Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mellor told Mr Major he felt unable to carry on in a phone call early yesterday morning . |
| 2 | This silly and childlike regressive behaviour can not be allowed to go on in a relationship in which a couple care for one another . |
| 3 | If knowing how to go on in a discipline is largely a matter of rule-following , it remains the case that the rules are as much socially imposed by the disciplinary tribe as they are by epistemic considerations ( Becher 1989 ) . |
| 4 | You 're welcome , ’ then went to the sink in the far corner of the kitchen to wash his hands , came back to the fireside to sit down in a chair to the right of the oven , and watched his wife putting out the meal . |
| 5 | To sit down in a cafe you had to buy a cup of tea . |
| 6 | FOR a thriller to really thrill there should be moments when you are gripping the edge of your seat wondering if the star is indeed going to go down in a hail of bullets — one more dead hero . |
| 7 | The module is intended to prepare students to work effectively in a group and to understand the benefits of teamwork in achieving a common goal . |
| 8 | You will need the ability to initiate and carry out original research and to work effectively in a team . |
| 9 | It is more like a slow process of sifting , in which , by a long series of stages , and with many pauses , grains of one kind tend to come together in a heap ’ . |
| 10 | That 's what makes us significant , three very different kinds of people able to work together in a band . ’ |
| 11 | Its quest is for an active invention of a whole pattern of ‘ effective partnerships ’ , to help Northerners and northern agencies of all kinds to work together in a co-operative of enlightened self-interest . |
| 12 | It 's clear that the many non-party political groups which sprang up in the wake of the election , bodies such as Common Cause and Scotland United , are now prepared to work together in a coalition to stage further events highlighting the deficiencies of the current constitutional arrangements . |
| 13 | According to Barry Morris , Blackpool 's tourism boss : ‘ People are not prepared to accept less in a B&B than they have at home . |
| 14 | Ask him if he will wants to come down in a minute . |
| 15 | do n't go in Charlotte 's bedroom , alright , alright , they might have to come down in a minute if you want to go up , ah ? |
| 16 | The first step , therefore , is to write down in a list all of the data that you are given . |
| 17 | Anyhow , we had open views over the Heath and Vale of Health and it made a lovely family home even if it was badly designed with a huge wasteful " well " in the middle of the house which had the advantage of enabling us to come downstairs in a series of flying leaps , holding on to tall mahogany pillars at the corners of the stairway . |
| 18 | She has succeeded in convincing Rainbow that she alone must somehow atone for the misdeeds of the ancestress who caused poor Anya to wander forever in a twilight world . |
| 19 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |
| 20 | It was an act familiar to anyone , that is almost everyone , who has suffered from those self-inflicted illnesses that inspire only a feeling of wanting to curl up in a ball and be alone . |
| 21 | They are ideal for large breeds , or individuals which have a back ailment of any kind and may find it painful to curl up in a basket . |
| 22 | Since general public speaking courses are not preparing you to give a particular speech , but to give speeches in general , the first task is simply to get you to stand up in a room full of people and ask you to speak about anything you like for three minutes . |
| 23 | You can be too geriatric to stand up in a boat … and you might quiver a bit . |
| 24 | ‘ Thoroughbreds will always be able to catch up in a race over a long distance . |
| 25 | Nor can democracy be expected to work smoothly in a society with rigid divisions , producing a permanent majority and a permanent minority . |
| 26 | Japanese never like to stand out in a crowd . |
| 27 | Recession , in making people unemployed , weakens worker organisations and limits the utility of the strike weapon ( the only real weapon of labour ) because labour is reluctant to come out in a situation in which the hold on a job is precarious . |
| 28 | Bearing in mind that many people eat lunch at work , most of the light meal dishes can be taken to work either in a food container or , for a more filling lunch , pocketed in some pitta bread . |
| 29 | He attempted to stand inconspicuously in a corner but it was useless , for most of the villagers nudged one another and turned to stare in his direction . |
| 30 | One night I was joined by a visitor to Seend , anxious to be of help , Colonel Faithorne , who was some relation of the Bishop of Bath and Wells , and who showed intellectual interests , including a knowledge of Eliot , which I was not to meet again in a soldier until I made the acquaintance in 1974 of my late father-in-law . |