Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
| 2 | When included , the inner shape was taken to be a hole or cut out in the total shape . |
| 3 | The boat skipper gives Kevin a choice — swim or struggle on in the bad weather and lose your money . |
| 4 | Is there any chance you could run a page or so every now and then to explain a few of the terms that crop up in the reviews ? |
| 5 | A readable picture can be subtle and delicate , with the viewer slowly discovering details that linger on in the mind ’ ( ibid . |
| 6 | What the hell was that kiss about in the middle of all this ? |
| 7 | The most lethal amphibian venom of all is secreted by tiny arrow-poison frogs that clamber about in the leaves littering the floor of the South American rain forests . |
| 8 | There are a series of peaks that show up in the detector like a range of mountains as there are lots of gamma rays at different energies coming from the many naturally radioactive materials that are all around and within us . |
| 9 | The occasions that stand out in the three decades of our post-imperial era are : Duncan Sandys ' 1957 decision to recommend the end of National Service , which almost halved the Army ; the Kennedy/Macmillan Polaris agreement at Nassau in 1962 that led to the RAF losing responsibility to the Royal Navy for the British nuclear deterrent ; Denis Healey 's scrapping of the TSR2 in 1965 , which threatened to ‘ unhorse ’ the RAF 's knights ; his cancellation of the aircraft-carrier replacement programme in 1966 , which did much the same thing to the Royal Navy ; and John Nott 's attempt in 1981 to maintain the strength of the Rhine Army and RAF Germany at the expense of our maritime capability . |
| 10 | As much because of what is left unsaid as because of what is directly described , The Albatross is one of those exceptions which suggest that the junior adventure story has always suffered under unnecessary limitations : the names that stand out in the genre are those who in various ways have ignored or overridden these limitations . |
| 11 | It would act , for example , as a general mechanism to wipe out those that end up in the wrong place , say after a cut mixes cells between different layers of skin . |
| 12 | ( I suspect it 's his way of getting some vegetables down me considering the number of soft , plump leaves that end up in the bottom of my cup when the pot gets to be half full of the things . |
| 13 | it 's all these odd ideas that go around in the barbaric south that 's the trouble ! |
| 14 | Is not that comment on security even more staggering than the bombs that go off in the city , although all such bombings are to be condemned and deplored ? |
| 15 | He asked , with relish , ‘ Ever seen mushrooms that light up in the dark ? |
| 16 | And then any extra specials that come up in the meantime , they would send out send out a wee typewritten sheet you see . |
| 17 | Mr Pavlychko , a poet turned politician , knows enough of both trades to leave that answer up in the air . |
| 18 | I 'm crying a bit as I try and stick the pieces together , but I ca n't do it so I just leave them on the floor and sit back in the chair . |
| 19 | ‘ Come and sit down in the bar , ’ says Mrs Bixman . |
| 20 | ‘ And land up in the same condition as you did ? |
| 21 | Press seam allowance to the wrong side on the lining and notch out in the same way . |
| 22 | The Welshman sent Critchley over within three minutes of the second half and was in support to take Tait 's pass and touch down in the 56th minute , with Holliday 's goal setting up an aborbing final quarter . |
| 23 | Well yes , but I mean it 's she seems to do the opposite thing to Charlotte , cos she used to sleep in the morning and fidget around in the afternoons and this one fidgets all morning and then sleeps in the afternoon . |
| 24 | Also , with healthy deciduous trees , the leaves all come with great show every Spring and die off in the Autumn — but more come each successive year cos the tree has grown a bit so the foliage is thicker , more complex in structure — until it dies of course . |
| 25 | They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction . |
| 26 | This short sleeved trouser suit looks cool and elegant in pastel pink — try wearing it with dark colours , and stand out in the crowd . |
| 27 | You could find them face down and face up in the mangroves . |
| 28 | I would put on a tape of Tudor madrigals — a new interest — and lie back in the contoured leather seats , letting myself melt into the crevices of Morley 's sinuous six-part harmony and observing the surrounding misery with mounting satisfaction . |
| 29 | The L1 migrate up the trachea , are swallowed and pass out in the faeces . |
| 30 | She went vaguely back to occasional journalism and found it increasingly difficult to sleep in the evenings and get up in the mornings . |