Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] in [art] middle " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gedanken thought for a minute , then said , ‘ In that case , they should all land up in the middle — of their galaxy . |
| 2 | If your fingers get tired , you can even swap round in the middle of a game . |
| 3 | Or ‘ Why do n't you go and lay down in the middle of Piccadilly Circus ? ’ |
| 4 | It is useful to quote the size of the repeat when ordering fabric for curtains or blinds so that you do not cut off in the middle of a formalized pattern . |
| 5 | I 'm sure you should n't go round in the middle of a performance . |
| 6 | Manifestations can vary enormously from one individual to another ; a sufferer may — or may not — forget how to wash , dress , eat , go to the lavatory , get up or go to bed ; be disorientated in time and place ( for example , may get up in the middle of the night , or may wander away from home and be unable to find his or her way back ) ; forget the social conventions of politeness , and may therefore become aggressive or rude ( or over-friendly ) ; forget how to communicate , and even his or her own or other people 's identity . |
| 7 | Wherever he went in the house , he carried reams of calculations and sometimes would get up in the middle of a meal because he suspected that his calculator was at fault . |
| 8 | Cos he might sit down in the middle |
| 9 | You know , she made him sit down in the middle in front of everybody you see |
| 10 | Sometimes I 'd wake up in the middle of the night , hearing music in my dreams , and I 'd look down out of the bedroom window . |
| 11 | Three big movies ; drinking with Bogie ; flirting with Garbo ; taken up by Hedda Hopper , ‘ the most exciting success story since Gregory Peck 's contracts of ten years back ’ ; liked by directors ; known as his own man and a tough one ; married to a charmer and , now at peace with Olivia de Havilland , sitting on the floor at a last party telling her that he was ‘ terrified ’ of going back to play Hamlet , would wake up in the middle of the night sweating and shaking at the thought , unable to go back to sleep . |
| 12 | Do n't fiddle along in the middle |