Example sentences of "[adv prt] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Synthetics soon replaced cotton , an ostensibly practical move that saved players from being bogged down in a waterlogged kit that ripped easily . |
| 2 | He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered . |
| 3 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 4 | But in the Novell/USL transaction there are myriad specific details being worked through in a definitive agreement that would simply be inappropriate to discuss publicly . |
| 5 | Dominic Woosey purveys his own brand of ambient House , lightly peppered with acidic loops , whilst Cosmic Baby turns the acid machines up full and demonstrates why Germany is about to take off in the same way that Belgium did last year . |
| 6 | He looked up in a thoughtful way that made Carrie nervous but all he said was , ‘ Well , Carrie , I 'm much obliged to you ! |
| 7 | The ‘ progressive ’ parent who believes in total involvement in shaping the disposition of children may end up in a stifling relationship that offers precious little access to the outside world . |
| 8 | The contrary relation will therefore show up in a sentential context that specifies , or at least implies , that a single event is being referred to , such as I only met Mary once , and that was today/yesterday or ( somewhat less convincingly ) It was today/yesterday that I met Mary . |
| 9 | or they came by something where somebody turned up in a little van that was n't a Post Office van and I had to sign . |
| 10 | What can you expect is a certain amount of resentment or sour grapes between October 1–4 and , frustrating as it may be , all you can really do about the situation is put up and shut up in the certain knowledge that you will gain your freedom , however long it takes . |
| 11 | A polity grew up in the nineteenth century that , through changes of regime , was characterized by its narrow social base and the ‘ exclusion of subordinate classes from any form of participation in the political sphere ’ ( Giner 1985 : 311 ) . |
| 12 | The next generation which is taking over the reins of industry is a generation who were not brought up in the same milieu that I was brought up in . |
| 13 | Finally , by the time that the early group of tutors was appointed , there was a strong concern not to be caught up in the academic drift that , we felt , had tugged Ruskin away from its labour movement roots . |
| 14 | While some associated with it tend to pose in sunglasses or growl into walkie-talkies and get totally caught up in the three-day whirl that has nothing to do with the real world , the contest , over the years , has given joy , drama and emotion . |
| 15 | The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them . |
| 16 | Leopold realised very early on in the first visit that their money would not be made by giving public performances , |
| 17 | One wonders whether the explanation of this may be that the Parliamentary draftsmen immediately after the Union were English lawyers , and that it was not until well on in the nineteenth century that Scottish draftsmen came to draft bills applicable to Scotland and the spelling ‘ Burgh ’ was adopted in Statutes applying to Scotland . |
| 18 | The main lawn and border shapes have been laid out in a flowing line that leads you through the garden , echoing the curve of the path . |
| 19 | Sometimes the act has been carried out in a hostile fashion that causes maximum distress to the staff . |
| 20 | He took one hand off the controls to sweep it out in a large gesture that took in the whole of the City of London . |
| 21 | ‘ The worm ! ’ she shouted out in a hoarse voice that was still barely her own . |
| 22 | Keynes himself pointed out in the General Theory that workers who would nor be prepared to accept money wage cuts may be prepared to accept real wage reductions caused by price inflation . |
| 23 | ‘ What is he like ? ’ asked Huy as soon as they were clear of the building and out in the broad street that ran close to the walls of the palace complex . |
| 24 | I mean I think that 's extremely important to allow children to erm you know play things out in the best way that they which is in a sense their way of coming to terms with things erm and to answer their questions as honestly as I can and to admit it when I do n't know the answers erm and also , I mean in our family we 've taken various actions to try to stop the war and we 've , you know , taken part in demonstrations and written letters and erm |
| 25 | Her black eyes were bright , her lips curled back in a fearsome snarl that dribbled saliva and left her tongue hanging . |
| 26 | I smiled back in a half-witted way that would have terrified a woman of less spirit . |
| 27 | With a mother who was active in B'nai B'rith , Anne Barth was offered a place on one of the early Kindertransporte , but her parents decided to hold back in the faint hope that conditions would improve . |
| 28 | Her black hair was swept back in the careless style that only the most expensive hairdressing can give . |
| 29 | Next , you spin on your front foot , sweeping the rear leg around in a wide arc that intersects the back of the opponent 's supporting leg . |
| 30 | Three of the ‘ Dainty Dozen ’ ( as the 482nd christened them ) who had been MT drivers during the war drove the party around in a 12-seater minibus that flew Union Jacks to warn the unsuspecting American public that they were not used to driving on the wrong side of the road . |