Example sentences of "[adv] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fieldfares , redwing and song thrush sometimes flood the islands in thousands , and flocks are scanned eagerly in the hope of finding one of the rarer Siberian thrushes such as black-throated or White 's . |
| 2 | Cardiff have always attracted players , but what has fuelled the apprehension of the other Merit Table clubs is that they , along with Newport , are now competing eagerly in the transfer market . |
| 3 | The two men sat on the high wall of the dyke as the dawn came , looking out across the flat expanse of blackened fields , watching the figures move almost somnolently in the darkness below . |
| 4 | The wall clock ticked somnolently in the silence , each movement of the minute hand magnified by the stillness in the office . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , you 're such a baby , ’ Caterina tossed fiercely in the bed , ‘ Tummy rumbles ! |
| 6 | Their books are usually set nostalgically in the past — the Thirties and Forties are favourite periods — and often feature the perennial characters of fairy tales and nursery rhymes . |
| 7 | As far as his cock was concerned he felt somewhat in the position of a toddler trying to fly a kite . |
| 8 | Through them , somewhat in the spirit of Chagall , runs the aerial preoccupation of romantic escapism . |
| 9 | Wiles , it was hoped , would restore the intended seriousness to Doctor Who , which he felt had been lost somewhat in the wake of the Daleks ' success . |
| 10 | The magazine BOMB , no. 5 , 1983 , includes both a full-page black and white advertisement in which Sherman models Issey Miyake clothes , somewhat in the guise of a wrongly strung marionette , and — elsewhere in the magazine — a personal picture in which Sherman appears in the same clothes as an exotic , diva-like force . |
| 11 | Now that the nightmare of her captivity had receded somewhat in the safety of his arms , she suddenly remembered , with painful clarity , the way they had parted , the truth still unspoken between them . |
| 12 | At no time will you lose track of your present persona ; that will remain with you , even if it is somewhat in the background . |
| 13 | But these were matters which preoccupied theologians ( whose intellectual reputation was not high ) , philosophers and artists ( who were admired but somewhat in the manner in which wealthy men admire the diamonds they can afford to buy their women ) and social critics , of the left or right , who did not like the kind of society they lived in or found themselves forced into . |
| 14 | The hierarchy is arranged so that groups of strong and weak elements at the lowest level themselves form strong or weak elements at the next level up and so on throughout the hierarchy , somewhat in the manner of the hierarchical structure of syntax . |
| 15 | Agents often have authority to bind their principals in ways they should not , they can act wrongly in the exercise of their authority without forfeiting it . |
| 16 | Capers are the unopened flower buds of the plant Capparis spinosa which has a low , trailing habit and grows abundantly in the wild , although it is cultivated extensively in Mediterranean countries , especially Spain and France , where the export of capers is a lucrative business . |
| 17 | I could make out the Headmaster 's fancy brick chimneys , three shaped like corkscrews , three with brick diamond patterns , also the black branches of the elm tree shining wetly in the light of a precinct lamp-post . |
| 18 | The Over 60s Club meets on March 18 at 2pm in the village hall . |
| 19 | New members are welcome to the club , which is held every Wednesday at 2pm in the village hall . |
| 20 | Haughton-le-Skerne Ladies Guild is to hold a jumble sale on Saturday at 2pm in the church hall . |
| 21 | Haughton-le-Skerne Ladies Guild is to hold a jumble sale on Saturday at 2pm in the church hall . |
| 22 | With a not overlong flying display that runs from 2pm in the afternoon until 6pm in the evening , plenty of time is available to roam among the aircraft parks and view whatever is the viewer 's fancy . |
| 23 | She could think better in the darkness , and Gay 's letter had effectively banished all desire to sleep . |
| 24 | And then we used to put some coops there and small runs for them and we used to carry them there , every night because they settled down better in the night than in the daytime . |
| 25 | Because they settled down better in the night in the woodlands . |
| 26 | The Tory performance was in fact one and a half percentage points better in The Economist 's regular sample of provincial English districts than it was three years ago , at the height of the rebellion against Mrs Thatcher 's poll tax ( see table 1 ) . |
| 27 | He said , ‘ We could discuss business better in the bar . |
| 28 | Only the pain was getting rather tedious and Meg insisted that I had it done now before I retired , on the theory I suppose , that better in the Government 's time than my own . " |
| 29 | She felt miserable about this all the morning , but better in the afternoon when they went to Druid 's Bottom after school . |
| 30 | I , I found I skied better in the afternoon , now . |