Example sentences of "of [verb] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Adnan Khashoggi , a Saudi arms dealer , is being tried with her , accused of helping out in the property deals . |
| 2 | By the mid-1970s our collective view was that , with a few notable exceptions , Soviet technology was on a distinctly inferior plane to that found in the major Western industrial countries and , moreover , had shown no signs of catching up in the previous 15–20 years . |
| 3 | There was no question of easing off in the second half . |
| 4 | Locals tend to stick to the pleasures of eating out in the evening , but there are a few spots in town for night revels . |
| 5 | In present times the system is in danger of dying out in the Point district , as so many of the men and women have regular employment in town . |
| 6 | Yes I think that must of come out in the roundabout there , it was n't in front before , erm , so I 'll do that yes , I 'll drop you off |
| 7 | ‘ I think it 's a matter of stumbling around in the dark until we find a clue , ’ Loretta said gratefully . |
| 8 | Of course , one of the advantages of waking up in the night in a sweat is that you tend to have your best ideas whilst failing to get back to sleep . |
| 9 | Thanks to the several hundred Young Guardian readers who wrote their accounts of Growing Up In the Eighties for the Outloud column . |
| 10 | Unlike many groups , The Wedding Present largely avoided the dubious pleasure of growing up in the public eye . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , perhaps you might allow me to go for a walk from time to time , instead of waiting around in the servants ’ hall . |
| 12 | The idea of going out in the garden to sit looking back towards the house was popular , as was the line of the path , laid in stock bricks in a colour best described as crushed strawberry . |
| 13 | ‘ If you had stayed to hear what I had left to say , ’ Claire said , smiling , ‘ instead of rushing out in the rain , I would have told you that , at the end of your dark tunnel , you would eventually reach the light . ’ |
| 14 | Exercise consisted of getting up in the morning , reaching for a cigarette and climbing into the car . |
| 15 | At the moment the only thing making me write this essay is the thought of me being able to vegetate in front of the box tomorrow night and also , if I push my self and write three lines a minute I will be able to go to bed early and ease the strain and trauma of getting up in the morning and trudging off to another dreary day in school . |
| 16 | But psychologically what happens is , eventually they say well , what 's the point of getting up in the morning , so they lie in till ten o'clock . |
| 17 | Swail 's hopes of getting back in the match virtually disappeared when he lost the first frame of the final session . |
| 18 | The thought of drifting along in the sunbeams , under the willow of the brook with only the frogs and water-rats to keep her company , filled her with glee . |
| 19 | A victim ( and in theory he could be male , although no man has yet , apparently , pursued a sexual harassment claim through the courts ) can leave and complain of unfair constructive dismissal but will often prefer to keep the option of staying on in the job and bringing a sex discrimination claim instead . |
| 20 | Back at base , Stirling had every intention of staying out in the desert and carrying on his raiding operations . |
| 21 | Arguably he was known to Londoners less for his medical expertise than for his incredible eccentricity , which was exaggerated by a long beard , a predilection for extraordinary costume and his habit of riding about in the streets and Hyde Park on a white pony , which he sometimes painted all purple or , when the mood took him , purple with black spots . |
| 22 | ‘ The lad has a history of moving on in the game . |
| 23 | It was also a way of moving up in the world . |
| 24 | They speak of opting out in the primary , secondary and further education sectors ; as for social services , they speak of monitoring and enabling rather than providing . |
| 25 | Well , as long as it does n't make me feel uneasy , I 'm a fairly tidy sort of person , so I do make the bed , and sort of tidy up in the bedroom , and I tidy up in here , when she 's gone to bed . |
| 26 | Last Autumn it gave up all pretence of continuing on in the business and sold off its Personal Mainframe hardware interests to clone newcomer Digital Systems Research ( UX No 407 ) . |
| 27 | So you changed jobs then really did you both you both kind of started out in the quarries |
| 28 | You know they do n't sort of poke up in the air like shoulders sometimes do . |
| 29 | ‘ And you could see him sort of recline back in the chair … he was visibly surprised . ’ |
| 30 | Good job we did n't go to school after all , cos you 'd of run round in the playground , you 'd of been shattered ! oops , too late ! |