Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [noun sg] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's hanging on my bike in the yard , inside a roll of lino . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Papa , tell Belle Maman that if she looks at the baby like that , I shall get only her hat in the picture … ’ |
| 3 | In 1992 they 'll be letting down their hair in the traditional manner between 19th September and 4th October . |
| 4 | Indeed we may inhibit their development if we force them to use unfamiliar approaches which slow down their thinking in the cause of a mistaken view of what it is to work systematically . |
| 5 | Obviously their contact in the family tipped them off ! ’ |
| 6 | In 1954 the US Supreme Court , headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren , handed down its decision in the case of Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka , Kansas . |
| 7 | Jezrael was pacing up and down her room in the emotional protection of her old innersuit . |
| 8 | New girl : Dawn Moore , a first year pupil at Glenlola Collegiate School , Bangor , takes down her homework in the geography class . |
| 9 | Darwin 's discoveries on the Beagle voyage had the effect of gradually breaking down his faith in the fixity of species and converting him to a dynamic view of the relationship between living things and their environment . |
| 10 | Havelock Wilson was inclined to play down his involvement in the affair . |
| 11 | He chewed his way through a large and over-greasy midday meal , drank more beer than he ought to have done , took some laudanum with his brandy and water to give him sleep and felt his brain ripped open by a nightmare which wolfed down his mind in the open bleeding mouths of women . |
| 12 | For example , an employer who envisages having to slim down his work-force in the future , perhaps after introducing new technology , may offer those who are prepared to resign rather than to wait to volunteer for redundancy a financial inducement , perhaps exceeding state redundancy pay . |
| 13 | He put down his coffee-cup in the tray with a sigh . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ said Philip , crouching , only his head in the hide . |
| 15 | To remind you , it was I who scraped together your passage-money in the first instance . |
| 16 | Scaling down your work in the way that is required for creating successful miniatures does not mean putting just one or two flowers in a smaller frame than usual . |
| 17 | a ) Circle all the words you can find in the word square , count them and fill in your total in the space on the form . |
| 18 | By the end of the evening new found friends either carry on their conversation in the elegant Artemis bar or enjoy the hilarity of the nightly show . |
| 19 | Meanwhile my interest in the film industry through Hellen Semmens was not the only reason for becoming an active member of the Vancouver Film Society — I have always been interested in films for their own sake . |
| 20 | Perhaps , she thought , I 'm Penelope moping away my life in the underworld , hearing bells occasionally but never rescued , never redeemed , destined to live lightless , buried , alone . |
| 21 | She flung it at him over her shoulder in the hallway before walking into the lounge , choking on the bitterness of knowing that his belief had come too late . |
| 22 | Campion Price really did seem to be a reformed character and Margaret was positively glowing , all the care she had taken over her appearance in the bad years paying handsome dividends , particularly now her lovely eyes were bright with a long-hidden joy . |
| 23 | She sprang up , knocking over her coffee-cup in the process , and clutched Robyn by the shoulders . |
| 24 | On the way her mind ran over their conversation in the car park . |
| 25 | With some Tory representatives still smarting over their humiliation in the European Parliament elections , Mr Major said it would be a terrible mistake for Conservatives to become defensive or defeatist about their role in the Community . |
| 26 | After the revolution , those authors who were not simply names to fill space on the badly produced jacket were usually sufficiently embarrassed to try to explain away their participation in the cult of Ceauşescu and thereby in lengthening his rule . |
| 27 | The karateka then glances over his shoulder in the direction the kick is going to travel — the look should be only a very quick glance , not a prolonged stare . |
| 28 | On the basis of the provision that ‘ whoever should be heir ’ should act as instructed , Scaevola is prepared to construe a trust on the coheir to make over his quarter in the gardens to Seia . |
| 29 | We already know Ernest existed , but not his position in the family . |
| 30 | Cosmetic companies are always seeking new ways to solve our problems , and it seems we 're always willing to hand over our money in the hope that these products and their magic ingredients will do the trick . |