Example sentences of "[adv prt] in an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I thought my parents would still be up , I asked him to come in in an attempt to stop him getting away . ’ |
| 2 | Skinner released Nina from his protection and set her down in an armchair . |
| 3 | Robyn sat down in an armchair . |
| 4 | He said down in an armchair and picked up a magazine . |
| 5 | Then she walked into the living-room and sat down in an armchair . |
| 6 | He sat down in an armchair and rubbed his hands together and addressed his son in a loud voice . |
| 7 | But if you are prepared to spare the time , settle down in an armchair and explore among the oldies in a good descriptive catalogue like David Austin 's Handbook of Roses ( see Bibliography ) , who knows what nuggets of gold you might find to fit into your garden ? |
| 8 | Michael sat himself down in an armchair and looked around the room slowly . |
| 9 | With a tired little toss of the head , she turned away and sat down in an armchair , motioning for Golding to do the same . |
| 10 | Neil Cochrane moved forward , sat down in an armchair facing her , and said , ‘ I am happy to see that you are prepared to rest a little , after all . ’ |
| 11 | Meredith-Lee waved them to a comfortable sofa and sat down in an armchair opposite . |
| 12 | He picked up one of the ashtrays and sat down in an armchair , crossing his legs and balancing it on his knee . |
| 13 | She sat down in an armchair , but Robert remained standing . |
| 14 | Duke wrestled with the torrential whitewater , spinning his Papa nui — a sixteen-foot , hundred-and-fourteen-pound semi-hollow Tom Blake board — upside down in an Eskimo roll to let the broken waves pass over him . |
| 15 | We should remember Burke 's famous warning that rage and frenzy can tear down in an hour what it took centuries of prudence to build . |
| 16 | ‘ The sun will be down in an hour , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Well once I 've got you know once I 've got the shape of the story in my mind I can it down in an hour or so every time you know it 's in long hand , then it takes me hours to type it but er you know the actual once I 've got the idea I I find it necessary to get it all down you know in long hand as quickly as possible . |
| 18 | Donegal would n't fancy meeting Down in an Ulster final . ’ |
| 19 | A list of prescribed modern languages is laid down in an Order : Danish , Dutch , French , German , Greek ( Modern ) , Italian , Portuguese and Spanish . |
| 20 | Japan 's oldest nuclear reactor , of the pressurized water variety , was shut down in an emergency procedure on Feb. 10 , after a pipe that was part of the cooling system ruptured . |
| 21 | I gesture ( I imagine ) towards a chair on the other side of my desk and he sits down in an attitude which suggests that he intends to stay for rather more than a minute , and rather less than half an hour . |
| 22 | If that happened , or you started to get bogged down in an episode , you could always use the Doctor as a diversion . |
| 23 | LGCM survived and settled down in an office in Bethnal Green . |
| 24 | For all Mellor 's protestations that the tabloids brought him down in an attempt to dictate to the Prime Minister who should be in his Cabinet , the truth is that the Heritage Secretary was rejected by his peers . |
| 25 | She was exhausted ; more so because of the alarmed way she had sprung out of reach whenever Guy had become restless , than from the number of times she had sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever . |
| 26 | advertisement , and do they actually sit down in an interview or is that simply the way that the advertisement is projected |
| 27 | Lucille Castineau stared gravely at her reflection in the mirror which , because it was only a small broken sliver , was being held by her maid , Jeanette , who was forced to tilt the glass up and down in an effort to show her mistress the whole dress . |
| 28 | The marchers , who were initially good-humoured , slowed down in an effort to help . |
| 29 | How many times have you seen a horse with his head tied in with draw reins at a show and as soon as the gadget is removed his head shoots up or down in an effort to stretch the neck . |
| 30 | I strolled over to a bar stool , mounted up and set Barry down in an ashtray . |