Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] in the " 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 | He was too alert not to catch the look and he was swift enough to look down in the same instant at his cup . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was easy enough to hang around in the courtyard enjoying the soft splash of sunlight on her bare arms . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A blazing torch landed beside him , and desperately he tossed it away to sizzle out in the water . |
| 8 | Bowe said : ‘ I thought he was crazy not to go down in the 10th when I was beating up on him . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the day was wearing on and perhaps it would be a good idea — Twoflower thought — not to hang about in the open . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ What sort of accommodation have you got in Harwich ? ’ she asked , as we went off to sit down in the lounge . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | Then he went back to lie down in the corner of the cell . |
| 18 | I could easily stay here to help out in the public , if you like . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She was just about to get back in the car , when she heard another vehicle coming up the hill fast . |
| 21 | Dominic Woosey purveys his own brand of ambient House , lightly peppered with acidic loops , whilst Cosmic Baby turns the acid machines up full and demonstrates why Germany is about to take off in the same way that Belgium did last year . |
| 22 | It has yet to catch on in the Third World but when it does it could prove extremely useful . |
| 23 | If so , the impact on the economy of the massive easing of policy since September ( slashing interest rates from 10% to 6% ) , has yet to show up in the figures . |