Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [verb] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is time to go downstairs , to see how Deirdre is getting on in the kitchen , to make sure the butlers are not drinking too much . |
| 2 | Lij Yasu is camped out in the bush with only five Abyssinians in his retinue ; while in the neighbouring villages are various messengers from the government and from provincial chiefs who dare not approach to deliver their letters for fear of the flogging with which anyone who disturbs him is threatened . |
| 3 | Frank is driven out in the darkest darkness in Leeds , but he got a golden oppurtunity when he was selected for Drillos squad to play USA [ and Costa Rica — killers of Sweden in last WC for those who remember — my comm. ] later this month . |
| 4 | DOOR-to-door brooms and buckets seller Betterware is cleaning up in the recession . |
| 5 | His view of the Christ is summed up in the divine song called the ‘ Nunc Dimittis ’ ( Luke 2:29–32 ) . |
| 6 | DESPITE the confirmation by the Irish-owned Jordan Formula One team that Marco Apicella will replace Thierry Boutsen in Sunday 's Italian Grand Prix at Monza , Ulster driver Eddie Irvine is standing by in the wings to take over later in the season . |
| 7 | Now he then comes on in the second part of the report to look at the fourteen great achievements and I mean two things A what are those achievements and do those achievements back up and support these kinds of very general maybe propaganda kind of stances that Mao is taking up in the first part of this report . |
| 8 | Though he wo n't be getting a title Tim is moving up in the world — he 's about to swap his modest semi in Winchester for the grandeur of Anne 's residence , Gatcombe Park , Glos . |
| 9 | London is losing out in the fashion stakes : our designers are considered either wacky street stylists or ladylike purveyors of dowager dresses . |