Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And have there been any specific breakthroughs in organic chemistry you can put your fingers on in recent years ? |
| 2 | Originally , before universal printing standardised the written language , the educated people in different parts of the country wrote words down in different ways , so that a monk in Whitby might spell as book what one in Ely would spell buk because of local accents . |
| 3 | Colourful houses are on every side , with frescoes celebrating heroes of long ago and episodes that are remembered from centuries back in Swiss history . |
| 4 | The bizarre story of British academic institutions ' flattery of the Ceauşescus could be repeated many times over in other impeccably democratic countries . |
| 5 | I suspect , indeed , that the whole process of evolution , from remote resemblance to near perfect mimicry , has gone on , rather rapidly , many times over in different insect groups , during the whole long period that bird vision has been just about as good as it is today . |
| 6 | Out there , away from the Inspirals ' tour bubble , is a land of a thousand lakes and a million fir trees , where the people drive with the headlights on in full daylight , past ‘ Moose Crossing ’ warning signs , to restaurants where you can tuck into sautéed reindeer . |
| 7 | While the Association will never pursue members with the determination of a Time-Share salesperson , it does n't like to lose members , particularly those who are just too forgetful to get subscriptions off in good time . |
| 8 | Luce moved restlessly and thumped her pillow , her doubts and uncertainties back in full force ; and all because she 'd met a man who had captured her interest and set her imagination winging . |
| 9 | Then if we go on a step further and consider that Paul says the wife 's body does not belong to her alone , that means the husband must have some authority to move the limbs around in various patterns . |
| 10 | People still think a poet is a person who prances about in frilly shirts and things , and the fucking poets you see on television read like it 's a grocery list : ‘ The frog leapt over the moon , I want some cheese soon . ’ |
| 11 | But , after speaking to Sunil 's tutor , they have agreed to the Leeds boy paying his debts off in weekly instalments . |
| 12 | I have to use the tapes up in normal conversation . |
| 13 | Do you it 's all to do with I suppose whether you whether you approve of dressing dogs up in little coats and I know this one does n't have a coat or does it ? |
| 14 | You should write your notes up in continuous prose as soon as possible after the lecture so that you do not forget what the shortforms stand for . |
| 15 | ( You 'll need to jot things down in rough first , before you enter totals on the slip . ) |
| 16 | Are turning things over in high parts of the house |
| 17 | By day she holes up in remote dens away from human habitation . |
| 18 | Shopkeepers helped families out in bad times by giving credit . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd beat your brains out in public . |
| 20 | Did you write things out in standard notation or tab ? |
| 21 | Again they will save writing things out in full once you get used to using them . |
| 22 | Remember to get requisitions off in good time after your investigation . |
| 23 | ‘ They 're only putting prices up in tenanted pubs because they want to frighten tenants out . ’ |
| 24 | ’ I met some great gals out in Long Island , ’ says Michelle , slipping into suburban Angela drawl . |
| 25 | The gull wing doors which are unique to the TB range — and decidedly difficult to open when you 're standing on the wing — provide good access once you 're used to them and must be the easiest escape routes around in light aviation if there is a mishap . |
| 26 | One , with a tousled bundle of greasy hair , waved his arms about in mock anger . |
| 27 | Her father , a sailor from Shetland , had been lost at sea , and her mother had to bring her two young children up in desperate poverty until they went to the orphanage . |
| 28 | Tom Rooney was standing by the door with his pocket-watch in his hand , allowing his men out in regular intervals . |
| 29 | ‘ Luib is pulling his men out in feigned flight ; when the foe attacks us he and his men will take them in the rear . ’ |
| 30 | That it is wrong , we may learn from the sights all around us : drunken men lying on the ground , cursing and making oaths ; young women lost to the bondage of early motherhood , always pushing children about in small carts , and making oaths ; reckless gamblers who by their own improvidence must sell double-glazing for the prudent man 's windows . |