , but this had to come about in a gradual process which satisfied German aspirations and met the ‘ legitimate interests ’ of all concerned . |
| 23 | It 's important not to lose your security of tenure in council accommodation — which is so hard to come by in the first place — by making yourself " voluntarily homeless ' . |
| 24 | Such references also tended to crop up in the earlier discussion of attitudes to particular tasks : this comment of Jean Bevan 's is representative : |
| 25 | He had a potter about and a chat and decided to set up in the far corner to our left . |
| 26 | Ipswich are out to sharpen up in a big way tomorrow and get back to winning ways after a draw and two defeats in the league following the FA Cup fifth round home 4–0 win over Grimsby . |
| 27 | The farm uses a variety of chemical packs , including powders like Goltix in packs , occasional metal cans for Metasystox , bags of manganese , water-soluble packs and oily sprays like Optica which can be difficult to hose out in a conventional way . |
| 28 | The Sheffield Wednesday defender last night confirmed that he 's ready to bounce back in the live TV match with Spurs exactly 12 days after a horror collision . |
| 29 | His footsteps were hard to pick out in the roaring darkness . |
| 30 | If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it ! |