Example sentences of "[adv] in a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They offered him hot wine and canella , surrounded him and talked eagerly in a mixture of Russian , French and Yiddish . |
| 2 | Matthew Truskett , who plays in the national youth orchestra , hopes to study music in a big way and become a violinist ; Janine Peacock , who was principal cellist in the national children 's orchestra , recently played solo in a concert at Stockton Parish Church ; and many others have won singing prizes . |
| 3 | ‘ Plenty of fluids , and if he is n't looking decidedly better in a couple of days , come back and we 'll take another look , but I 'm sure you do n't need to worry . ’ |
| 4 | But as he pulls at the silk of her sari , it just unwinds endlessly in a cloud of colour until he falls bundled in fabric . |
| 5 | If she were to open the door perhaps the blackness would be out there now , ready to swallow her , as it had almost done on that previous occasion ; or would she wander endlessly in a limbo of greyness , forever trapped between Johnny 's time and her own ? |
| 6 | The envelope had fluttered suddenly in a rush of wind . |
| 7 | Lesson Core — Observations here were made during teacher input of content — if male or female characters were discussed , eg in a Kestrel for a Knave , or examples used to illustrate a principle . |
| 8 | From the car park , a path goes forward , turning along the side of an immense gorge , roughly picking a way between trees of pine and birch with the river rushing madly below in a chaos of fallen rocks and boulders : this is a tremendous scene . |
| 9 | The upper part of such buildings , where the entrance was above ground , was often used as a cold store , with ice preserved below in a kind of cellar , on a bed of straw which provided the necessary drainage . |
| 10 | When the ritual is finished , a ring of stone around the perimeter of the magic circle flies out of the ground and a huge spout of blood gushes outwards in a wave over the adventurers . |
| 11 | But it was the woman , painted more freely , who dominated the landscape , arms stretched , the palms facing outwards in a parody of blessing . |
| 12 | Ring you tomorrow same time , if I do n't have to wait too long in a queue with the whole blasted battalion . |
| 13 | If left too long in a situation of abandonment , the split is not healed and comes to be used as a predominant defence , as it did with Clive and Rose Greenacre . |
| 14 | In the provision of public collective goods ‘ consumer preference ’ can only be expressed indirectly and imprecisely in a democracy through the relationship between bureau and legislative sponsor . |
| 15 | If using minced pork , cook gently in a pan with the onion and 1–2 tablespoons of oil for 10 minutes ; cool . |
| 16 | ‘ Establishing a level of confidence is quite important when you are trying to start a new business ’ — especially in a sector like aerospace . |
| 17 | Especially in a village like Markham cum Cumbermound with nothing to do for kids in the evening . ’ |
| 18 | Especially in a case like this . ’ |
| 19 | It takes money to run successful programmes , especially in a country like the U.S. where the distances between major cities are so large . |
| 20 | Old memories die hard , especially in a town like Tromsø which was home to a large contingent of the German navy . |
| 21 | He 'd soon find out that selling Rocky ( especially in a deal with Stewart ) is not a popular move … and why was n't he even on the bench ? |
| 22 | Thus , especially in a time of unsettled orthography , it is extremely likely that current sound-changes will be admitted into writing , whatever the historical origins of the writing conventions may be . |
| 23 | The maintenance of high academic quality , especially in a period of expansion , must be of paramount importance for this University and must not be prejudiced by inappropriate or excessive efficiency measures . |
| 24 | At times the method is decidedly crude , especially in a hint of West Side Story which concludes the overture , doubtless aimed at ‘ today 's audience ’ . |
| 25 | But the teacher of English knows that " experience " has proved that " science alone " will no longer suffice , especially in a world in which " scarcely a fortnight ago it was only the imaginative vision of one wise man which saved mankind from the awful catastrophe that threatened them . |
| 26 | Especially in a situation like this . |
| 27 | Her hair , glowing like a brazier through the early-morning mist , her high boots and her cream-coloured quilted jacket with its exaggerated shoulders , had drawn his gaze as he sat impatiently in a line of cars while the pickets argued with the driver of an articulated wagon that was trying to enter the University . |
| 28 | recite and read aloud in a variety of contexts , with increasing fluency and awareness of audience ; |
| 29 | It will , without doubt , be useful to say a word aloud in a variety of stresses and vowel sound combinations , and if this does not work then to ask a native of the place being researched to say it — this is frequently a useful device if the document originated locally . |
| 30 | Blindly , Alan ran to his room , where he beat and punched his bed and cried aloud in a rage like a child . |