Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [adv] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this came out in a stumbling , heavy voice ; he still could hardly believe it all . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll keep this tucked away in a corner when it 's not needed , ’ he said . |
| 3 | In their haste to dispose of the money some of it was burned and some ended up in a sewer . |
| 4 | Friday evening was spent mastering rhythm-changes on the piano and weaving cheerfully around the furniture in an Edinburgh tenement , and on Saturday and Sunday we all camped out in a School Dance Studio for movement sessions . |
| 5 | An apple tree grew flat against the wall on one side , and in spring , when it blossomed , it was like a huge , lacy fan all spread out in a froth of flowers and leaves . |
| 6 | Firstly , individuals do not all occur randomly in a forest and often there is much clumping as we have already discussed . |
| 7 | All yelped out in a voice that would wake the dead or summon up the devil from the deepest ring of hell . |
| 8 | The Book of Earth , the cornucopia of all the tiny books that go to make up The Book of Languages and even more disconcertingly , The Book of Mirrors , are all locked up in a glass case . |
| 9 | Other members of their families were upstairs dancing , and afterwards they all walked home in a group . |
| 10 | Mothers , mothers-in-law , aunties , grandmothers , first and second ( and third ) cousins are all bound together in a community of common suffering and joy . |
| 11 | she said it was all packed up in a box and I said well you would n't see it then would you ? |
| 12 | when I want to buy a shirt , that men 's shirts are usually all sealed up in a package |
| 13 | Her sinuses were all gummed together in a lump between her eyes . |
| 14 | Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive Scott McNealy arrived at the SunSoft Developers ' Conference last week all spiffed up in a dinner jacket , wing collar , jeans and sneakers ; SunSoft president Ed Zander , a man with a tailor to kill for and the wardrobe to prove it , was quick to notice that McNealy was wearing a shirt with his initials on the cuff for the first time in his life — McNealy shot back that the ‘ SM ’ stood for ‘ Stop Microsoft . ’ |
| 15 | Sun Microsystems Inc CEO Scott McNealy arrived at the SunSoft Developers ' Conference last week all spiffed up in a dinner jacket , wing collar , jeans and sneakers . |
| 16 | There was smoke down there but not too much and with the aid of his torch he had no difficulty in locating the three missing men , all huddled shapelessly in a corner . |
| 17 | Let's all sit down in a circle and ask the magic to work . ’ |
| 18 | but you see with him you see , they , it was packed , the house before the wake was packed , because Margaret kept coming over when he was all dressed up in a suit and everything , I did n't , she asked me if , once to go , I just said no I would prefer to remember |
| 19 | They all sat around in a circle agreeing what a swine Henry was . |
| 20 | Then they all sat down in a fashion so orderly that the files they formed were almost identical and equidistant . |
| 21 | ‘ Hark who 's talking , all wrapped up in a fur coat ; where 'd you get that from ? ’ |
| 22 | Those wondering round in a daze and being peculiar . |
| 23 | The cruise line industry is multinational in terms of career opportunities , and therefore the growth of the industry in the USA is of direct concern to all those setting out in a hotel , catering or leisure-orientated career . |
| 24 | All that sitting around in a circle . |
| 25 | In the eighteenth century his simple accomplishments were enough to shine out in a world of darkness . |