Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | What's-His-Name , English lecturer , second year , that course on the Nineteenth Century Novel … remember how he was always wittering on about Incest in Wuthering Heights ? ’ |
| 2 | IT is unfortunate that NASUWT , the career teachers ' organisation , should be banging on about quality in education in a leaflet just issued . |
| 3 | According to analysts , Souto had been forced to take responsibility for recent revelations that several high-ranking officers were deeply implicated in a vast network dealing in stolen cars from Brazil and Argentina , most of which were being passed on for sale in Bolivia . |
| 4 | ‘ Uncle Jake says we 've to be down for breakfast in a quarter of an hour . ’ |
| 5 | Horses often display these signs when asked to perform a difficult movement , and will be marked down for resistance in a dressage test . |
| 6 | After the logo 's dramatic unveiling on the stage of the New Athenaeum Theatre , there was a ripple of applause — and much muttering about the design , which may lose impact when it is scaled down for reproduction in newspapers and magazines . |
| 7 | Prehistoric and Roman tracks were duly appropriated by drovers from the Highlands , bringing their cattle down for sale in the Lowlands and , when the two nations were at peace , in England . |
| 8 | And it 's the usual , well you know son you 're getting on now and it 's time to settle down and I 've put your name down for agency in Taiwan or whatever , and we 've got this lovely girl who we think is ideal for you , da da , da da da and we 're sending over the papers for you to fill in . |
| 9 | Standing there , in Berlin , being sworn in as Chancellor in 1933 . |
| 10 | Well I can put it in as cash in July , but you just pay before then , alright ? |
| 11 | and one boy chose to write about plumbing and do you know , he found that there was nothing written down about plumbing in the early nineteen seventies there were one or two plumbing text books , they were very expensive and you could only get them through The Institute of Plumbers plumbing is something that until about nineteen seventy five was passed from father to son or uncle to nephew it was a sort of secret craft you know , you can |
| 12 | • For a baby , use two fingers to press down between ½–1in in the middle of the breastbone , and let it rise again . |
| 13 | After its departure from government , Sir Satcam Boolell stepped down as leader in favour of Nuvin Ramgoolam , son of Mauritius ' first Prime Minister , Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam . |
| 14 | The force has come in for criticism in the past two months after figures released on the constabulary 's ‘ crime-free day ’ in April showed Cheshire had suffered the highest rise in crime in the country . |
| 15 | Velocities up to are well out of the range of the rotation velocity ( 250kms -1 ) of the galaxy NGC4258 7 and are much higher than any velocities known for molecular gas in our Galaxy or other galaxies ( for example for H 2 O maser in for CO in the galaxy for OH in the galaxy NGC253 13 ) . |
| 16 | Wherever possible , keep the water that the mushrooms are soaked in for use in the recipe . |
| 17 | I climbed into my sleeping bag and slipped from one dreamworld into another , waking a few hours later to drift down through birdsong in the cool forest to the jarring heat and bustle of Aviemore . |
| 18 | The lines remain constant almost as if in defiance at the narrowing down of life in the actual theme or to provide a strong medium for the subject of the weakness of old age . |
| 19 | With the slowing down of inflation in the mid-late 1970s , the ratio of direct to indirect taxes in total revenue began to fall . |
| 20 | They are biological catalysts — other words they trigger off or speed up a process such as the break down of waste in an aquarium . |
| 21 | His paunch flapped up and down like jelly in a windy picnic , and his Adam 's apple did a jig in sympathy . |
| 22 | The carers are angry at the new charges , brought in under Care in the Community , which are well above neighbouring authorities . |
| 23 | Intended as well to improve the educational chances of children in the deprived inner cities , when first proposed they had the somewhat dubious appearance of being the outcome of a bright idea , one that would kill a variety of birds with the same stone : up with the inner cities ; , down with Local Authorities ; up with privatization ; down with education in the arts . |
| 24 | To be serious , there will inevitably be those who go down with flu in the last week before the race , and those with lower leg pain which is genuinely becoming worse day by day , rather than better . |
| 25 | ‘ This honour is a marvellous way to finish off 1992 , ’ said Roy , 60 , who was struck down with cancer in March and given a one-in-10 chance of survival . |
| 26 | A parent bird flew down with caterpillar in beak . |
| 27 | Gabriel turned and looked straight into Lucie 's green-stained face glistening with grease ; a leather forked tongue was clenched between his teeth , and his black hair was slicked down with water in front of the green knitted hood . |
| 28 | Swings often start by touching down with drift in a cross wind and it is worth remembering that , from the point of view of avoiding a bad swing into wind , it is better to overdo the drift correction . |
| 29 | However , she joined in with gusto in the school 's activities . |
| 30 | Along with hope in a future not bound by the rough blankets rubbing at her chin , the cobwebbed ceiling above her head , the tiny window , the table in the corner , the hard wooden chair , the threadbare rug , the wax-choked candlestick , the bucket , the crucifix , the chain trailing from the bed-post to her wrist beneath the covers . |