Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One therefore gets trapped into a situation where it appears much easier to carry on in the business than to divest , or move out . |
| 2 | ‘ In no way will there be enough teams left to carry on in the age groups concerned . |
| 3 | The Minister warned : ‘ He may be able to carry on in the job but he can not do so effectively . |
| 4 | She wanted him to stop yet at the same time wanted him to go on in the hope that the lovely sensations would begin again . |
| 5 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 6 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 7 | He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house . |
| 8 | ‘ What sort of accommodation have you got in Harwich ? ’ she asked , as we went off to sit down in the lounge . |
| 9 | I hate having to sit down in the toilet all the time . |
| 10 | And do n't get so drunk that you ca n't stand up and have to sit down in the middle or , worse still , can not speak at all . |
| 11 | He put the journal on Alexandra 's lap and went to sit down in the chair beside hers . |
| 12 | ‘ I had expected you before this , Mr Beckenham , ’ said the lawyer with a twinkle , setting a chair for his client to sit down in the drawing-room of the small house that served also for his office . |
| 13 | Three weeks later , on the day I became Prime Minister , my first impulse was to sit down in the study which had been Harold 's and write him a letter of appreciation and grateful thanks . |
| 14 | But I felt guilty about her being in a Home … she just had to go in in the end — and I know it 's the best place , it 's safe and she has company all the time … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Get Hawkins to go down in the cellar and help thee , and mind th'do n't get up to any pranks . ’ |
| 16 | In his home town , Mr Edwards is a noted singer and says that he wants to go down in the programme as performing a selection of songs from Carousel and also Holy City . |
| 17 | Street lights were starting to come on in the distance , crimson slivers slowly brightening to orange . |
| 18 | There was no immediate sign of an answer , but after Creggan had given up any hope of a reply and was looking at the path lights beginning to come on in the Park outside the Zoo there was a subtle shift of talons in Slorne 's cage , a gentle shift of wings , the swiftest of meek glances , and Creggan , too late to catch the look full on , yet sensed that in her mute way Slorne was saying ‘ Yes , oh yes , you were right to predict her return ’ This knowledge that another eagle there believed his prediction had been right gave Creggan comfort in those first weeks in the Cages . |
| 19 | Mr Thomas stressed that this is the area that WACC-Asia needs to concentrate on in the months to come . |
| 20 | But uncle was to creep down in the night and abuse the little girl he was giving shelter to . |
| 21 | As the battering wind seized them they had to stoop along in the darkness , fighting for handholds , first the base of the old pulley , then the mast . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm terribly afraid it 's going to come down in the marshland . |
| 23 | DERRY Minors could be forgiven for suffering from ‘ double vision ’ as they prepare to meet Down in the Ulster MFC on Sunday . |
| 24 | I can never forget how he used to come over in the evening from Bembridge School to sit with me after my son died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-seven , only eight months after his marriage . |
| 25 | Are you giving me a lift or will I arrange to come over in the office ? |
| 26 | but give them in the morning cos we 've got to come over in the morning have n't we ? |
| 27 | ‘ With the Government slowly clamping down on all media coverage , unless I moved fast any chance of filming within South Africa would be gone and I did want the accuracy and flavour of the country itself to come through in the film . ’ |
| 28 | However it was , the one he had aimed at did not get out of the way in time and a last-minute attempt to slink off in the wind failed . |
| 29 | Jim had not really woken up for his breakfast and was happy to curl up in the back again . |
| 30 | She had to stand up in the midst of a certain amount of pomp and ceremony and address a large audience , which included her own family , her husband , the Prime Minister , the Lord Mayor and a host of City dignitaries , many of them accomplished public speakers themselves . |