Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean back in the early nineteen eighties when we sold our first er system abroad we were quite surprised to find out that the French did n't have a road called Edgeware Road and an organization called B A C S on it . |
| 2 | I sit down in the armchair and eat my cereal . |
| 3 | I sit down in the grey plastic chair in the featureless room with McDunn and a man from the Welsh squad ; a big blond brindle guy in a tight grey suit ; he has a rugby player 's neck and steely eyes and huge hands that are clasped on the table , lying there like a mace of flesh and bone . |
| 4 | These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter . |
| 5 | She 'd seen the card I put up in a local shop , advertising the top flat . |
| 6 | I know I walk around in a daze most of the day but this is bloody rediculous . |
| 7 | I said yes , but I do n't think it was actually Jason Donovan , oh it was , yes , it was Jason Donovan and I 've got the paper all along , I give up in the end . |
| 8 | If I 'm going to a meeting where I know I 'm going to be the only woman I put my war paint on , if I 'm just going to be in the office all day I slob around in a skirt and a jumper with very little make up . |
| 9 | Then I run off in a storm to see an astrologer . |
| 10 | Half the decisions I read about in the newspapers . ’ |
| 11 | I am writing to you for information about the kind of courses I read about in the article on the Features Page of last week 's Daily Telegraph which gave the address of your organization . |
| 12 | It 'll be up to him whether he throws me to the dogs and I finish up in a debtor 's prison , or whether he turns into a guardian angel complete with halo and big fat cheque . |
| 13 | I stand up in the entrance of my bower , still in shadow . |
| 14 | I do n't want them to ask me any more questions , so what I do is I lie back in the sofa and shut my eyes like I 'm asleep . |
| 15 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
| 16 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 17 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 18 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 19 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 20 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 21 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 22 | I know back in the 1930s Bradford City had a full back called McLuggage , but surely not even Reg believes that somewhere out there is a left back called Halfpound O'Liver . |
| 23 | Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning . |
| 24 | As long as I get up in the morning . |
| 25 | I mean , when I get up in the morning , it takes me four hours before I come to , you 're always so jolly . |
| 26 | There was also what looked like a very perceptive account of how I decide , when I get up in the morning , whether to wear my new shoes or my old ones . |
| 27 | The only thing they do n't ask is what time I get up in the morning and what time I go to bed at night . |
| 28 | I get up in the morning , first thing I do is light a cigarette . |
| 29 | yeah and like learning my Romeo and Ju I think I might actually sit down on Sunday and learn that cos I 'm gon na be at home but I , it 's quite good I 'll , I 'll see Foxy when I get back in the evening because parents have got ta come back for the parents ' meeting . |
| 30 | ‘ But they always end up the same — I see that terrible expression on Len 's face as he fell — then I hear the thud as he hits the floor — then I wake up in a cold sweat . |