Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] in [art] middle " in BNC.
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1 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
2 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
3 | You 've got to put the basin upside down in the middle of the tin or the ducklings 'll fall in and drown . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ She put the old kite right down in the middle of the fairway . |
7 | It is completely and increasingly ‘ normal ’ for soldiers to break into houses and mix food with cement ; to leave excrement lying around ; to turn the male population out in the middle of the night to clean the streets and sprinkle them with rose water . |
8 | To keep this depth and spread without using chorus I just left the chorus switched on and backed off the rate and depth controls to 0 ; switching the chorus off again put the sound back in the middle of the speakers and sounded quite boring by comparison . |
9 | ‘ He 's rented an old farmhouse right out in the middle of nowhere on the common , beyond your place and even more isolated , believe it or not . |
10 | He has his day off in the middle of the week because we are always busy at the weekends . |
11 | We are situated on a tiny island out in the middle of the Persian Gulf and do not have the luxury of soft green surfaces to indulge in our love of playing the great game . |
12 | It was a bright spring morning and Dad had put a chair out in the middle of the lawn and was sitting , eyes closed , head uncomfortably angled , taking in the sparse sunlight . |
13 | They liked her because she did n't put the book down in the middle to go and do something else , and because she read stories properly , as if she wanted to know what happened too . |
14 | Tom hastily opened his case , took out a tripod and set his camera up in the middle of the lounge , while Mrs Stych watched , open-mouthed . |
15 | She cleared these things to one side and laid the cigar down in the middle of the dressing-table . |
16 | But I do have to say that if you take the time off in the middle of term , I 'm afraid I wo n't be able to guarantee your post when you return to us . ’ |