Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We live on the fourth floor of one building , in what , by Chinese standards , are luxurious conditions : we each have our own bedroom , living room , and bathroom , with drinking water , cigarettes , and thermos flasks of hot water ( for making Chinese tea ) laid on in the living room . |
| 2 | She guessed Ben lived mostly in the kitchen , cooking neatly and painstakingly for himself . |
| 3 | So then I went to the bank and asked politely in the name of the Mamur Zapt if I could check Andrus 's account . |
| 4 | Some guy took his er bonuses after two years recently and I think he got somewhere in the region of six thousand pound . |
| 5 | Perhaps for this reason Britain experienced little in the way of a fascist movement in the 1920s ; only a few small and insignificant fascist groups , hostile to the Bolsheviks or the Jews , emerged at that time . |
| 6 | The one whose house it was got taken away and the other one lived on in the house . |
| 7 | The present interior dates from 1852 when it was used by Emperor Ferdinand the Gracious , the last king of Bohemia who abdicated in 1848 in favour of his nephew but who lived on in the castle until his death , in 1875 . |
| 8 | Unlike the Victoria Press , the Caledonian produced little in the way of books . |
| 9 | The table was enormous and gleamed redly in the candlelight . |
| 10 | On the upper deck outside the half-dozen first-class cabins , green-and-white-striped awnings fluttered gently in the breeze of the ship 's movement , and in their shade Senator Nathaniel Sherman sprawled at ease in a canvas deck chair , his long legs splayed comfortably in front of him . |
| 11 | Above the nearest serving counter a huge banner portrait of the ch'a god , Lu Yu , fluttered gently in the breeze of the overhead fans . |
| 12 | Well they got down in the grass you see . |
| 13 | Some such unfortunates ultimately abandoned the East Indiamen for a place in the pilot service in India , after they had acquired sufficient influence with important passengers to secure such an appointment , while others might take a place as an officer of one of the so-called country ships , which operated only in the East and did not return to Europe . |
| 14 | Some of the statutes are essentially 19th century in orientation , the most notable being the Factors Act 1889 ( FA ) and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 ( SGA ) which consolidates the original Act of 1893 with the subsequent amendments made especially in the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 ( SOGIT ) . |
| 15 | It works by boosting the supply of serotonin a chemical produced naturally in the brain . |
| 16 | However , despite the teacher 's independent authority to discipline pupils , the test laid down in the case of R v Rahman by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Lane for the limits to a parent 's right to detain his/her child probably offers a guide to teachers . |
| 17 | Notwithstanding the fact that Dirks was found not guilty , the tests laid down in the case are of great significance : a tipper 's liability is contingent upon the purpose of his action ; while a tippee 's liability is limited to those situations where he knows or ought reasonably to know of the insider 's breach of duty . |
| 18 | The Supreme Court , overturning a ruling by the High Court on March 16 , 1989 , ruled that such offences constituted political offences under Section 50 of the Extradition Act 1965 , and that the principles laid down in the case of Finucane also applied in Carron 's case . |
| 19 | They are all linked with parts of educational activity which fall within a typical institutional plan and are now largely covered in the requirements for the publication of comparative information laid down in the Education ( Schools ) Act 1992 . |
| 20 | A good example is the Civil Aviation Authority determining entitlement to an air transport licence in accordance with the general objectives laid down in the legislation . |
| 21 | The assessor will observe the trainee performing a unit of competence in the work environment , ask any relevant questions and then decided whether the candidate is competent by judging the performance against the recognised criteria laid down in the NVQ standards . |
| 22 | He recognized in Hitler certain ‘ gifts ’ that could be further developed and used to project Germany with powerful force towards the ideal of the ‘ Superman ’ laid down in the philosophy of Nietzsche , and to re-vitalize the ancient Aryan heritage . |
| 23 | She felt he was looking at her professionally now : a woman who had only had two cups of coffee for breakfast , who had not gone shopping or taken herself out to lunch as she had planned , who , in the old days , never seemed to waste a minute , who never laid down in the middle of the day and yet was now stretched out on the bed , inert , apathetic , openly admitting that she had n't realised the time . |
| 24 | An acceding State must satisfy any conditions laid down in the treaty , including the formalities for accession . |
| 25 | Indeed , Lord Plowden ( who was at the time a civil servant engaged in economic planning and subsequently the chairman of a public corporation ) has recently suggested that the blueprint laid down in the Act was arguably too detailed , and that questions such as the division of powers between the centre and Area Boards could rationally be placed within the purview of nationalised industry management rather than of Parliament . |
| 26 | The Commission maintained that the nationality requirements laid down in the Act of 1988 were contrary to the general prohibition of discrimination on grounds of nationality set out in article 7 of the E.E.C . |
| 27 | No provision of Community law could justify the residence requirements laid down in the Act of 1988 . |
| 28 | Having referred to the apparently absolute rule , the tribunal concluded : ‘ Nevertheless our duty is to apply the tests laid down in the Act in Section 24 ( 6 ) and to take the Code of Practice into account . |
| 29 | The surveyor who is appointed as supervising officer may not need a detailed knowledge of the law surrounding building contracts but should certainly have a full working knowledge of the procedures laid down in the contract . |
| 30 | In December 1630 he was silenced by William Laud [ q.v. ] for not catechizing according to the form laid down in the Prayer Book , and for refusing to bow at the name of Jesus . |