Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incongruously , Giselle was a flabby girl ( parents should think ! ) who could n't screw the top of the coffee jar on straight , could n't put the milk back in the fridge , could n't shut the door . |
| 2 | The Heathite ministers effectively won the Cabinet debates over the public-spending round in the autumn of 1980 , but their victory was short-lived . |
| 3 | Eventually , Maryport Council had to apply for a special nuclear waste disposal licence from the Department of the Environment so that it could legally dump the silt back in the sea again . |
| 4 | Presumably this was important to him ( it always was to me and I can fully understand this ) for he wrote the route up in the new routes books asking how others would feel if he subsequently went back and placed a single bolt runner to protect the route . |
| 5 | All over Europe sailors had been accustomed to drawing a meridian through a point in their own country or through the furthest point to the west out in the Atlantic that they could determine with any certainty , and English sailors had usually taken their fixed meridian from a point west of the Lizard ( the last promontory of land they could see as they left the English Channel ) . |
| 6 | The noise down in the courtyard was getting louder as the men began to wonder why they were n't leaving . |
| 7 | Even if Mr Takeshita drives the budget through in the opposition 's absence , he will still need time for some further bills . |
| 8 | Walkman , alarm clock , my winter pyjamas ( too hot , I 'd thrown the duvet off in the middle of the night ) , my wash-'n'-make-up bag , and necessities . |
| 9 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 10 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 11 | Of course , he thought , as he levered the hatch door open slowly , letting more soft light spill out from underneath , he 'd have to cover his tracks in the morning ; damn silly to have left the cupboard back there open , and the light on in the dome . |
| 12 | Sophia could see the light on in the hall as she came up to Ianthe 's front door , but the front rooms were in darkness . |
| 13 | She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser . |
| 14 | I 'd left the light on in the hall . |
| 15 | and now the van 's got the red light heat coming on , on the battery , took it into the garage and checked it , it 's charging the battery alright , its alternator 's okay , but we do n't know what it is but when you turn it on , when you turn the key on in the morning |
| 16 | He put the key back in the lock and opened the door , and then ushered Patrick through before him . |
| 17 | And and when I rang her she said yeah bring the card over in the morning if you like . |
| 18 | I 'll walk home and pick the car up in the morning . ’ |
| 19 | I suppose being realistic we could clean the car out in the evening because you only got to have the door open you 've got the interior light on |
| 20 | And I 'll tell you something else — ’ she paused , went to the oven , took out a tin holding roast potatoes , flicked them over expertly and put the tin back in the oven before she continued , ‘ She wo n't be long in that school , she 's a way ahead ; and you know what ? ’ |
| 21 | Afterwards he washed the tin out in the stream , splashed water over his face and hands and wiped them dry on a handkerchief . |
| 22 | She pulls over on to the hard shoulder , gets out , opens the boot , gets out the spare tyre and the jack , jacks up the car , takes off the old wheel , puts on the new one , lets the jack down , puts it and the wheel back in the boot , closes it , gets back in the car and drives on , knowing that she will be fifteen minutes late . |
| 23 | ‘ We have had to beg , steal and borrow substantial funds to put the club back in the hands of the people of Peterborough , which is where it belongs , ’ commented Turner , who moves to the boardroom as chairman . |
| 24 | Together , the pair devised a series of three-year plans — the first was to put the club back in the first division , the second to get the club established in the top third of the table . |
| 25 | The lad has done a lot for the club out in the middle and in the dressing room , but has n't answered our prime need — someone to knock over the opposition . |
| 26 | Then he bent very cautiously , watching my every move , and put the tray down in the doorway . |
| 27 | But you 've got to make a mental leap , because I mean for the last five years , things have been pretty horrible , since eighty seven really , I mean we 've only had the pick up in the last year . |
| 28 | He heaved his bulk round , but saw only the tightly wedged backs of the mob out in the street . |
| 29 | That 's about it for July — if the weather is lovely do n't give up the knitting — carry the machine out in the garden and work under the shade of a tree . |
| 30 | The woman was found naked from the waist down in the skip , in Glovers Alley behind the Royal College of Surgeons near the city centre , by a porter who heard moans . |