Example sentences of "[verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ) She sits in silence for a few minutes , simply to breathe in the company of others , then goes and brings me my soup , followed by potatoes , onion and a fried egg . |
| 2 | Difficult to move , hideous to breathe in the shuttered carriage . |
| 3 | They took it in turns to breathe in the smoke , as the substance sizzled with a malicious delight . |
| 4 | The hallmark of Wyllie 's All Blacks is the ability to drive the ball forward repeatedly at close quarters , sucking in the defence before opening up and ruthlessly exploit any gaps . |
| 5 | He leaned against the stable , sucking in the cool night air like a man surfacing from a deep river . |
| 6 | But is GCHQ now sucking in the innocent ? |
| 7 | No more than forty-nine names on a paper , or the Deputy-Lieutenants will infer a gathering of illegal size and bring in the soldiers under the Riot Act . |
| 8 | Say , you have a problem with a youth , they could do you out this plan that would sound very good on paper — bring in the social workers , bring in the DHSS and juvenile liaison . |
| 9 | Say , you have a problem with a youth , they could do you out this plan that would sound very good on paper — bring in the social workers , bring in the DHSS and juvenile liaison . |
| 10 | Industry is the main way countries bring in the money they need for food , education and health . |
| 11 | ‘ The small orders bring in the big ones . ’ |
| 12 | In fact , when I bring in the afternoon tea , Mr Farraday is inclined to close any book or periodical he has been reading , rise and stretch out his arms in front of the windows , as though in anticipation of conversation with me . |
| 13 | Faced with the mounting cost of a war against the American colonies , the coalition government in Westminster had instituted a punitive and highly unpopular tax by the Stamp Act of October 1783 : all registrations of baptisms , marriages and burials would be charged at 3d. a time — and so there was every incentive for local clergy , working on 10 per cent commission , to get around the parish and bring in the strays . |
| 14 | Having set the backlight , bring in the key light , so called because it provides the photographic modelling and sets the general level of exposure . |
| 15 | The end was nigh for the old tradesman prop : bring in the bulky back-row forward . |
| 16 | Get rid of the pensioners : bring in the fit young props reared on body-fat callipers , VO2 max and three Weetabix for breakfast . |
| 17 | And the operations in France support and work with the company 's reseller community , which bring in the bulk of its European revenues . |
| 18 | And the operations in France support and work with the company 's reseller community , which bring in the bulk of its European revenues . |
| 19 | As the UN concludes , this is outdated , for the service multinationals bring in the ‘ soft technology ’ and skills required to run an efficient business . |
| 20 | Ellie had barely started her own meal , but now she and Patsy had to get up , as was their required duty , to collect all the dirty crockery and bring in the pudding . |
| 21 | Only after years of dogged activity by tenants backing up their own experiences with systematic surveys , did local authorities bring in the experts , and the tenants were right all along : they were living in leaking , sweating , unstable structures . |
| 22 | It is , however , fairly easy to work out the energy as we bring in the charges from infinity one by one . |
| 23 | ‘ Bring in the pie ! ’ |
| 24 | And bring in the outriders . ’ |
| 25 | Bring in the lord . |
| 26 | ‘ I will write a novel about the Empire [ Du Camp reports him saying ] and bring in the evening receptions at Compiègne , with all the ambassadors , marshals and senators rattling their decorations as they bend to the ground to kiss the hand of the Prince Imperial . |
| 27 | " Bring in the stool from the bathroom . |
| 28 | We gave them food and shelter , and in return they worked on our farms , helped tend the flocks , bring in the harvest … ’ |
| 29 | Everything had a value , I had to do these jobs round the house , bring in the logs , clean the car . |
| 30 | Light the Christmas candle and bring in the nativity scene , with perhaps everyone sharing in setting it up . |