Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A labyrinth of caves known as the ‘ Sassi ’ or ‘ rocks ’ , is hewn in tiers out of the flanks of a deep ravine and linked by a warren of stairways and alleys . |
| 2 | On the contrary , they prefer to rest in groups out in the open , where they can use their acute senses to scan the landscape for tell-tale sounds , scents and movements . |
| 3 | Evidently deciding that prudery was the better part of valour , I hotfooted it down to the bedroom again in time to witness half the ceiling crashing in flames on to the bed I had been sleeping in moments before . |
| 4 | in waves back to the sky |
| 5 | A cheery bing-bong-a new addition , the kind of chime you hear in airports-peals out over the PA system . |
| 6 | Moreover , these net additional jobs are offset by reductions in jobs in surrounding areas — by a diversion of activity into the zones , and a displacement of jobs in firms out of the zones . |
| 7 | THEY believe in miracles down at The Valley . |
| 8 | He had been on that motorbike , which was in bits over beside the wall . |
| 9 | It 's in mothballs down in the . |
| 10 | Moreover in The Tablet ( 16 April 1958 ) Shirley Williams pointed out another advantage that grant-maintained schools might have : Mr Baker has laid down that LEA schools must take in children up to the 1979 limit of numbers , so that as many parents as possible can get their children in , if they choose a particular school . |
| 11 | Today this breed is decreasing in numbers along with the Danish Red-and-White , while the Danish Black Pied is gradually increasing and the Danish Jersey is holding its own . |
| 12 | But it was no better outside : midges boiled in clouds out of the sodden peat around the saw-bed and the timber stacks . |
| 13 | Rockhoppers nearly always nest in colonies up on the tops of cliffs , sometimes 30 metres above the sea , which , on the face of it , seems a daft place for a bird which can not fly ! |
| 14 | " I can do a woman 's voice , Mr Feather , I had them in stitches up at the Comprehensive . |