Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March Begum Zia was sworn in as the country 's first woman Prime Minister [ see p. 38102 ] . |
| 2 | The road worsened as I edged gingerly down along the country 's sunken spine , vanishing at times in coils of thick black mud . |
| 3 | It was absurd for her to be going on such an expedition She and Matthew sat at the back of the bus , and while they were bowling along into the country , with a beautiful view of the landscape , Matthew explained the history of the school forest . |
| 4 | And Russian demand for energy is collapsing along with the country 's industries . |
| 5 | Policemen marshall grumbling queues whenever a load of bread or chickens jolts in from the country . |
| 6 | Ray had come in from the country bank and we sat with Margaret through the short service . |
| 7 | In 1874 the Mercury reported that the custom was in decline but ‘ formerly several gangs of ‘ plough-witches ' ’ , ludicrously dressed and with hideous painted faces , came in from the country and visited the tradesmen 's shops , levying ‘ ‘ black-mail' ’ and generally terminating their begging rounds with drunken orgies ' . |
| 8 | She knew that some of the men there were shepherds who came in from the country and that all this must be connected with the kidnapping . |
| 9 | I , I can remember erm when we ever had women in from the country they 'd say , oh yes , y y my mother told me always to take raspberry , raspberry leaf tea . |
| 10 | And we used to have one gentleman come in from the country . |
| 11 | But , when she was down in the country , I had a BSkyB dish installed in London and it took her 24 hours to find it . |
| 12 | Her whole life was acting — she 'll never settle down in the country . |
| 13 | She knew hat she would be flaunted before the whole of Northumberland if her mother had her way , so , although aware that good form dictated that she should dress down in the country , she took a deep breath and faced the fact that , for their first few outings at least , she would have to wear what Nora called her ‘ dressy ’ clothes . |
| 14 | I shall settle down in the country and build cottages , and mix draughts . ’ |
| 15 | She very much doubted Madeleine would be prepared to give up the good time she was having to settle down in the country on Harry 's salary . |
| 16 | ‘ Have a nice weekend down in the country , you lucky thing ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Taking me little one down to the country to see her Nan , ’ she heard Gloria say , then the click-clack of the ticket-clipper before the man closed the door and they were alone again . |
| 18 | On the other hand we had watched the dismal faces of friends who were resuscitating old cottages and who spent their weekends streaking down to the country to see how the builders were getting on — and they were n't . |
| 19 | She never fussed when he said that he was going down to the country and did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 20 | He 's off on one of his jaunts with Sexy Lexy , and then they 're going straight down to the country for the weekend . |
| 21 | He opened the window after they turned in to the country . |
| 22 | Does n't that sort of bring in to the country and she 's out in the country and she wants to show it to them that she she 's sort of she 's still fashionable . |
| 23 | George Bush could now cash in on the country 's post-war confidence by launching another war on the black home-front . |
| 24 | A long , narrow band of cloud has been moving down over the country and will continue to do so throughout the night before it moves away eastwards tomorrow , being replaced by clear skies to the west . |
| 25 | After the congress the BSP confirmed its intention of appealing to the constitutional court against a recently enacted law on the confiscation of party property , one of the first measures brought in by the country 's first wholly non-communist government formed in November [ see pp. 38583-84 ] . |
| 26 | News concerning the development in style took a little time to percolate through to the country ; a sculptor carving a resurrection scene on a 1707 headstone outside the south door of Uffington church , Oxfordshire , continues to depict the gable-lidded coffin . |
| 27 | AFTER nearly ten years work a £400m Indian power station , built by NEI Power Projects of Newcastle , will be handed over to the country 's power authorities tomorrow . |
| 28 | Went to the Country Dancing Club , used to go all over to the Country Dances |
| 29 | From 1165 to 1299 , considerable prison building was being carried on throughout the country with Rochester being among the earliest in I 165 . |
| 30 | This Sunday the world-wide Fun for Nature 's Walk for the Rain Forest is taking place , and that there are three hundred walks going on throughout the country , four of them are in Oxfordshire , and Sue May is , is concentrating on the walks at Burford Wildlife Park and also the one at Banbury . |