Example sentences of "[verb] in [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people who are seizing and occupying the present time can not belong in my colour , they 're like the bits that leap out of a spinning bowl , too heavy , too separate and distinct to be blended in with the other substances ; red-hot stones , flung out and setting on fire the place where they land . |
| 2 | Where the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries gave way to the nineteenth , things became crisper : you read of a profusion of Elizas and Thomases , of beloved wives and lamented parents : white marble crept in with the grey limestone . |
| 3 | It crept in amongst the ordered ranks of hieroglyphics in a simple line of graffiti , scrawled in French , on the hull of one of the royal barques : " You must not forget me . " |
| 4 | Andre had fallen in with the legendary Lafons of Meursault — Dominique Lafon was at college at the same time , and Lafon pere had become something of a mentor . |
| 5 | Turkey is flown in with the weekly food supplies , while in Tripoli some enterprising expats even breed turkeys specifically for the festive table . |
| 6 | For example:UNDERSTANDING THE IBM ENVIRONMENT introduces the latest technical information about newly available IBM equipment , how it fits in with the existing range and how this should affect your view of IBM , as a customer . |
| 7 | ‘ To be honest I do n't think it fits in with the Irish way of things . |
| 8 | GM schools will be able to change their character if that is what parents clearly want and the change fits in with the wider needs of the local area . |
| 9 | Parents and teachers usually judge children 's behaviour by whether it fits in with the usual standards — moral , emotional , social and intellectual — set by the society in which they live . |
| 10 | This fits in with the general tendency among much of the elite population in Shetland ( and Dunrossness ) to avoid raising ‘ issues ’ ( this has obviously happy consequences for those who are benefitting most from oil-related developments ) . |
| 11 | It admittedly makes intuitive sense , and fits in with the general observation about staffs ' professional identities being a function of their research identities . |
| 12 | ‘ I might have expected such an answer from you , McAllister ; it fits in with the general picture , ’ said Dr Neil angrily , picking up his cane . |
| 13 | You may have a rough idea of where you are going and if it fits in with the cosmic blueprint , doors open easily . |
| 14 | ‘ No doubt , ’ said Mr Harold Brooks-Baker of Burke 's , ‘ it fits in with the freer ways of today but some feel that freedom is an over-used word . |
| 15 | As we said in the last chapter , the Church is well placed to give a positive message at this time , to speak of how mortality is understood and how it fits in with the Christian message of salvation . |
| 16 | This argument fits in with the pluralist notion of power that we discussed at the beginning of the chapter . |
| 17 | Wind/U , a complete set of Windows APIs operating under Motif that Bristol wrote , is currently in beta and will ship in in the fourth quarter priced at $50,000 per product license . |
| 18 | More of them got in on the industrial act — Sri Lanka was the latest brave new industrializing country , while India finally took off as a major supplier of iron and steel on the global stage . |
| 19 | He got in with the wrong crowd up at . |
| 20 | He will do if he gets it into his head but he got in trouble you see , got in with the wrong crowd and |
| 21 | Not by someone else stepping in at the last moment . |
| 22 | The only other fictional world I lived in with the same intensity was that of Louisa M. Alcott . |
| 23 | Responsibilities , I mean , it would have to be torn down and build up again it was in such a bad shape , it was really , I mean , terrible , it must of been , it was , it was man who lived in since the second world war , alright , so you get . |
| 24 | The other hand , also in a clenched fist position , is tucked in against the opposite side of the body , with the thumb and fingers facing upwards . |
| 25 | However , due to the short notice , Randalstown would have been without four key players on May 15 which was pencilled in as the reserve date . |
| 26 | ‘ Any landing you walk away from is a good one , ’ she exclaimed as they taxied in to the small terminal . |
| 27 | At Bragança there was no response from the tower as we transmitted our intentions , landed and taxied in to the little apron . |
| 28 | We 've plunged in with the practical details rather than training itself . |
| 29 | The forward screen zoomed in on the slight figure of the target . |
| 30 | In this case we were lucky and the route had been re-equipped with new bolts placed in between the old bolts . |