Example sentences of "[verb] thing [adv prt] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , but er I think that erm , before we champion er , or back er people like Mr Yeltsin and say that they rep represent progressive forces , I 'd like to be clear about where those forces see themselves going , because I do n't see nationalism as a progressive force in the er , in the last decade of the twentieth century , I think we need to be concentrating on those people who are trying to build a new international order rather than splitting things up in the Soviet Union in a way which may be catastrophic . |
| 2 | In their defence , Oxford did pick things up in the second half , Druce did all the running , Walker placed the header , but Salmon was n't going to let the match slip through his fingers . |
| 3 | Let us get things out in the open and have an SEC to ensure that the honour of the City of London is well protected by a statutory authority . |
| 4 | Mike Pumfrey had wondered whether the two of them might sit and talk things over in the two easy chairs stained , dusty , pre-war relics , that squatted capaciously in the far corner of the study . |
| 5 | Hereford wrapped things up in the second half . |