Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you for your interest , comrade , sit down in the listening corner and I shall begin . |
| 2 | Over supper we sit down in the low evening sun and watch the hills change from one blue to another , to mauve , to grey , to black . |
| 3 | I sit down in the grey plastic chair in the featureless room with McDunn and a man from the Welsh squad ; a big blond brindle guy in a tight grey suit ; he has a rugby player 's neck and steely eyes and huge hands that are clasped on the table , lying there like a mace of flesh and bone . |
| 4 | Back down in the secret gareden there 's still plenty to explore , including more tunnels — some of which are not empty … |
| 5 | These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter . |
| 6 | The Welshman sent Critchley over within three minutes of the second half and was in support to take Tait 's pass and touch down in the 56th minute , with Holliday 's goal setting up an aborbing final quarter . |
| 7 | Er what was your first idea of what you was gon na be when you grow up in the first place ? |
| 8 | In the wild they spawn in fast-flowing streams , and the fry grow up in the slower reaches of the river . |
| 9 | She believes that it is essential that her children grow up in the outside world and not be hidden away in the artificial environment of a royal palace . |
| 10 | Batty and Sterland play in tonight 's continue their fitness build up in the reserve game against Newcastle , tonight Wed and if they come through will be considered for the Boxing Day game at Blackburn . |
| 11 | It leaves me like a right fool out in the bloody open . ’ |
| 12 | Press seam allowance to the wrong side on the lining and notch out in the same way . |
| 13 | He had several phone calls from Japan to deal with , and a request from a Bombay-based Hindu businessman that he fly out in the next few weeks to — as Mr Kapoor put it — ‘ spring clean ’ his collection of modern primitives . |
| 14 | A grant from the Theatre Trust should ensure plays put on in the former church now Saltburn 's Community Centre no longer literally bring the house down . |
| 15 | I 'd watched Motown and the blues catch on in the Sixties and the roots of all that stuff was laid in the Forties , so the funk was always going to catch on and stay . |
| 16 | I got excuse me , put down in the first eleven for hockey . |
| 17 | Recently various writers have drawn attention to the domesticated image of women put over in the mass media , in textbooks and reading books for children , and in school curricula . |
| 18 | They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction . |
| 19 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
| 20 | But when Neill rows to investigate , he is astonished to see his yacht , complete with his wife and dog , sail off in the opposite direction with the unhinged Zane at the wheel . |
| 21 | ‘ You see , my little licentiate , when these retired schoolmarms and redundant bank officials pitch up in the petrified era , they will be forced to test their high-tech equipment to its very limit . |
| 22 | Andy Thomson and John Price , who between them have dominated the indoor season , move outdoors today when they line up in the five-day Mazda International Singles Championship on Australia 's Gold Coast . |
| 23 | Managers line up in the good old Miss World tradition as their units ' achievements — sales figures to you and me — are read out in reverse order and the best one is presented with a sash . |
| 24 | Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction . |
| 25 | They were piled haphazardly , some put back in the wrong sleeves , and were mainly recordings of Italian opera . |
| 26 | When included , the inner shape was taken to be a hole or cut out in the total shape . |
| 27 | This evening , again at the Athletic Grounds , he 's back in the spotlight when Derry face Down in the provincial U-21 final . |
| 28 | Even though , he lost his footing and ended up ‘ floating face down in the dark water , his body resting over the length of the rake as if it were afloat . |
| 29 | The double sweep 1 : both fighters square off in the right stance . |
| 30 | unc Now finish off in the usual way . |