Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 1,500 officers have been put on standby in the capital tonight to deal with any alert . |
| 2 | And he had stopped her in the lobby once to enquire , ‘ How are things going ? |
| 3 | EG Vinnie throwing a scotch egg at him and Bobby Davison getting pissed and falling asleep in the restaureant only to wake up with flu and miss loads of games ( the papers said it was a recurrance of his knee injury ) ! |
| 4 | The landlord hereby demises unto the Tenant ALL THAT messuage or dwelling-house with the outbuildings and garden attached thereto and forming part thereof known as Number 10 Downing Lane Old Fableland in the County of Humberside which premises are outlined in red on the Plan annexed to these presents EXCEPT AND RESERVING AND SUBJECT to the exceptions and reservations set out in the Schedule hereto TO HOLD the same unto the Tenant from the 25th day of December 1986 for the term of seven years PAYING therefore the net yearly rent of £2500 clear of all deductions by equal quarterly instalments commencing on the 25th day of December 1986 next and thereafter on the usual quarter days . |
| 5 | But I got myself straightened out and I was in the mood then to write some words , get into being into the music , get the tunes making me groove . ’ |
| 6 | The decision followed strong reactions by the US administration and the UN to an incident earlier in the day , when Iraq troops had fired shots in the air allegedly to deny UN inspectors access to a nuclear weapons site , which was itself the culmination of a series of such refusals by Iraq . |
| 7 | Who was it who said that the Irish took the English language and threw the words up in the air just to see how they all sparkled as they came tumbling down ? |
| 8 | He had done so four years before , and nothing had happened in the meantime either to abate his ambition or to make him less qualified — in the latter case very much the reverse . |
| 9 | The dryish curd is cut into big chunks and piled into huge tubs that are left to stand in the dairy overnight to allow the acidity and flavour to develop . |
| 10 | I looked in the folder again to see if I 'd missed anything . |
| 11 | Normally , you will have an opportunity to look over the machine and to sit in the cockpit beforehand to think about all the knobs and levers . |
| 12 | It seems that that recent $1m+ investment in Chorus Systemes SA by Altus Finance , a subsidiary of Credit Lyonnais , one of Europe 's largest banks ( UX No 382 ) , has spurred Unix System Laboratories to increase its $1m investment in the firm just to maintain its share : however , the companies do n't want to reveal how much USL added to the kitty or what percentage it controls for fear of giving away the valuation . |
| 13 | It is now our responsibility in the year ahead to care for this movement which is so dear to our hearts to those who have gone before and to the young members who with our encouragement will be involved in the future . |
| 14 | Some said there would be no more than a brief lull to refurbish and reprovision , and then another attempt ; others maintained that the troops would be paid off — if they were so lucky as to be paid ! — and disbanded from Shrewsbury , for it was too late in the year now to favour an invasion . |
| 15 | So what you must do , and it is not easy , is to create a clown-like detective hero who has a core of toughness , of shrewdness even , which will allow him in the end plausibly to come out on top . |
| 16 | Look in the list below to find one that suits your interests . |
| 17 | Braintree says the southern link road was included in the package simply to push the overall cost up to a level at which it became eligible for government funding . |
| 18 | Braintree says the southern link road was included in the package simply to push the overall cost up to a level at which it became eligible for government funding . |
| 19 | I 'm not in the side simply to learn . |
| 20 | In fact technically I ought to have someone else here as well , but I thought that as the sergeant knew the facts of the enquiry ( in fact he was instrumental in getting the information we 'd like to question you about ) , it would keep it in the family so to speak if he acted as my amanuensis , that 's the word , is n't it , Sergeant Pascoe ? ’ |
| 21 | The Dominican Republic was the only country in the region formally to celebrate . |
| 22 | And er we used to try and them in the garden just to get the odd one or two for somebody you know . |
| 23 | The bulbs can be planted in the garden afterwards to flower outdoors the following year . |
| 24 | ‘ You can borrow the car and I 'll see you in the office later to go over the VAT files . ’ |
| 25 | I stayed up most of the night , totally engrossed in the book only to find that David Wood had published what I had only just begun to suspect , a definite pattern underlying the whole region of Rennes-le-Chateau . |
| 26 | He agreed to an impromptu reading in the evening only to find later that he would not be paid for it . |
| 27 | As far as possible , yes , with a bit of feed in the morning just to supplement what they find in the wood . |
| 28 | For this reason , he invited the previous speaker who had first referred to the lack of education of the people of the area to spend a day or two in the area sometime to experience it first hand . |
| 29 | In the afternoon , during the winter months , I played football for one of the local junior teams , The Blues or BAAC , who were attached to one of the two rowing clubs in the area just to confuse you ) . |
| 30 | I expect it comes naturally to you , being in the business so to speak . |