Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a second or two Ben knelt there in front of him threateningly , his whole body tensed as if to act . |
| 2 | Bobby signs off in style |
| 3 | Smith was omitted from the team , with Mark Sunley and Sean Gregan paired together in defence , but they could n't stop Preston winning 2–0 . |
| 4 | Pat signs on in style |
| 5 | TV Walker kicks off in soccer war |
| 6 | Freud read widely in German , French and English literature , and was familiar with some Italian and Spanish literature too . |
| 7 | And the experiments with sound that Hitchcock carried out in films such as Blackmail ( 1929 ) and Murder ( 1931 ) , as well as the narrative innovations of Rich and Strange ( 1932 , East of Shanghai in US ) , seem to have irritated Maxwell even more than similar developments did C. M. Woolf . |
| 8 | Georgina sank back in Ivor 's chair . |
| 9 | The support which Gundovald received once in Gaul is easier to analyse . |
| 10 | De Man makes the texts of Nietzsche , Rousseau , Rilke and Proust speak sometimes in citation , but more often in a mode akin to free indirect speech . |
| 11 | Last week , the ARC turned out in force at the National Agricultural Centre near Coventry to show farmers its work , and to persuade them to ‘ get more out of muck ; ’ . |
| 12 | The houses at Pompeii vary greatly in size and elaboration , from two or three rooms to large buildings with many rooms arranged round courtyards . |
| 13 | There was some nuance of intimacy in her tone that made Richard look up in surprise and then look at Frank . |
| 14 | The Rolls drawn up in front of Prince 's Lodge was evidence that they had arrived . |
| 15 | John and Eleanor arrived back in London in June 1987 and John took a secular job . |
| 16 | For the future , and with Banishing gripes much in mind , I feel we should be looking for improvements in moling/boring techniques to a degree that , in suitable areas , over 100 metres of main can be laid from a single launch site . |
| 17 | Mr. S. returned just in time to see the respondent carrying the goods towards the door . |
| 18 | Hari walked along in silence for a moment , breathing in the salt tang of sea air . |
| 19 | On his return from the song contest his father died , and David 's mother remembers how David rushed back in time to show his father the trophy he had won . |
| 20 | I heard Bernice coming just in time to fold the photocopies and stuff them inside my jacket . |
| 21 | Surere broke off in fury . |
| 22 | Meredith pulled back in alarm , but his hand slid up her spine to cradle her head , immobilising it and making her an easy prey . |
| 23 | That was still true after Mikhail Gorbachev took over in March 1985 . |
| 24 | When Nellie 's Mum was very large and the baby was due she would n't let Nellie go far in case she needed to fetch the midwife . |
| 25 | It is not surprising to learn that Sutherland felt so in sympathy with Picasso 's Guernica and later regretted that , in 1945 , he had not observed for himself the concentration camps . |
| 26 | Furthermore , Clause IX which is concerned with the constitution and responsibilities of the NEC lays down in Section 2 as one of the ‘ duties ’ of the NEC : |
| 27 | SINCE this is Ladies ' Day on the Diary , here 's a limerick from Arlene Willetts now in Silksworth but until recently one of Tony Blair 's flock . |
| 28 | Tinnion grew up in Switzerland , though by the mid-30s ( when the body of this book is set ) he has moved to London , where he is enmeshed in an adulterous affair . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not quite as easy as that , ’ she said , her voice so full of sympathy that Dana looked up in alarm . |
| 30 | The island of Angistri went up in flames within minutes of being declared a wildlife refuge . |