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 . ’
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