Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] in a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of us who believe that our future and national interest lie in such a course do not do so in a spirit of emotional faith or constitutional adventurism ; rather , we take a hard-headed view of where our economic interests lie and where the money will come from in the years ahead . |
| 2 | It will do now in a couple of years time . |
| 3 | The slightest alteration in the chemical balance would result immediately in a race of exploded beetles . |
| 4 | It will grow well in a mixture of mud and unwashed sand or gravel . |
| 5 | The submerged form will grow well in a mixture of unwashed sand . |
| 6 | Most seemed to know what one should do there in a variety of situations in order to be an accepted member . |
| 7 | The dervish whose thoughts were sweet as the sugarcane could not remain perpetually in a state of ecstasy but he obtained from the stillness of the soul a sweetness which is the heirloom of the mystic . |
| 8 | He denied the Aristotelian claim that all motion requires a cause and in its place proposed a circular law of inertia , according to which a moving object subject to no forces will move indefinitely in a circle around the earth at uniform speed . |
| 9 | Let's meet again in a couple of weeks or so . |
| 10 | As a rationalist , I had but to snap my rational fingers , it might be argued , and the devil would fade away in a puff of smoke . |
| 11 | This may apply even in a case of constructive dismissal . |
| 12 | One can not help reflecting what would happen nowadays in a problem of similar magnitude . |
| 13 | If he took the short cut across the beck , he would arrive there in a fraction of the time . |
| 14 | They will remain there in a state of torpor , patiently awaiting the return of the rains . |
| 15 | Why did Holmes live secretly in a hut on the moor ? |
| 16 | The panspermia hypothesis does not deny that life started in a ‘ primeval soup ’ , it merely shows that life can come together in a variety of different ways . |
| 17 | Seeking through German unity to contribute to the unification of Europe and to the building of a peaceful European order in which borders no longer divide and which ensures that all European nations can live together in a spirit of mutual trust , |
| 18 | If she were to open the door perhaps the blackness would be out there now , ready to swallow her , as it had almost done on that previous occasion ; or would she wander endlessly in a limbo of greyness , forever trapped between Johnny 's time and her own ? |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't insult you by thinking I could learn enough in a couple of days . |
| 20 | My pulses were hammering in panic , as if I were really behind bars and spied an escape route that would close forever in a matter of seconds . |
| 21 | She did n't want to make Betty cry here in a field in the summer . |