Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had a painted chest of drawers and tiny wardrobe and she fell asleep enjoying their shapes in the fading light . |
| 2 | The distinct lozenges of mud have gone , worn down by the weather , but it is possible to see their outlines in the dissolving walls . |
| 3 | Billy refused to allow this to affect his performances in the Palace goal and he never played better than in his last two League games for us at the end of the 1931–32 season . |
| 4 | While this has its origins in the manipulation of plant and animal species that began c. 10 kyr BP ( section 3.3 ) it has been confined to plant and animal breeding programmes . |
| 5 | By early habit she was a countrywoman , she could orientate herself by barely visible bulks and air currents and scents in the night , and she was not afraid to trust her feet in the irregularities of an unknown path . |
| 6 | Under the captaincy of Tom Ingledew , the Hopewell had returned late , but safely , the first autumn of their occupancy of Everhope , laden with goods , with candles , skillets , nails , lace shirts , hats , hammers and other necessities of civilisation ( but no shoes , unfortunately ) , as well as several more of their countrymen willing to try their fortunes in the Americas . |
| 7 | Some bare their souls on their feet and some bare their souls in the bars . |
| 8 | The Japanese suspend their phototubes in the water . |
| 9 | It is not an attitude that would carry much weight in other educational circles , but it is easy to see its roots in the traditions of apprenticeship to a trade . |
| 10 | 29 aircraft claimed to have bombed the city , 21 brought their bombs back having failed to locate their targets and six jettisoned their loads in the sea . |
| 11 | That 's no making of the European parliament , the European parliament will be delighted to hold its meetings in the new building in Brussels . |
| 12 | By the end of the decade more than 1,200 had their snouts in the trough . |
| 13 | These lay their eggs in the nests of other birds , which then act as unwitting foster parents . |
| 14 | The first of these has its roots in the pupil-centred view of education . |
| 15 | More disasters followed , when it was found that the track had been laid slightly out-of-gauge , and all of the new cars 27–41 broke their axles in the first two weeks . |
| 16 | She was always clean , you could n't fault her for cleanliness , but I 'm sure she must of either washed her clothes in the toilets , you know , wash basin in the toilets because that was the only thing she had was one bag and she used to , er , her pension book was in and er erm |
| 17 | He is sure to outspeed his rivals in the St Modwen Novices ' Hurdle ( 12.30 ) on ideal ground and over a trip that is certain to suit . |
| 18 | If you have a literary bent , there is a lot that will appeal to you here ; Wordsworth , Ruskin and Beatrix Potter all made their homes in the vicinity and today these ‘ shrines ’ are open to the public . |
| 19 | Such classificatory techniques and use of social binaries seem all too obvious in police practice and undoubtedly enhance ideological barriers and present further opportunities for the powerful to encourage their agents in the police to pursue bigotry and authoritarian measures in their contests with the dispossessed . |
| 20 | The word holistic has its roots in the Greek holos which means ‘ whole ’ . |
| 21 | For example , Article 3 of the Agreement on Social Policy provides a legal basis for the consultation of management and labour at the Community level by the Commission before ii submits its proposals in the social policy field . |
| 22 | Small wonder perhaps that many buried their heads in the sand and refused even to think about the event until the last possible moment . |
| 23 | It has fewer benefits to dispense than previously , yet is faced with a plethora of interests , each of which is unwilling to moderate its demands in the interests of all . |
| 24 | Penetration , focus , timing and mental confidence all play their parts in the achievement of a successful break . |
| 25 | We 're all extending our overdrafts in the hope that we can stay in business long enough to be around when the upturn starts . |
| 26 | The exhibition comprised posters tracing the development of the alkali industry and the companies Corning Glass , Courtaulds Coatings , Rohm and Haas and Sterling Winthrop , together with memorabilia from the companies , which all had their origins in the north-east . |
| 27 | The constituent groups of the PLO , Fatah , PFLP , DFLP and the Communist Party , all had their cadres in the territories which maintained their outward anonymity to avoid arrest . |
| 28 | Too many of the respectable labouring poor ended their lives in the workhouse or on out-door relief — 50 per cent of those reaching the age of sixty , according to Joseph Chamberlain in 1891 . |
| 29 | There is some kind of conspiracy of bureaucrats : they all have their fingers in the same profitable pie . |
| 30 | Traditional drama , contemporary theatre , experimental theatre farce , musical comedy , operetta , revue and poetry reading all have their places in the regular round . |