Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 2 | It was arranged that Hetty would stay on in the shop for a while , and Sarah would work from ten o'clock until three for the first few weeks . |
| 3 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 4 | Or should they hang on in the hope that these assets will soon be worth serious money ? |
| 5 | They may not catch on in the north-east ! |
| 6 | CUD ARE inclined to assign their ‘ terminally wacky ’ tag to their irreverent cover version of Hot Chocolate 's ‘ You Sexy Thing ’ , but Mike Dunphy is certain they 'll win through in the end . |
| 7 | CUD ARE inclined to assign their ‘ terminally wacky ’ tag to their irreverent cover version of Hot Chocolate 's ‘ You Sexy Thing ’ , but Mike Dunphy is certain they 'll win through in the end . |
| 8 | It is not possible for example to predict that Mr Smith will have a heart attack or that Mrs Williams will fall over in the snow and break her leg . |
| 9 | Watch that brickwork dry off in the sun , it 'll be as pale as the arch , here , in ten minutes . |
| 10 | it does n't fall off in the soup , it never falls off , it 's only the ones you see on the advertisements that fall off . |
| 11 | Some have even kept their tattoos hidden from their children and have been reluctant to explain why they will not peel off in the sun . ’ |
| 12 | Perhaps one day there will be an advert using Biblical images , the foot-sore traveller will be seen having his feet anointed ( for which there is excellent Scriptural precedent ) and softly the music will steal up in the background — and it will be Handel 's ‘ How beautiful are the feet ’ . |
| 13 | He 'd jump up in the morning to see his friends again |
| 14 | But the brokers between the private sector and the community , such as BITC , say these sources may dry up in the recession . |
| 15 | Malcolmson ( 1984 : 126 ) argues that ‘ an essential feature of the world Williamson is interested in [ … ] is not one in which one can simply assume that economic efficiency will win out in the end ’ . |
| 16 | But stand-in skipper McAllister is confident that Leeds will bounce back in the style that made them champions last May . |
| 17 | Looking ahead , Souness said he was confident his side can bounce back in the League after the reverse at Tottenham . |
| 18 | The inspector concluded that he would n't survive back in the wild . |
| 19 | The meat she would dry out in the sun tomorrow . |
| 20 | The gubernatorial trial balloon may well fall back in the Speaker 's face because , quite simply , there is not enough air in it . |
| 21 | Either way , the ACT changes will add some uncertainty to an already complicated situation and it would be no surprise to see the Footsie fall back in the short-term . |
| 22 | These kids would hang out in The Sombrero in Kensington High Street and Chagueramas in Covent Garden — which became The Roxy Club a couple of years later . |
| 23 | Rolling bream are not frightened bream , nor do they hang around in the swim if they 've been spooked by an escaping fish . |
| 24 | I mean , either you 've got ta hang around in the morning , or he 's got ta hang around at night . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't hang about in the bathroom ; it 's cold up there . ’ |
| 26 | But you must n't hang about in the morning then , neither ! |
| 27 | Filmer would stay over in the station . |
| 28 | They 're always the ones that are a bit more boisterous , whereas the older ones you have to physically carry on in the shop floor , the students do n't , and that 's what gives them a bad name . |
| 29 | The 1896 discovery by Eduard Buchner ( 1860–1917 ) that fermentation could carry on in the absence of living cells seemed like the final nail in the coffin . |
| 30 | She knew hat she would be flaunted before the whole of Northumberland if her mother had her way , so , although aware that good form dictated that she should dress down in the country , she took a deep breath and faced the fact that , for their first few outings at least , she would have to wear what Nora called her ‘ dressy ’ clothes . |