Example sentences of "jump [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But when you go in on a subject like philosophy , to jump in at that level how adjusted you are it 's difficult if you 've not got any academic background to suddenly come in and have to start doing it .
2 erm which quite simply I had some money of my own and I was n't that hungry er to jump in to any job at all .
3 ‘ How could it 'ave jumped out of that geezer 's pocket into me hat ? ’
4 My Series III jumps out of first gear on over-run .
5 The gearbox in my 1973 Series III two and a quarter petrol is noisy and jumps out of third gear .
6 So , if that is the case how can we possibly lose our identity because we have n't , we 're not , there 's no suggestion if we go on an inward journey , the inward journey must be within our selves , within our individuality , not , not jumping out into some form of spacial context .
7 He was half in and half out of the cloakroom , stripping off his ski-suit , jumping about on one leg with his other foot caught in the elasticated cuff .
8 ‘ Was it your impression , ’ he asked Meh'Lindi , ‘ that Carnelian was performing a lightning calculation as to whether we might stand any chance of still saving Stalinvast if we jumped back into normal space ? ’
9 Soon after Manfred and Gloria had gone , when I was hurrying to make up time , a second German couple jumped out of another Land Rover .
10 Following a very rough crossing from Portsmouth during which I slept very little it dawned on me that we were on our own in a Renault van which was half a ton overweight , had a top speed of 60 mph , an up-hill speed of 40 mph provided you had a run at it , jumped out of fourth gear unless you held it in position and we had 1850 miles to go !
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