Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] and [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | By 1950 , 342,882 people owned TV sets , mostly in and around the major cities . |
2 | But it is only in and through the Christian modification of the God-consciousness that the significance of Jesus can be grasped , and it is in terms of God-consciousness that his person and work , who he was and what he achieved , must be interpreted . |
3 | It is one of those lovely places that lends itself to exploration on foot — especially in and around the old city . |
4 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
5 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
6 | The trade unions are a problematic force both in and on the uneasy edges of the system of power ; a variety of factors have conspired to produce an upsurge of competing participants and conflicting demands ; elected governments have frequently shown themselves to be weak and vacillating in the face of pressures and problems ; and certain democratic aspects of the British polity have heaped problems on to the capitalist economy in a way that has " crowded out " opportunities for growth . |
7 | Yeah , but he does n't have , he does n't have to be noted in the score book , that he was no balled for a , for a beamer , but out of interest perhaps he was letting him er , so Giles there , there , left-hander , played some lovely strokes in the first innings , was n't in for long , then Shaw goes down on his knees there up and outside the old stump , he 's playing backwards , the ball goes through to Russell . |
8 | The petrol burst into flame as it flew over the wick in the tiny steel cup , roared through the air and fell brightly on and around the two rabbits . |