Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] in [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He also had to watch out for the bears that pounced on you if you stepped on the lines in the pavement , and the killer bats that hung upside down in the shadows under the roof of the railway arch , and the rats that came out of the cracks in the brickwork and infected you with their deadly diseases simply by breathing out into the same air that you breathed in . |
| 2 | A spokesman said that Mr Fontana had put his mandate back in the hands of the prime minister , Giuliano Amato . |
| 3 | ‘ We have had to beg , steal and borrow substantial funds to put the club back in the hands of the people of Peterborough , which is where it belongs , ’ commented Turner , who moves to the boardroom as chairman . |
| 4 | They had also been floating in a jar of pickle in the curiobiological museum down in the cellars of Unseen University , since live salamanders were extinct around the Circle Sea . |
| 5 | Blame had n't been fastened on anyone except some unknown nutter back in the wilds of Ontario . |
| 6 | Some sport Gazza crops , while others lost their hair back in the mists of time . |
| 7 | Luz is a small resort town , these days with its ski extension up in the mountains to the west , at Luz-Ardiden ; Saint-Sauveur is a spa a mile and a half away , in a gorge . |
| 8 | He had been a pupil back in the days of Gurney and Hamilton , and in 1867 had won the Prizes in Greek , Latin , English , and Mathematics . |
| 9 | The fry hatch in around 30 hours and are like black slivers of wood as they hang tail down in the bubbles of the nest . |
| 10 | Among the small land birds , an obvious change in the last half century has been a dramatic turn round in the fortunes of two birds in the bunting family . |
| 11 | My husband , former sports commentator Neil Durden-Smith , usually has the radio on in the mornings at home , so if I 'm ever staying at a hotel in Britain , I enjoy breakfast TV . |
| 12 | Coal was on the move when Leith was first recognised as a port back in the days of Robert the Bruce . |
| 13 | He came back with us , skateboard under-arm , to the hotel out in the suburbs near Troy , after their customary riotous reception . |
| 14 | It was cool and green in her gran 's house out in the trees between the village and the sea . |
| 15 | That of course is very much set out in the guidelines of the er sta er statement on auditing er standards . |