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Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	So just that , further clarification if I may , we are passing the increase er cost of milk on in the charge that we 're making ?
2	The body of the third man lies chest down in the mud , head to one side .
3	What fun you children had skating on the tennis courts down in the valley , and putting on plays and dances with the Claydons .
4	The noise down in the courtyard was getting louder as the men began to wonder why they were n't leaving .
5	We loved our home in the woods down in the lane .
6	She supposed she was feeling a bit down in the dumps , apprehensive too about celebrating Christmas Day at the Danbys .
7	Some were very angry , they thought it would last for ever ; yes a bit down in the dumps , especially the younger people , some old people looked forward to it .
8	so , he said that she 's feeling a bit down in the dumps and quite moody .
9	Fish Sparks , who 's been a bit down in the mouth since we rumbled his story , thought it was terrifically funny to start calling the Indians things like Sitting Bull and Tonto , but of course they did n't understand and anyway the rest of us sort of froze him out .
10	Erm does n't do much to lift your spirits if you 're getting up feeling a bit down in the morning .
11	I 've normally got telly on in the evenings .
12	and now the van 's got the red light heat coming on , on the battery , took it into the garage and checked it , it 's charging the battery alright , its alternator 's okay , but we do n't know what it is but when you turn it on , when you turn the key on in the morning
13	It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ .
14	It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ .
15	There was a light on in the hall , and apparently on the second floor , though that might be a landing .
16	Sophia could see the light on in the hall as she came up to Ianthe 's front door , but the front rooms were in darkness .
17	I 'd left the light on in the hall .
18	As I walk back to the motel I am relieved to see that there is no light on in the room .
19	There was a light on in the house on stilts ; he could see a faint glow through the curtains of the window on the left of the door .
20	Of course , he thought , as he levered the hatch door open slowly , letting more soft light spill out from underneath , he 'd have to cover his tracks in the morning ; damn silly to have left the cupboard back there open , and the light on in the dome .
21	He was driving past , saw a light on in the shop and demanded to know what was going on . ’
22	This morning , Mum had her programme on in the kitchen .
23	we used to have , I used to make big pan of broth you could get gorgeous bacon bones with plenty bacon on in the Co-op in those days , it were wi it was when they , they did all the boning in the shops and you could go , get good meaty bones and I used
24	Where you hang upside down in the air and
25	Detectives say they have no idea what was stolen because the million-pound villa in a suburb of Rome was turned upside down in the Boxing Day burglary .
26	I do n't know about the Stanley No. 45 , but I just put my Record Multi-plane upside down in the vice and pass the wood over the ‘ sharp end ’ .
27	You did n't put the basin upside down in the water . ’
28	You 've got to put the basin upside down in the middle of the tin or the ducklings 'll fall in and drown . ’
29	And the next thing he know he remembers he 's hanging upside down with a half feet around his the chain had slipped 't was round his ankle and he was hanging upside down in the dark twenty feet from the ground .
30	And there , on the third step , upside down in the corner by the wall , was Bunty 's other sandal — dainty lacy white straps with the arched instep and the two-inch heel hanging half off .