Example sentences of "[adv prt] in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I wonder if these councillors realise that anglers are among the people who vote them in in the first place , and who they are supposed to serve ? , ’ he asked .
2 ‘ We should have turned Jack Stone in in the first place and let the Met boys worry about protecting the family . ’
3 ‘ What I ca n't understand , ’ the Archdeacon went on , ‘ is why Dersingham put Marr in in the first place . ’
4 Now Mill realizes that the objection to this is the last problem coercion , that if people 's votes are known , then some people might be able to put pressure on others to vote one way rather than another and as I said why the secret ballot was brought in in the first place .
5 No , it 's the ones who bring them in , who brought them in in the first place — ’
6 To think about this , we now have to relax one of the restrictions that I built into the computer game : we shall end by seeing why I built that restriction in in the first place .
7 And why did you climb in in the first place ? ’
8 If a claim comes in in the normal sequence of events and our adjudicating officers are asked to adjudicate , that is one matter .
9 The work that had been put in in the past year was now showing results and he was absolutely confident that the spirit that had animated the society , the progressive feeling and the strong loyalty would continue throughout London .
10 He headed in in the 31st minute after Wright 's centre had taken a deflection , then scored from the penalty spot after being brought down by Bennett .
11 Windows emulation and AppleTalk , LU6.2 and NetWare interoperability technologies will be detailed in in the fourth quarter , while an interapplication communication facility to compete against Windows NT should be unveiled in the second quarter of 1994 .
12 Wind/U , a complete set of Windows APIs operating under Motif that Bristol wrote , is currently in beta and will ship in in the fourth quarter priced at $50,000 per product license .
13 Compare the description of the agony in In the Same boat ( a story the end of which is truer to the experience than i– the end of The Brushwood Boy ) : ‘ Suppose you were a violin string — vibrating — and someone put his finger on you ’ with the image of the ‘ banjo string drawn tight ’ for the breaking wave in The finest Story in the World .
14 Although she had never read any of his books , she was well aware of the high regard he was held in in the literary world .
15 As for Newry , they are a much better side than last season , and they get credit for refusing to buckle after being reduced to ten men at 2–1 down in the 54th minute .
16 She dosed the door softly behind her , took off her coat and folded it neatly on the small divan bed and snuggled down in the flowery corner armchair .
17 Thank you for your interest , comrade , sit down in the listening corner and I shall begin .
18 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 .
19 Gazzer crawled up the bank and lay down in the tall grass , pole-axed by fatigue .
20 Taking a deep breath , he walked slowly across the room and sat down in the easy chair directly facing his mother .
21 The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves .
22 And you know , so often you and I , we have questions that we want to bring to the Lord , if only was here in person , if only we could sit him down in the front room , how many things we would have to ask of him !
23 Bryceson had been a wartime pilot ; shot down in the Middle East , he taught himself to walk again only through exceptional determination .
24 During that period the bees would be working busily up and down in the fermenting liquid and at the end of the two weeks it was ready for straining and bottling .
25 It 's almost equally inevitable that they will go down in the low income bracket .
26 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 .
27 It was still widely agreed that , as laid down in the papal ranking of 1504 , the Holy Roman Emperor came first of all secular rulers , and this pre-eminence all emperors jealously guarded : it was only after considerable resistance that Ferdinand III ( 1637 – 57 ) agreed to address Louis XIV as " Majesté Royale " .
28 Disconnected , their instrument of memory fails to record anything of those common night-time moments that preceded lying down in the marital bed .
29 ‘ No more risque sketches and you 're to get everything toned down in the second half . ’
30 Another point-less return really would leave them squinting for light deep down in the Second Division 's dark vale .
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