Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hot enough to sit out in the Piazza studded with big brown and green palms against the rose-coloured stucco of the buildings and perhaps try a first ricotta ice-cream . |
| 2 | In a fierce , raw and , at times , downright nasty battle , Barnes led his besieged troops to glory only to hit out in a variety of directions afterwards . |
| 3 | He was too alert not to catch the look and he was swift enough to look down in the same instant at his cup . |
| 4 | Like most Chinese children unfortunate enough to grow up in the Sixties , Zeng 's education was severely disrupted by the Cultural Revolution , and he had to sit through the shouting matches and brain-washing sessions just as everyone else did . |
| 5 | It was easy enough to hang around in the courtyard enjoying the soft splash of sunlight on her bare arms . |
| 6 | The slim angular shape was definitely well suited to a graphic style , but was the lay down of pigment soft enough to blend out in a more painterly manner ? |
| 7 | This is rare in cars of this type , which tend to be fun for the driver , but a bore for anybody unlucky enough to end up in the back . |
| 8 | But the Queen , well protected by raincoat , hat and umbrella , smiled through the deluge as she chatted with those brave enough to stay out in the open under a gaily-coloured sea of umbrellas . |
| 9 | A blazing torch landed beside him , and desperately he tossed it away to sizzle out in the water . |
| 10 | Bowe said : ‘ I thought he was crazy not to go down in the 10th when I was beating up on him . |
| 11 | ‘ Lovely bit of weather , ’ said her father , and her mother remarked that she always thought it so silly of them not to go out in the country more when they lived so near to it . |
| 12 | This scheme will be used in future for it provides an opportunity for the genuine fan who attends games against less glamorous opposition not to lose out in the real crowd pullers . |
| 13 | Learn to study ahead of the lectures by using the techniques of chapter 4 in the section on Key words and Pattern of notes and by drawing pattern diagrams for two topics soon to come up in the lecture programme . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the day was wearing on and perhaps it would be a good idea — Twoflower thought — not to hang about in the open . |
| 15 | If Britain is not to end up in a technological cul-de-sac , with a technical solution to managing nuclear waste confronted by massive political opposition , it must tackle a number of problems . |
| 16 | He had looked at his wife 's unguarded face and forgotten for a moment that life was a deadly game in which you had to keep your cards close to your chest and your back to the wall , your eyes open and your nose clean in order not to end up in the gutter with your hat in your hand . |
| 17 | One is a track side scene : five white runners and two black limbering up , shrugging shoulders , stretching legs and trying desperately to loosen up in an intensifying ambience ; sitting on the grass some way away from the main group is a black guy awaiting his call to marks ; while the others shuffle about nervously , he remains casually sitting , seemingly unoccupied with the imminent race as he nonchalantly sharpens the spikes of his running shoes with a nail file . |
| 18 | ‘ What sort of accommodation have you got in Harwich ? ’ she asked , as we went off to sit down in the lounge . |
| 19 | In July 1914 air travel was still a novelty to many people and during an outing by employees of an Accrington firm of billiard table makers to Blackpool , a deaf employee named Jack Hargreaves became possibly the first deaf man ever to go up in an aeroplane when he went up as a passenger in a two-seater Fokkers biplane piloted by a Mr. H. Blackburn . |
| 20 | Full of confidence , Pliny tried to calm down the overwrought Pomponianus , and to demonstrate his own unconcern , went off to freshen up in the local baths , and subsequently sat down to eat a hearty meal . |
| 21 | ‘ To be realistic we need other teams to slip up to sneak through in the league so the cup is really our priority , ’ says 29-goal striker David McCallen who grabbed that sensational winner against his former club Linfield in the quarter-finals . |
| 22 | One stood up to walk about in a left brogue and stopped in mid-tread . |
| 23 | Ipswich are out to sharpen up in a big way tomorrow and get back to winning ways after a draw and two defeats in the league following the FA Cup fifth round home 4–0 win over Grimsby . |
| 24 | Then he went back to lie down in the corner of the cell . |
| 25 | I could easily stay here to help out in the public , if you like . ’ |
| 26 | In the same way , when a teacher adjusts you into an upright position you will probably feel as though you are about to fall over in a forwards direction . |
| 27 | If knowing how to go on in a discipline is largely a matter of rule-following , it remains the case that the rules are as much socially imposed by the disciplinary tribe as they are by epistemic considerations ( Becher 1989 ) . |
| 28 | The Gate House project 's about to open up in the middle of town , which is a drop in centre , sponsored by city centre churches . |
| 29 | She was just about to get back in the car , when she heard another vehicle coming up the hill fast . |
| 30 | Do not waste valuable height trying to fathom out how to get down in an unsuitable field . |