Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun sg] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bronson will return to the role of Paul Kersey to take on the Mafia in the latest sequel to the vigilante saga . |
| 2 | He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year . |
| 3 | Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created . |
| 4 | Auguste 's eyes misted at the sound and sight of the lovely Araminta , Multhrop 's eighteen-year-old daughter , rustling down the staircase in a delightful froufrou of petticoats , her large blue eyes fixed on her father , but well aware of every male in sight . |
| 5 | A flashlight searched back and forth across the sleeping bodies of the coolies as the hulking figure of Duclos advanced down the barrack in a dripping black rain cape . |
| 6 | Well , there was nothing for it , I had to lay down the law in no uncertain terms . |
| 7 | Many women make their grand entrance at Lincoln Center looking like exotic orchids dipped in diamonds and paint , while Mrs Guest walks briskly down the aisle in a pale cream cardigan suit . ’ |
| 8 | Rainbow admits that I have told her the tale of the Gittel affair , and why Anya called down the curse in the first place . |
| 9 | Michael Heseltine , The Man Who Brought Down Mrs Thatcher , and last week the man who brought down the house in a dazzling Commons performance . |
| 10 | While fibre-rich foods are chewed slowly , calorific drinks require no chewing at all and go down the throat in a split second . |
| 11 | The housekeeper brought in the coffee in an ornate silver tray which she deposited on one level of the Scandinavian wall-system . |
| 12 | Adrian Gozzard , ex-Plessey , also expressed a preference for consultants who took responsibility for all parts of the search , bringing in the business in the first place and the , closely supervising the research . |
| 13 | After the first length is fitted , work along the gutter in the same way until you come to within 2m of the corner of the house . |
| 14 | It sniffed around the floor for a moment , then disappeared down a hole in the far wall . |
| 15 | ‘ How did the mice come to be halfway down a cliff in the first place ? ’ he had asked her . |
| 16 | Jeff Richer had choreographed the salacious routine , which began with me oozing down a cat-walk in a long black velvet evening coat and sliding it off my shoulders as I turn to camera revealing the lace gown . |
| 17 | The plaintiff 's husband was killed after falling down a staircase in the private part of the pub . |
| 18 | I was once chuntering down a slope in the peaty Mount Keen country above the Angus glens and leapt off the top of an eroded peat hag . |
| 19 | From Greenland to Greenwich , he has wrapped his taste buds around millions of them , left by fireplaces with a glass of sherry as some small compensation for the non-union-regulated job of squeezing down a chimney in the dead of winter . |
| 20 | The part-time firemen , part of a four-man crew from Mildenhall , had planned to use water from beneath the bridge to damp down a blaze in an isolated copse near Eriswell . |
| 21 | He turned down a job in a famous public school and wrote to Aunt Lilian , a long , very high-flown letter , saying that he believed social segregation in education to be totally wrong and that he could have no part in perpetuating it . |
| 22 | Nothing goes right for Walter ; his father dies early , soon followed by his mother , a rigid , religious woman , who treats the boy harshly but teaches him good conduct , to write and to hold down a job in a sweet factory where he is patronised by his superiors and ridiculed by his fellow workers . |
| 23 | Vitor chopped down a hand in a savage gesture . |
| 24 | If you get a sudden whiff of musk as you walk along a path in the early morning , this is almost certainly fox and not badger , which is rarely powerful enough to hang in the air . |
| 25 | Carefully pipe over the outline in a continuous line and allow to dry . |
| 26 | She took over the phone in a vain attempt to replace Dana , only to admit defeat late on Thursday evening when she was forced , reluctantly , to agree to Myra 's insistence that she wear the wedding gown herself . |
| 27 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |
| 28 | Dunlop took over the lead in the 125 championship race on lap 13 , which proved unlucky for Italian Ivan Cremonini , who had set the pace for eight laps . |
| 29 | I remember watching the television report showing him standing over a map in the local Party headquarters , sweeping his hand across it presumably indicating which areas were to disappear from the face of the earth . |
| 30 | The scene was filmed at Swanage , in Dorset , and was reminiscent of Buster Keaton hanging over a waterfall in the 1923 silent classic Our Hospitality . |