Example sentences of "[verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Absences from work due to leave , sickness , court attendance , police business elsewhere , or transfers can seriously deplete this number on occasions , leaving the section very understaffed , which is why managers are so sensitive about constables phoning in sick , although this sensitivity is not always communicated in a heavy-handed manner . |
| 2 | Red Cross talks remained deadlocked over a proposal made in late 1989 to allow a exchange visit by members of divided families which had failed to reach fruition because of the South 's refusal to accept the North 's demand to stage a revolutionary opera as part of the planned exchange . |
| 3 | A report in the Middle East Economic Digest of April 19 , citing a recent edition of a London Arabic language daily Asharq Alawsat , claimed that the Soviet Union would not fulfil promises made in early 1991 to provide Syria with a large consignment of weapons . |
| 4 | A further , and very significant change , made in early 1981 , relates to the GDO . |
| 5 | While DataPrism is currently available on both the Macintosh and Windows , a SpreadBase version for Windows is currently being developed and will ship in late 1993 . |
| 6 | ‘ Right , it 's an amp I got in late 1954 . |
| 7 | Local branches were systematically established — fifty in the first twelve months , 100 at the peak of UDC influence in late 1917 , at which time there were around 10 , 000 individual members . |
| 8 | She reared up , but Jazzbeaux was riding her now , knees pressed in tight . |
| 9 | Whether this reality was important or not , the Secretary of State for the Environment announced in late 1987 that there would be no general extension of the enterprise zones in England ( Ridley , 1987 ) . |
| 10 | I agree that nobody should be forced to breathe in other people 's cigarette smoke . |
| 11 | It is peat-coloured , and its gills both camouflage it by breaking up its outline and enable it to breathe in still water . |
| 12 | Let's pause for a while in order to breathe in some pure air . |
| 13 | Now begin to breathe in white light ( or whatever colour feels appropriate ) until you are radiating light . |
| 14 | The Head Housekeeper is due to retire in late 1986 and the Accommodation Manager at the end of 1987 . |
| 15 | A controversy arose in early 1989 over the treatment of apples with the chemical Alar which was proved in animal tests to be carcinogenic . |
| 16 | Freshwater mussels perform a useful task in the established pool , sucking in algae-laden water , retaining the algae , and disgorging clear water . |
| 17 | Scott stood motionless for long moments , sucking in deep lungfuls of air . |
| 18 | He pulled away from them both long enough to wipe blood from his face and to lean on the stair-rail , sucking in deep breaths . |
| 19 | Sucking in great drafts , she drained one bucket and then half another . |
| 20 | He picked up a rubber glove whose open end was sucking in brown greasy water . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm supposed to go in first thing in the mornings too , to light the stoves and dust round . ’ |
| 22 | The contest between the two candidates was first fought out before cardinals Gaucelin and Luke in England , but in 1318 the case was revoked to the Roman curia at Avignon , where Hamo was himself constrained to go in early 1319 . |
| 23 | They got there but they had to go in second gear look |
| 24 | Barak gave specific instructions that I was to go in alone . |
| 25 | She preferred to go in alone . |
| 26 | Smart Drive goes in first eh ? |
| 27 | The second part of the chapter looks at these new arrangements and the issues they raise in more detail . |
| 28 | With further anticipated rises in the PSBR for the early and mid-1990s , the government sought in late 1992 to introduce still further constraints on the rise in public spending . |
| 29 | PGL bring in two new players |
| 30 | Far better to take what is , and bring in progressive changes , than to radically alter the whole thing . ’ |