Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh hesitated and then did so , undoing the neck just enough to stuff in half a loaf and some smoked meat , giving no-one a chance to see what else he had in it — not that anyone cared . |
| 2 | Then she realised that her uncle would have entered the church through a side door connecting with the vestry , while her aunt , who enjoyed rather poor health , would not have set foot outside even to take in the milk . |
| 3 | I told him to pull his engine rpm down to 1,600 , to put his mixture control to auto-lean and to open his throttle wide enough to stay in loose formation with me … |
| 4 | Most of Foulston 's work was in the Greek Revival style — which it was his role almost single-handedly to propagate in the area — but his best-known project was the extraordinary group of buildings erected at Ker Street , Devonport , in 1821–4 , an extreme example of the Picturesque stylistic eclecticism of the early nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Niall took his eyes from the road long enough to glance in her direction . |
| 6 | The beautiful thing in that room was Maud Bailey herself , who went down on one knee very gracefully to plug in a kettle , and produced from a cupboard two blue and white Japanese mugs . |
| 7 | ‘ Hah , Suragai , you are learning our language well enough to argue in it . ’ |