Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My tongue hangs up in the leaves |
| 2 | ‘ It 's taking me to the pin of my collar to keep up in the matter of sheer technical knowledge . |
| 3 | my song torn out in the dried flowers |
| 4 | Was that the echo of my whisper wafting around in the darkness ? |
| 5 | A civilian judge investigating the case died on Nov. 19 when her car blew up in the capital , Santiago . |
| 6 | Ashley was balanced on the edge of the skip with her arms stretching unsuccessfully down and her bottom stuck up in the air when , from the dark , smelly depths , she heard a car door slam . |
| 7 | But though their name lives on in the region of Tuscany , the Etruscans actually survived for only a short period ; they were expelled from Rome by the Latins and then defeated at the battle of Aricia in 506BC . |
| 8 | Her father lay back in the big squashy leather chair and closed his eyes for a moment , before opening them again and fixing them firmly on his daughter . |
| 9 | In the morning her father arrived up in the nursery . |
| 10 | If developed countries do not want their rubbish to end up in the third world , they must help developing countries to build better treatment facilities and enforce higher standards . |
| 11 | Rayo , who is running lead for me today in harness with Kaisa , gets her leg caught up in the trace . |
| 12 | Roger Pringle , director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust , signs the first letter for the Stratford-on-Avon Group at their stall set up in the town centre . |
| 13 | Here lies the greatest pleasure of greenhouse gardening , since there is little to equal the satisfaction of raising most of your own plants from seeds and cuttings , watching them grow and develop until they fulfil their potential planted out in the garden . |
| 14 | Lucy spent most of the next couple of hours in the ground-floor utility room just behind the room where she 'd slept , sitting on the tiles against the wall and reading back numbers of magazines while her washing tumbled around in the Zanussi . |
| 15 | Batty and Sterland play in tonight 's continue their fitness build up in the reserve game against Newcastle , tonight Wed and if they come through will be considered for the Boxing Day game at Blackburn . |
| 16 | As a result , they spend much of their time sitting down in the thick layer of muck which can inflict burns to their hocks and breasts , and they may also develop ulcerated feet . |
| 17 | No , she remembered her bag tipping over in the cloakroom at Mattli — it must have fallen out then . |
| 18 | ‘ And with his money tied up in the land he lacked the extra cash necessary to turn it into a paying proposition . ’ |
| 19 | Curtis added after a moment , ‘ I 've got all his clobber spread out in the charge room . ’ |
| 20 | He was only just back in the house when he heard his Mum draw up in the car . |
| 21 | His luck ran out in the early hours of March 4th when French Customs controls identified Sea Rover homing in towards French waters at Ushant after a passage to North Africa for another cargo . |
| 22 | Despite his background , Henry switched codes and his talent shone through in the white SACU , which was fighting right wing politicians in a move towards multi-racial cricket . |
| 23 | Very little is known historically about Roland , but his fame lives on in the Chanson de Roland and legends that arose not long after his heroic death . |
| 24 | His name lives on in the Fairbairn Centre for the Deaf , Southampton , where he was a committee member for many years . |
| 25 | He and his co-pilot settled down in the darkness for the long flight in the cramped cockpit . |
| 26 | Downstairs in the hall Greg took his coat , and was going to let himself out when he was forestalled by Viola 's son , who came out from the sitting-room , his wife hanging back in the doorway . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't care for the notion that Paul Gray had his head cut off in the Cathedral . |
| 28 | A fortnight after he arrived at Cuddesdon his father set out in the car from Cambridge to Stamford . |
| 29 | The Marshal found his man sweeping up in the kitchen . |
| 30 | He let his voice trail off in the hope that Naseby would not enquire further into such a delicate matter . |