Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv prt] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably this was important to him ( it always was to me and I can fully understand this ) for he wrote the route up in the new routes books asking how others would feel if he subsequently went back and placed a single bolt runner to protect the route . |
| 2 | She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , although it is easy to see why the thrust of the arguments has throughout been to concentrate on the charging of the suspect and ( in the light of Ex parte Saunders ) on the association of a renewed caution with any exercise of the Director 's powers where the person under interrogation has already been charged , I believe that the result has been to set the inquiry off in the wrong direction . |
| 4 | I 've informed him that we 'll be taking the place over in the near future , but not why , naturally . ’ |
| 5 | If it could be measured in units related to time , the quantities may be found to be proportional to the distance back in the evolutionary chain to which an individual may revert . |
| 6 | If I were playing tennis , I would put the ball back in the hon. Gentleman 's court by asking whether he thinks that those claims are genuine because they have been put through someone 's letter box and because they ask the recipient to sign the form and post it back . |
| 7 | If doing one thing with a control gives you an unpleasant feeling , the normal reaction would be to stop doing it , or to move the control back in the other direction . |
| 8 | The pallbearers laid the coffin down in the clear space at the exact centre of the cemetery , and moved to the edges , standing amidst the grave markers like ragged vultures . |
| 9 | I have known people to hold a rabbit down with one foot and then , after picking the ferret up in the normal way with their other hand , squeeze the ferret 's foot . |
| 10 | The journey back in the late afternoon was completely different , noisy and ringing with laughter . |
| 11 | I was dubious at first because since her illness Jennifer has become a very private person and I do n't think she would have liked all the hubbub over in the other section ; but here — ’ she glanced round at the softly decorated walls , the strategically placed water-colours and the subdued lighting ‘ — here , I think , could well be the answer . ’ |
| 12 | They will want to know why the Government have decided to shove the Bill through in the final weeks of this Parliament . |
| 13 | The turn out in the recent , in the , in the April election was very high . |
| 14 | Relieved to have the matter out in the open , Julia took a sip of wine to ease her throat and tried to explain her wayward , difficult , fascinating , beloved sister-in-law to him . |
| 15 | He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket . |
| 16 | It was so effective that Suki was ranked fourth in the world back in the early 80s . |
| 17 | She was busy at the tap over in the far corner of the cemetery , filling the empty bottle she had brought with her from the house . |
| 18 | When you , when you expect that that that that takes the copy back in the old file . |
| 19 | He had left the fire on in the spare room . |
| 20 | In one house , on the corner , there was a light on in the front bedroom . |
| 21 | The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them . |
| 22 | I played that on almost every album back in the early days ; it 's a black one and it 's a beautiful guitar . ’ |
| 23 | a marquee out in the back garden . |
| 24 | I 've had a radiator on in the front room . |
| 25 | She had dinner alone — there was no sign of Guido — then went for a walk out in the moonlit garden . |
| 26 | Okay , so a whole of things to think about , certainly for the role plays tomorrow but , indeed , for a situation back in the real world . |
| 27 | and a reel on in the musty dimness |
| 28 | So much so , that he 's taken an ad out in the local paper . |
| 29 | The note said , ‘ Urgent Sachmeyer 's ’ , then there was an address over in the Mexican sector near the expressway . |