Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her French visitors Jacques and Sophie keep their fur hats on in bed . |
| 2 | That 's all you can put it down to Mick , I , I 've put , I 've put their first two goals on in training this morning , and said ‘ go on , score from two throw ins ’ , and it 's impossible , it is impossible . |
| 3 | When Hilary cast her eyes up in supplication , he laughed . |
| 4 | Airships back in business |
| 5 | ‘ Of course I do , ’ he replied , relaxing and stretching his long legs out in front of him , so that they were within a hair 's breadth of brushing against hers . |
| 6 | He stretched his long legs out in front of him and looked prepared to stay forever . |
| 7 | He stretched his long legs out in front of him and seemed to examine his shiny black shoes for a moment . |
| 8 | Luke was sitting nonchalantly , on a chair that seemed too small for him , legs out in front , one hand cupping his chin , watching her . |
| 9 | Stretching her brown , barefooted legs out in front of her and exposing half of her thighs , Melody gave Seb what he had come to think of as one of her ‘ looks ’ . |
| 10 | Then he swallowed and leaned back against the cushions of the sofa , stretching his long , white-clad legs out in front of him . |
| 11 | You can have all or part of your savings back in cash whenever you like , subject to seven days ' notice . |
| 12 | Steps out in front of formal clouds , |
| 13 | After four months back in traffic however , the discovery of further traces of blue asbestos on parts of the Pullman underframes , caused the set to be impounded again … at which point InterCity took the initiative to run its own refurbished VIP stock on the Scenic Land Cruise trains , albeit with Pullman Rail contracted to continue booking the trains . |
| 14 | Labour 's first fifteen months back in office — the era of the Social Contract between government and unions , the partnership meant to curb soaring inflation in return for an improved ‘ social wage ’ — was a very one-sided affair . |
| 15 | A more effective cry is ‘ Fire ’ because everyone sticks their heads out in case it is their house or car that is about to be burnt down . |
| 16 | From this darkly humorous curtain-raiser , Scorsese steps back in time to Henry 's adolescence and time spent as a local don 's errand boy . |
| 17 | From this darkly humorous curtain-raiser , Scorsese steps back in time to Henry 's adolescence and time spent as a local don 's errand boy . |
| 18 | The Express has the original headline : ‘ Knives out in war of succession ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , I 'll want the RAF roundels back in place for the flight into England . |
| 20 | Extreme discomfort in the legs , and sometimes the arms , leads sufferers to constantly move their legs around in bed , resulting in insomnia for themselves and anyone unfortunate enough to have to share a bed with them . |
| 21 | He argued it through : many developing countries have repaid their debts several times over in interest , but still the burden gets heavier . |
| 22 | Her father had worked long hours for the convent in his time , he had paid many times over in advance for his child to be housed and educated , had he but known it . |
| 23 | Also out and about this week were THE PRIMITIVES and CHAPTERHOUSE who were spotted at THE POETS gig tapping their beer bottles along in time to the swell up-and-coming sounds emanating stageside . |
| 24 | Anyone entering from outside would only have seen Jim with his feet up in front of the fire , reading a thriller . |
| 25 | ‘ Quite honestly — and who wants to celebrate becoming twenty-six ? — I 'm really looking forward to a long soak in the bath , and then putting my feet up in front of the TV , ’ she added firmly . |
| 26 | He and Antonio whip Claudio 's emotions up in verse with their threatened challenge , a level of seriousness from which Claudio gratefully subsides into prose for the scene in which he and Don Pedro mock Benedick ‘ the married man ’ , gulled by them into loving Beatrice . |
| 27 | ‘ They all want to see the Conservatives back in power . ’ |
| 28 | European crews out in force on Thames |
| 29 | Rock bottom : Ex-con strips off in protest at benefit refusal . |
| 30 | The opening scenes are particularly memorable : primitive apes ( men in monkey suits ) struggle against a rival tribe of predators in front of an open , harsh background ( projected ) until one of them ‘ invents ’ the first weapon in striking an enemy with a large bone , which , thrown up spiralling into the air , ‘ becomes ’ in the next shot a spacecraft four million years on in time . |