Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] in front [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had just sat down in front of the television , beer in one hand , chicken leg in the other , feet on the coffee table , and Sportsnight just started . |
| 2 | I was hauled off in front of the assistant governor for adjudication . |
| 3 | An enormous powder blue car , gleaming and new , its plentiful chromium winking in the sunlight , was drawn up in front of the house and against it leaned a man in a white suit . |
| 4 | The whole horse militia of Westmorland and northern Lancashire , and all the militia of Cumberland , were drawn up in front of the little Lake District town , under the chief local landowner , Lord Lonsdale , and with 10,000 men they easily outnumbered the rebels , but a mere sight of Forster 's advance guard was enough and the whole body fled in terror , leaving the field littered with horses and arms . |
| 5 | For most of the time he shifted about from one foot to the other , more like a naughty schoolboy who has been hauled up in front of the head master than a genie rubbed out of a bottle . |
| 6 | ‘ You actually wanted to be hauled up in front of the stewards in Portman Square ? ’ |
| 7 | Apparently the club lost its license and was shut down after a series of lawsuits stemming from car accidents involving drunk punters — and under American law , bar staff who serve drunk drivers are liable to get hauled up in front of the local beak of those people are later involved in accidents . |
| 8 | One morning I was called up in front of the 2ème Bureau and walked into an office to be interviewed by three Sergeants who spoke perfect English . |
| 9 | A dramatic event would be played out in front of the class — for example a man would run in pursued by another . |
| 10 | he got called out in front of the school |
| 11 | Domestic air flights were suspended on the receipt of bomb threats , four buses were fire-bombed and a small explosive device was set off in front of the CGT headquarters in Buenos Aires . |
| 12 | In fact when you introduced me , I thought , ‘ Oh my God , I 'm going to be brought up in front of the assembly for some heinous crime and be humiliated . ’ |
| 13 | He was acutely aware of everything that had gone on in front of the then roaring fire . |
| 14 | The tags are put on in front of the mother and she is asked to confirm that the name is right . |
| 15 | I was told that in the early days of tape , three weeks ' work in Europe was wiped when , as the White Cliffs of Dover came into sight , the bag containing them was put down in front of the rotating aerial . |
| 16 | The six of us walked to the front and lined up in front of the stage . |
| 17 | A queue of about ten people wearing gym shoes was lined up in front of the ladder . |
| 18 | Sadly , that great sight disappeared in 1970 , when the cars lined up in front of the pits at the commencement of the race . |
| 19 | On 17 October 1952 tanks were lined up in front of the presidential palace and a group of officers led by Nasution called on Sukarno to dissolve parliament . |
| 20 | Everyone else , from the father to the uncles to the cousins , was lined up in front of the brother and given a gun . |
| 21 | Huge four-wheeled carts , each pulled by six horses , were lined up in front of the main doors as Fat Henry moved his furniture and belongings elsewhere for another round of pleasure . |
| 22 | Ironside , who produced a string of spectacular saves , said : ‘ That 's the best performance I 've put up in front of the television cameras and such a big crowd . ’ |
| 23 | That was the man who the same year had stood up in front of the full pad and launched into his celebrated five-hour denunciation of Joseph Stalin . |
| 24 | It added : ‘ They also saw students from a college being ordered out in front of the building , made to stand against the wall , and shot dead . |