Example sentences of "[adv prt] in the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Her whole life was acting — she 'll never settle down in the country . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I shall settle down in the country and build cottages , and mix draughts . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Have a nice weekend down in the country , you lucky thing ! ’ |
| 7 | The child is to be brought up in the country , and should learn by experience ; this is far better than sitting indoors , studying books . |
| 8 | A dozen of the company 's senior executives have been caught up in the country 's ever-widening corruption scandal . |
| 9 | Members of the Korean minority have started to question the exclusivity of a Japan which has denied citizenship and certain basic human rights even to those born and brought up in the country . |
| 10 | Yeah , oh yeah I remember it quite well I , I can remember that I , the only parts of Harlow I liked were the country lanes , I did n't like all the new houses , but then I 'd been brought up in the country |
| 11 | we were always brought up in the country , you know |
| 12 | And it it was , I mean I was brought up in the country and it , I found it really shocking that people had to live like that , you know . |
| 13 | I had a bit of an interest in gardens because I grew up in the country at Drewsteignton , but I always think I was very lucky to get that job at Castle Drogo — straight in as a single-handed gardener with no experience . |
| 14 | I was brought up in the country , on a farm you know , so I 'll try and sort of make you know equal amount of flowers in each , and then er it can be halved . |
| 15 | There was no reason , however , to link the unrest that was brewing up in the country with the Kamalian dictator . |
| 16 | ‘ I grew up in the country , ’ she murmured , not sure why she had told him that because it had no bearing on the subject . |
| 17 | Cara had grown up in the country too of course , but would n't walk anywhere if she could avoid it . |
| 18 | She could have stayed on in the country , until they found a place of their own , or even permanently , with William coming back at weekends . |
| 19 | However , some natural change has gone on and is still going on in the country , and physical changes need to be anticipated in any local study . |
| 20 | Nenad Bucin , the representative for Montenegro and a strong supporter of the Serbian cause , similarly declared a boycott of the Collective State Presidency , stating that he could " not reconcile himself to the processes of deliberate disintegration " going on in the country . |
| 21 | He just stopped the car on the top of a small hill , for they were right out in the country now . |
| 22 | Out in the Country — Where you can go and what you can do — is published by the Countryside Commission . |
| 23 | If you want a free copy of the booklet , please send sae ( at least 9″ by 4″ ) to ‘ Out in the Country ’ , 19/23 Albert Road , Manchester M19 2EQ . |
| 24 | After several more sessions out in the country , Hoomey got the hand of it , and learned that , even if he could n't stop , he could steer , and that sitting on Bones 's enormous flights through the atmosphere was comparatively easy once you got used to it , far easier than poor Jazz 's problem of trying to stay aboard when Spot , cantering quite easily towards the jump , put his anchors out at the last minute and stopped dead . |
| 25 | By using the map and clues you will eventually find your way to a fine hostelry out in the country . |
| 26 | When we got back from Berlin we spent a week out in the country at Beate 's parents ' weekend cottage . |
| 27 | Another small club at Warkworth , its airfield right out in the country , is easier to find from the air than by road . |
| 28 | By Easter heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year , and in the summer and autumn food riots broke out in the country at large as the price of a quartern loaf — where one could be had at all — rose from 3d. to over 1s . |
| 29 | It was almost sure to be , of course , out in the country and at this time of year . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's what you 'd find in the back of any van out in the country , as you said . ’ |