Example sentences of "in [prep] the middle of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In about the middle of the eighteenth century , John Zoffany , a portrait painter , arrived in England , and although not regularly accepted at first , he became friendly with Garrick and other actors which lifted his prospects , so he took a lease of a house called ‘ London Style ’ , which was set back from the north bank of the River Thames , just east of Kew Bridge , but later his wife and children occupied a house on the river front on Strand-on-the-Green , which house was named after the painter . |
| 2 | Take the current situation for example : it is clear that the economy as a whole embarked on the present recession in about the middle of last year . |
| 3 | In about the middle of the fifth century Syracuse introduced the radical-seeming device of petalism ( which like Athenian ostracism was a way of getting rid of prominent enemies , except that olive ‘ petals ’ i.e. leaves , not sherds , ostraka , were used ) ; but we should not be deceived . |
| 4 | In about the middle of the fifth century the Sikels found a leader , Duketios . |
| 5 | In the fifth century there were only two kings of Cyrene before the monarchy fell some time before c.450 , Battos IV ‘ The Fair ’ and Arkesilas IV ; in about the middle of the century , Cyrene freed itself from the never very oppressive control of Persia , perhaps following the lead of the Egyptian revolt . |
| 6 | Note the filling in of the middle of the harmony by the violas , which gives solidity to the structure . |
| 7 | It was your hard luck if you came in in the middle of one of them . |
| 8 | This sensation of being hemmed in in the middle of Europe was heightened by the foundation of the German Empire in 1871 , although it was Bismarck 's great achievement that he united his country in concert with the other nations of Europe . |
| 9 | This particular form of the game is not that old , having come in in the middle of the last century , when changes took place in the technology of pelota . |
| 10 | I 'd come in in the middle of something . |
| 11 | The decorator who is given the keys for the purpose of working , will be a trespasser if he lets himself in in the middle of the night to watch a video . |
| 12 | Bidding for BTG took place in secret and final bids had to be in by the middle of February . |