Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [to-vb] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I try to convince my acquaintances to join in the action of the Czechs and Slovaks , but I fail … |
| 2 | Their attempts to rule in the king 's name were a failure and by the end of September , if not earlier , Edward had reasserted his freedom of action . |
| 3 | Their attempts to rule in the king 's name were a failure and by the end of September , if not earlier , Edward had reasserted his freedom of action . |
| 4 | Many organisations will face the problem of which goals to prioritise in the light of competing goals . |
| 5 | As he skirted the room to avoid the dogs , Rosie leaped against her chain and Lady hauled herself to her feet to join in the excitement . |
| 6 | The elder informed my colleague that they were not lost , but had been told by their parents to stay in the store and play on the escalators while they went to a cafe for a coffee . |
| 7 | Four second year students , Claire Slaney , Graham Brown , Elaine Hendry and Ben Hall , took time off from their studies to play in the tournament . |
| 8 | The sun disputes its rights to rule in the sky above . |
| 9 | AT US insistence the existing agreement , which had come into force in 1987 , had already been stripped of its provisions to intervene in the market . |
| 10 | It was quite a common occurrence for one of her sisters to wake in the middle of the night and see the light burning in their father 's study . |
| 11 | In the hall she would put on her hat and , lulling all suspicions of decay and its mortifications to rest in the conviction of her own economical and resourceful genius , with Gigi on her shoulder , she would stand at the head of the basement staircase screaming ( Gigi would scream too ) for Silly-Willie and Brigid to come and take her instructions and give their assistance while she created some nauseating delicacy for Dada 's dinner . |
| 12 | Labour has , therefore , perceived its interests to lie in the protection of the urban authorities whether the former county boroughs or the present metropolitan areas . |
| 13 | The King then retired to his study to work while Queen Marie-Amélie withdrew to her apartments to embroider in the company of her ladies . |
| 14 | It was n't long before other families on board were sending their children to join in the fun . |
| 15 | Use of a partnership may also make it easier for management to obtain interest relief on their borrowings to invest in the business ( see s362 TA 1988 and Inland Revenue Concession A43 , as compared with ss13A and 360 in connection with a loan to buy an interest in a close company ) . |
| 16 | Every year , Europe 's eels leave its rivers to spawn in the Sargasso sea . |
| 17 | Walruses and bearded seals , the two largest species , feed mainly on the sea bed , diving in shallow waters to depths of a few hundred metres , using their vibrissae to hunt in the mud for molluscs and crustaceans . |
| 18 | Michael Heseltine , the Board of Trade President , joyfully grasped Mr Major 's arm and a beaming Chancellor Norman Lamont leaped to his feet to join in the celebration . |
| 19 | No sooner had Havard become a friend than Lewis casually asked one day why Minto and Maureen did not entertain the doctor 's family ; have his wife to tea and allow his children to swim in the quarry pond . |
| 20 | The progression from selling records by mail-order to retailing in shops , to running a record label , studios , publishing company — all was perfectly logical and obvious , allowing Branson and his colleagues to expand in the business they knew best . |
| 21 | But the total field is so underdetermined by its boundary conditions , experience , that there is much latitude of choice as to what statements to re-evaluate in the light of any single contrary experience . |