Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] in the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | School students will stay on in the few settlements that will be left and in schools in Cuba , West Africa and other countries . |
| 2 | it 's so new to them that they 're bothering to cost it , but how did we go on in the older days ? |
| 3 | It was merely a figure of speech ; you need have no fear that I 'll creep along in the early hours to take advantage of your defenceless body . ’ |
| 4 | Other comments ( from other authors ) that you find interesting and that look as if they might be useful can go down in the blank spaces . |
| 5 | He adds : ‘ People who get carried away when describing their wares can end up in the small claims court . ’ |
| 6 | The only thing that stopped them cutting us to ribbons was that one of my friends had the gift of the gab and gradually defused the situation by talking good sense in a calm reasonable way ; finally he pointed out that we would all end up in the local police cells if anything happened anyway . |
| 7 | ‘ I shall see to it that she does n't end up in the wrong hands . |
| 8 | More likely , though , is my mates shopping me — I 'd end up in the back pages of 90 Minutes ( ‘ my mate 's sad cos he 's convinced he looks like Eric Cantona when in fact he 's got a face like an orangutan 's bum ’ ) or become the subject of an earnest letter in When Saturday Comes ( ‘ As a Whites fan since before my birth , I am appalled by the recent upsurge of so-called Canto lookalikes , I can no longer walk the streets without being overrun by people with sideburns and spurious French accents ’ , etc etc . ) |
| 9 | BE good to your secretary or you could end up in the worst seats on business flights and be booked into lousy hotels . |
| 10 | Just , just so that we can erm , make sure for the cabaret committee you have n't given yourself enormous pay rises in the first half can you , can you split out in the corporate expenses less other , what the er , er , profit on the sale of some of your Cedar Fayre investment was ? |
| 11 | Piper knows Benn is prone to run out of gas if he ca n't get through in the early rounds . |
| 12 | ‘ Ah , but would I fill out in the right places ? ’ she said rashly , then bit her lip as Penry eyed the places in question with a deliberation which brought colour to her face . |
| 13 | We will fight on in the civil courts . |