Example sentences of "[adv] in a [noun] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think he conceived ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ as a concept album , but the songs slotted together in a way that it became a concept , and the way he presented it on stage , how he wanted to look , how the boy 's costumes looked ( facsimiles of his — though his were patterned and theirs were simple ) meant that he 'd breathe life into a concept hero . |
| 2 | I mean we had an example from the miner 's strike but that ha was happening far away in a sense and it was just something that you could support or yo you did n't support or you put a tin of beans in the box in Quix and that was what you did you know sort of And then actually faced with having to accept food from that people had given you in a way , it 's a very quite a difficult concept . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll keep this tucked away in a corner when it 's not needed , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I took the bits home in a lorry and it took 25 years to rebuild . |
| 5 | Most people only have shingles once in a lifetime but it is possible to have it several times . |
| 6 | Long years later , he ended up in a workhouse and it was from that vantage point that he ‘ launched his attack upon the world of letters . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll tell you what , ’ he said , ‘ you can have it for £60 as that 's the last size 10 I 've got , and I 've got to pack up in a minute and it 's raining . |
| 8 | The horse is kept locked up in a stable until it is time to be exhibited for the potential buyer or judge — or mare owner if the horse is a stallion standing at stud . |
| 9 | Previous generations were brought up in an age when it was thought not ‘ respectable ’ — especially for women — to enjoy sex ; and men and women over 50 or so were expected to be together ‘ for companionship ’ , to the exclusion of any sexual activity . |
| 10 | I know in our case , and therefore probably in a lot that it is n't always possible , they 'll always find a way in , but if there was some perhaps advice to people it might bring down this number of complaints , that you could perhaps do before the wasp season begins , I do n't know whether that 's a possibility or not . |
| 11 | We need to start somewhere in an analysis and it might be useful to review the rate of penetration of another , related consumer electronics platform in recent years and to use this as some guide to the penetration we might expect from multimedia platforms . |
| 12 | ‘ We are now in a recession and it is very short-sighted of businessmen to start complaining . |
| 13 | The club 's now in a mess and it seems only someone with big money and the right intentions can prevent a desperate situation getting worse . |
| 14 | If we were going there and back in a day but it would n't really be worth it to go to the fair . |
| 15 | He attempted to stand inconspicuously in a corner but it was useless , for most of the villagers nudged one another and turned to stare in his direction . |
| 16 | As I mentioned earlier , they glide round in an arc and it is a hell of a job to prevent them from plunging into the weeds some way along your own bank . |