Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] in front [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The young German eventually got in front with seven laps remaining when Senna 's McLaren appeared to develop a technical problem , Schumacher squeezing past at the final hairpin . |
2 | Then Julius 's mouth closed over hers again , his hands began a series of loving , teasing caresses , and Jessamy forgot everything except that this was her brilliant , stubborn , bullish husband whom she loved very much , and a bright future suddenly shone in front of them . |
3 | He said he had just driven from Ladgate Lane when the man suddenly appeared in front of him . |
4 | They just hung in front of you , like lamps . |
5 | At six o'clock the next morning she finally fell in front of the door of the workhouse , and the people there took her in . |
6 | I walked up to these fellers , a few paces , and just stood in front of them , looked at them — they knew what was wanted — ‘ Clear off ! ’ |
7 | For a long time , she just stood in front of the box , petrified . |
8 | An ornate building , brightly lit loomed in front of him . |
9 | When they finally stood in front of him , they realized why he had not answered . |
10 | The drama depicted is something that once happened in front of the canvas — where the painter claimed to be nature ! |
11 | Mrs Cullam still sat in front of the television , the baby asleep now in her lap , the dog lying across her slippered feet . |
12 | He proceeded down the aisle towards the fallen cross , that now lay in front of the altar , before stopping over the dead German officer and continuing until he came face to face with Tommy , who was still holding a pistol pointing straight at his heart . |
13 | And they almost went in front on eight minutes , Michael Surgeon beating the Comrades ' off-side trap only to see his well struck 20-yard drive brilliantly tipped over by 'keeper George Cathcart . |
14 | He never peed in front of other men . |
15 | But forget 10-digit typing and you 're soon skipping across the keys with the irritating agility of people who never sweated in front of a Pitman 's chart . |
16 | He actually paused in front of the funicolare station and considered this . |