Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 2 | Er , but I mean , everything you do is , is designed to set yourself up in the best possible position for when the staff come in and , and throughout the shift leaving it as best you can for the branch manager the next day . |
| 3 | Sarah tried to hitch herself up in the bed . |
| 4 | He tried to lever himself up in the bed . |
| 5 | ‘ I tried to play it down in the report . ’ |
| 6 | Money has driven them deeper into the planet , money has brought them down in the world … |
| 7 | The florist came up earlier but she was asleep , and he did n't even come into the room , just put his head round the door and left her some flowers ; the night nurse has put them out in the corridor . |
| 8 | We are restricted somewhat by time , because I want to get everybody back in the main auditorium to listen to what I know is going to be a fantastic lecture by Professor Don , er from Baltimore , which I would certainly recommend that everybody go and see . |
| 9 | Next morning dawns bright and clear ; the storm has blown itself out in the night . |
| 10 | Pierre came to pick them up in the long Mercedes and they piled in with all their bags and appurtenances . |
| 11 | And since he 'd opened it up in the first place — and he definitely owed David Dennis a drink for putting him onto it — every chance of a couple of TV spots on the strength of it . |
| 12 | I remembered — I 'd stuffed it back in the envelope with my dreams . |
| 13 | Look put it back in the box otherwise there |
| 14 | Both at home and at school they usually have to remain on the floor and Alice does n't always remember to put them back in the bag . |
| 15 | It 's not going to press you back in the seat on acceleration or break any speed records , but it 's far from sluggish — a 119mph top speed , in fact , and 0–62mph in 12.8 seconds . |
| 16 | If not I 've only got to put them up in the attic and bring them down in three month 's time . |
| 17 | No afterwards she 's going to switch it on in the common room . |
| 18 | I thought you might like to send somebody over in the van and pick a bottle or two up and you can have a party in the studio after your show . |
| 19 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |
| 20 | It could be said that some sort of crisis was going to force itself up in the life of a strongly emotional young man who was so strictly engaged in compartmentalizing his life : a father who was never meant to know about Janie Moore ; Minto herself cut off from college ; almost all his friends kept in darkness about his emotional history , and most of them at this period unaware of his religious interests ; pupils who were discussing with him the things he cared about most — books — but in a fashion which prevented his strength of feeling breaking through . |
| 21 | But I never felt that he was going to get me out in the second innings . |
| 22 | ‘ I like their style of football and would like to test myself out in the Sydney Premiership . |
| 23 | They were a motley collection — these remnants of her mother 's past , she thought , as she began to put them back in the envelope . |
| 24 | Then he bent down and began to roll her up in the hearth rug . |
| 25 | Or he could have flown it around in the wastes of ice where Shackleton lost the Endurance . |
| 26 | His young rider , ‘ Wendy ’ , saddled him up , and started to trot him around in the practice ring with a number of other horses . |
| 27 | She stood up : ‘ No , I did n't ! — So he could n't have done it , could he ? — And before you say owt , he could n't have looked her up in the phone book 'cos she 's ex-directory ! — And anyway , he told me to go round there today and get her to put her money in the bank . |
| 28 | They 're sure to give the go-ahead , otherwise they would n't have chucked it out in the first place . |
| 29 | At that point we could still take water from the aquifer , but we would have to pump it out in the same way as we would from an unconfined aquifer . |
| 30 | He 's been reckon she must have locked herself up in the dark . |